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2024 November newsletter

Adam Mehlberg | Published on 11/6/2024
Trailridge Runners 4WD Club Newsletter
Trailridge Runners 4WD Club
Longmont, CO 80502

  November 2024 Newsletter

Club forum, email to forum@trr4wd.com, which will go to all TRR members
Club Business

Club Meeting

Wednesday November 13th, 7:00pm to 9:00pm
Moose Lodge #1548, 2200 Pratt Street, Longmont, CO 80501
Open to all members and guests.

The lodge is one street west of main, between 21st and 23rd on Pratt Street. We'll be in the middle hall. Folks who arrive early will need to enter at the main entrance. In the lobby the rear left double door is the middle hall. The front door is a key card door but there is a button for the bar tenders to open the door. Those that arrive early can prop the door open on east side of the middle hall so folks can park on the east side of the building and enter through that door.



Next Meeting
6:00pm to 6:30pm - Taco Bar

6:30pm to 9:00pm - Meeting
  • Introduce guests.
  • Welcome new members.
  • Treasurers report.
  • Board meeting update.
  • Nomination for 2025 club officers.
  • Club Express update.
  • Update on the 40th Anniversary planning.
  • New/Other business.
  • Planning for Christmas Party.
  • Review the Moab Utah trip.
  • Planning for 2025 trips.
  • Close meeting.
  • Open discussion.
Past Meeting Minutes
Past Board Meeting Minutes
  • Discussed the need for people to sign up on the club calendar for the November planning meeting.
  • December club Christmas party will be at Kathy H house.
  • We need to get nominees for the club officers for 2025.
Past Meeting Minutes
  • Presentation by Ben Burr of Blue Ribbon Coalition. Ben Burr joined our club meeting via Zoom to present the successes and challenges that Blue Ribbon Coalition has been involved in. These include the Moab closures on BLM land as well as many other proposed travel plans and National Monuments.
  • Thanks to Cathy and Rich Horiuchi for bringing refreshments.
  • Welcomed our guest Steven de Haas.
  • There were no new members at the meeting.
  • Treasurers report was given by Rich H.
  • No Club Express update.
  • Nominations for 2025 club officers was held. The following are the present nominees.
    • President – Dan T
    • Vice President – Jana C
    • Treasurer – Rich H
    • Secretary – Adam M
    The election will be held during the December club meeting.
  • Gary B presented a bill for half of the cost of the meat for the Labor Day picnic. Motion to pay the bill by Greg B, second by Mike C. Motion passed.
  • The abandoned jeep on the Coney Flats 4WD road has NOT been removed. The Forest Service is in the process of contacting the owner.
  • Ray’s (Rich’s) Extravaganza was held. Larry M won a pair of LED off-road lights.
  • Las Palmeras will cater the food for the November Planning meeting. Need people to sign up on the club web site to get a count on the number of people that will show up for the meeting. The November meeting will begin at 6:00pm.
  • The 40th Anniversary event will be September 21 to September 27, 2025 in Salida Colorado. The committees are working on the details of this event. T-Shirt design is being worked on. The Four Seasons RV Park in Salida has held a few camper sites and two of their cabins for members to reserve for next year. The deadline to reserve them is November 15th. There will be a meeting October 16 at Ray’s house.
  • We had a review of the first Lefhand Canyon OHV are working group meeting. This is the first of four meetings being administered by National OHV Conservation Council through a Colorado Park and Wildlife OHV Registration grant received by the Boulder Ranger District.
  • Planning for the club Christmas Party. Please sign up on the club calendar so that an accurate count of people attending this event can be made.
  • Planning for the Middle St. Vrain fall project October 5 and 6. The Forest Service is purchasing the buck and rail, rebar, and timber-locks for the project. Volunteers should bring battery powered drills and drivers to screw the buck and rail fencing together. Fencing will be installed about 1.5 miles from the Middle St. Vrain trailhead where the two water holes are. Gordon H to work with Forest Service sawyers to drop some trees across the Rock Garden bypass routes prior to the project. Possible extra work at the Rock Garden.
  • Planning for the Moab, UT trip October 19 to 26. Rich H is planning which trails to run. Register for this trip on the club calendar. There are 10 vehicles signed up so far. Rich will be using What’s App to communicate during the trip.
  • Gordon H gave a review of the two-day work project on the Middle St. Vrain to install buck and rail fencing along the two water holes. Gordon spent Tuesday Oct 1st with the Forest Service sawyers dropping large dead standing trees across the bypass routes of the Rock Gardon on the Coney Flats cutoff. On Saturday Oct 5th the volunteers hauled up the buck and rail fencing that had been purchased by the Forest Service. Unfortunately, the bucks had not been notched or assembled. This made hauling them easier but added a lot more work to construct the bucks on site. With three small army trailers we began the hauling of the materials. Ray C had already went up the work area at the water holes and set up to begin the notching of the bucks with his chainsaw. It took two trips each with the three trailers to get the materials hauled up. This included “Joe” from the Rising Suns 4WD Club who was there on a club trip taking a load of rails up in his Toyota. Once some of the bucks were completed the fencing of three 50-foot sections began. The volunteers quickly assembled the buck and rail fencing along the sections around the two water holes to block off the off-road travel routes being used my motorized users. By the end of the day there was 150 feet of new buck and rail on the Middle St. Vrain. On Sunday about half the volunteers returned to build another 80 feet of buck and rail using up all materials except 8 bucks, due to running out of rails. Gordon H and Daniel W also ran up the Rock Garden to install a few signs on the downed trees deterring future bypass routes. One boulder was pulled out of the west side of the Rock Garden to create a “not so hard” way through the Rock Garden to alleviate the need for future bypass through the forest.
  • Review of the by Greg B. On the way out the group had lunch in Fairplay and then crossed Mosquito Pass on their way to Buena Vista. It was windy as they crossed the pass. The first event was Mount Antero on Thursday. It was a warm day with some mountain sheep along the route. Greg talked to some Forest Service personnel about the Alpine Tunnel and Williams Pass for 2025. It appears they will be open for our 40th Anniversary in Salida. They also went to Baldwin Lake and made it to the mine up top. Friday was Old Monarch Pass to Tomichi Pass then back over Hancock Pass. The fall colors were excellent. Saturday Rich H lead Iron Chest while Greg B took some fishing Pomeroy Lake. Fish were caught and they had Birthday Cake before it snowed a bit. Sunday, they went over Tin Cup Pass which had about 5 inches of snow on top. They saw a moose, drove the Old Tin Cup route and had lunch at Mirror Lake. Monday, they ran Aspen Ridge which was also excellent for fall colors.
  • John G gave a review of the Black Hills trip. Three from the club did the Jeep Jamboree in the Black Hills. There are a lot of rock crawling routes to do there. They stayed for three extra days after the jamboree.
  • Motion to close meeting, Matt S, second by Mark G.
  • Open discussion.
Club News

Club Refreshments

The following people are signed up to bring club refreshments for the club meeting.

Nov – (Planning Meeting)
Dec – Mark Lange

Meeting Night Dinner

There will not be a meeting night dinner due to the Planning meeting having dinner provided.

Middle St. Vrain and Coney Flats

From Roneva Keel at the Boulder Ranger District.

“We’ll be closing the Middle St. Vrain and Coney Flats gates on November 17th to coincide with the closing of the gates at the Camp Dick/Peaceful Valley campgrounds. With this latest round of weather and what we’re looking forward to in the forecast, I’m anticipating the snow will be closing that road around then anyway, if not sooner, but either way, I wanted to give you a heads up. We’ll also be posting some signage in advance of the closing date so no one is caught unaware.”
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