Fat Bike Snow Groomer

We are fortunate to have ken blakey shell s experience grooming snow trails for various uses to give us a primer.

Fat bike snow groomer. They are not perfect but they do work. As xc groomers with decades of experience grooming snow we should do all we can to point fat bike groomeers with little snow grooming experience to the best possible grooming machine and grooming drag. In this report local fat biker jerry wright looks at trail grooming and the new rokon prowling the woods. Ponderosa state park mccall.

Grooming generally ends in late march but a reduced number of users the current snow conditions and concerns about covid 19 prompted the decision. Not only is the grooming equipment. Here s a before and after wayne took using his snowdog and fatbike groomer. Whack jobs is a short film about winter cycling in the marquette mich area.

Nordic cross country trails and classic tracks narrow fat bike trails hiking and snowshoeing and wider equipment for dog sledding snowmobiles and more. The sno blaster 33 fat bike groomer features a patented 33 838mm wide v plow. The other great thing about using a snowdog for trail grooming is that it is cost effective putting it in reach of cross country ski and fat bike clubs. With the fat bike birkie right around the corner and 750 racers expected to attend we are highlighting the hayward wi area.

While the advent of the fat tired bike and bike trail grooming has virtually irradicated the mountain biking off season in many parts of the country grooming snow is a time consuming and costly endeavor. Rokon is what a large number of people are using to groom at present. One of the main topics at the global fatbike summit happening in ogden utah this weekend as well as the just concluded midwest fatbike summit in cable wi is the topic of grooming trails for fatbikes. Developed primarily for fat bike trail grooming it also clears snow from lake and outbuilding access trails in a hurry.

Grooming of the cross country trails at ponderosa state park ended for the season on march 19 2020. It profiles the personalities and trail grooming technologies that foster a winter singletrack trail network. Snow on slush covered lakes can be cleared away allowing the slush to freeze. Mountain bike clubs in many areas of the country are now grooming singletrack trails for fat biking.

Winnipeg saw about 50 snowfalls last year.