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Tickets are now on sale for the annual Banff Mountain Film Fest on Friday, January 2nd. This will be a fundraiser for the FTA. We will have a booth set up to give you more information about us and our upcoming projects. Stay tuned for draw prizes!

Tickets are $20.00 and can be purchased at The Guides Hut. Two shows are running, 6pm (all ages) and 9pm (adults only). Tickest sell fast so get yours today!

Our trails did well again this year! Biking won best summer sport, with Swine Flu taking gold for best bike trail, Project 9 silver and Dem Bones bronze!

At last night's AGM we had three new Directors join our board. In addition, we had a number of new members join our Committees. Our new Directors include:

Jim Miller

Ross Roseingrave

Tom Gibson

Thank you to our outgoing Directors Angela Etheridge and Doug Koran for their contributions and continued support. Angela and Doug will remain involved with the FTA at the Committee level.

Join us on Wednesday, November 26th at 7pm at the Arts Station.

Join us for our Annual General Meeting. Learn about our successful year and plans for 2015. Beverages and light snacks will be provided.

We had our final Thursday night work party last night. Thank you to all the volunteers who came out over the summer. We could not have completed all of the work without you! Look for our trail project summary in the next Fernie Fix issue. Until then enjoy these photos!

A big thank you to the Fernie Brewing Co. for supporting us through their  "Cheers to Charity" Tasting Donation Program. Tasting money over the last three months was directly donated to the Fernie Trails Alliance, which added up to a huge cheque for $2,516.22.

There is lots going on in Fernie this weekend! Get out and have some fun. 

http://www.bikefernie.ca/civicrm/event/register?reset=1&id=1

Also the Fernie Ultra is running. A $5 user fee/person is donated back to Fernie Trails Alliance to maintain the trails.

Get out there and challenge yourself at the 5th Annual Mountain Duathlon on Sept. 6th. Not only will you enjoy some fabulous trails but you are supporting the trails as a $5 user fee/person is donated back to the Fernie Trails Alliance. For more information and to register go to:

https://zone4.ca/reg.asp?id=6953&lan=1&cartlevel=1

The Dirt Series ran a successful camp on August 9th and 10th,  hosting 48 riders. A user fee of $5 per person per day was collected, which goes directly back in to our trail system.