Bighorn Mountain Snomads All Season Recreation

Big Horn Mountain Snomads All Season Recreation
Meeting Minutes
August 11, 2026

Attendees: Jim & Sandi Adams, Jim Cosco, Cody Ratcliff, Brad & Stacy Rozman, Tim & Amy Lakeman, Glen Adkins, Shaw Walker, John Mitchell, Tom Kekich, Jennifer & Steve Worsley, Chad Adams, Jason Adams and Diane Mitchell.

Call to Order: President Jim Adams called the meeting to order at 6:00pm.

Approval of Minutes: John Mitchell made a motion to approve the minutes. Jim Cosco seconded the motion. Motion passed.

Treasurers Report: Stacy Rozman reported the bank balance is $23,320.59. Silent Auction at the Poker Ride grossed $9410.27. Expenses: Facebook Ad, Sheridan Media Radio and Country Bounty Ads and 5% Credit Card fees totaled $619.23. Net for the Silent Auction $8724.77.
Poker Ride 100% payout – 1st- $1164.00. 2nd - $832.00, 3rd-$599.00, 4th-$465.00 and 5th-$266.00
Total Payout $3328.00.
Additional Deposits: Memberships-$1505.00, Safety Shelter Donations-$46.00
Additional Expenses: Tread Lightly Membership-$266.00, Yearly Microsoft Fee-$105.99, Third Thursday Event-$50.00 and Misc Supplies-$7.93.

Old Business:
Poker Ride: Discussion on changes for next year.
Dealers draw their cards either Friday night or Saturday morning.
Friday nights registration was very successful. No changes on hours.
Saturday Trail Stations change hours from 9:00 - 3:00, Arrowhead Lodge
9:00 – 4:00 and last card at Elk View at 4:30.
Scheduled time to be finished with the event 6:00.
3 decks of cards for each spot. Bingo Paint Daubers instead of paper punches.
Send or email Thank You Cards to all Sponsors. Jim will check with Alpha Graphics on pricing and a design.

Ice Cave/Devils Canyon Ride: Jacob Joseph was the guide. 4 units total.

CD: Bank of Sheridan current rate is 3.67% interest for 1 year. Two signatures are recommended on the CD. John Mitchell made a motion that the President and Treasurer sign the CD. Glen Adkins seconded the motion. Motion passed. Jim Adams and Amy Lakeman will obtain all the necessary documents and sign for the CD.

Revision of By-Laws: The By-Laws were emailed to all members before the meeting to review. Jim went over all changes at the meeting. John Mitchell brought to Jim’s attention one minor change to a word which was corrected. Tim Lakeman made a motion to approve the new By-Laws and Chad Adams seconded the motion. Motion passed

Membership Renewals: Sandi reported the club has 43 paid members. The club sold eight memberships during the Poker Ride. Sandi will send an email out with the Membership Form to all non-paid members.

Safety Shelter Stove: Jim reported that on September 12, work will be done on the stove pipe relocation. Dave Ramsey will be there to supervise the project. Dave will purchase material that will be required. Jim Adams has several pieces on hand that will be needed for the project.
Safety Shelter Solar System: Jim asked if anyone know of someone with Solar experience. Cody Ratcliff said he knows of a person at C&K that should be able to help. Cody will contact him to see when he will be able to go look at it.

Forest Service Trail Maintenance: Jim talked to Justin Reimer FS Trail Coordinator on 6/25/26. Justin said the FS is not allowed to have clubs help unless the people have been through a Chainsaw Certification Program. FS does appreciate club rides that will clear trails when they are riding.

New Business:
Donation to Sheridan Area Search & Rescue. Board of Directors decided to donate $500.00 which would be matched to equal $1500. WYO Gives Day/Hugh Foundation match WWC Engineering & The H Steel Family $4500.00 in donations turned into $9000.00. Quarter of the yearly budget.

501C Status: Tabled until next meeting.

Upcoming Rides:
Wyarno evening ride on the backroads for dinner on 8/12. Meeting at 5:45 at Jim Adams’ Residence.
50” Ride 8/16 leaving Red Grade Parking at 9:00.

Third Thursday: Jim Cusco and Diane Mitchell organizers for the August 17th event. Tom Kekich will bring two of his sleds so anyone can test their skills to see how fast they are on the lights. Other supplies needed: canopy, table, membership forms, pens, club banner. Chad mentioned it would be nice to have a Collage of event pictures for the public to view. Jim Adams will check with Sonni Williams. In the past 2 - $50.00 Gift Cards were purchased for a drawing plus candy for the kids. Sandi Adams made a motion to purchase the gift cards and candy. Diane Mitchell seconded the motion. Motion passed.

September 2, 2026: Jim Adams will be attending the 2026 Bighorn National Forest Steering Committee Field Trip. The field trip will be held on the Powder River Ranger District.

September 19,2026: Cody Ratcliff will be attending the WSSA Fall Meeting in Dubois.

Next Meeting: Next club meeting will be September 8, 2026 at the Elks Lodge at 6:00pm.

Adjourn: Chad Adams made a motion to adjourn the meeting. Tim Lakeman seconded the motion. Motion passed.

‼️❄️Attention Snowmobilers❄️‼️
Next Monday August 24th 9AM
Courthouse RM 220

Meeting about new Red Grade parking lot for snowmobiles and tracked vehicles! We NEED snowmobile people to attend!

The issue is the lower parking lots don’t get enough snow anymore and SCLT took over the springs parking lot and tells everyone they can’t park there, even though it’s State Land. There is a proposal to put parking below the springs parking just during the winter on BLM land, for snowmobilers and tracked vehicle owners. We need your help voicing the opinions of snowmobilers!

Sunday was a great day for a Bighorn Mountain Snomads All Season Recreation 50” Ride. Beautiful views and weather was perfect. 44 miles total, 25 miles of 50”. Black Canyon to Penrose Park to Little Goose Peak back to Red Grade.

Photos courtesy of Chad Adams & Sandi Adams

Bighorn Mountain Snomads All Season Recreation Ice Cave and Devils Canyon ride. Thank you Jacob Joseph for being our leader.

Snomads 50 inch UTV Dirt Ride August 16.
Leaving the Red Grade parking lot at 9am.
Come and enjoy a day of riding.
Host - Chad Adams

!!!!THANK YOU!!!!
⭐️ To our AMAZING Sponsors!⭐️
⭐️ To EVERYONE who Donated! ⭐️
⭐️ To our WONDERFUL Helpers! ⭐️
⭐️ To the Lodges! ⭐️
⭐️ To ALL the Poker Players & Riders! ⭐️
⭐️ To EVERYONE who bid on silent auction items!⭐️
AND to EVERYONE who made our event a GREAT SUCCESS this year!! We appreciate you all so much!! Looking forward to next year!

What a great day yesterday for our POKER RIDE!!

Thank you everyone who came and participated, donated & helped to put on this awesome event!! Lots of hard work & planning goes into events like these & we are so appreciative of everyone!! 🏔️

Thanks for making our event a success!!
Congratulations to our winners!