Florida Mudcutters

12/23/2025

We’re sharing this as a friendly but important reminder because we are unfortunately seeing similar unsanctioned trail modifications at Caloosahatchee Regional Park. The Florida Mudcutters have worked hard to build and maintain a strong, respectful partnership with Lee County Parks & Recreation, supported by a formal Memorandum of Understanding that outlines how trail modifications are requested, reviewed, and approved.

While the desire to help is appreciated, unsanctioned work puts that relationship—and our long-term access to the trails—at risk. If you’re passionate about improving the trails, we strongly encourage you to get involved with the club and collaborate through the established process so improvements align with the master trail plan and county requirements at Caloosahatchee Regional Park.

12/15/2025

🎄🚵‍♂️ Christmas Night Ride - WEDNESDAY! 💡✨
Mudcutters fam—let’s light up the trails and roll into the holidays together!

✅ Wear your best Christmas fit and/or decorate your bike (the louder the better)
🎁 Participants will receive a water bottle
🏆 Hats to the Top 5 best dressed (rider or bike)!

Grab your lights, bring the cheer, and let’s make this one a ride to remember! 🎅🔔

Shoutout to Billy and Missy from our local Trek Bike Shops Florida for volunteering to help lead this ride!

For more details, click the event link in the comments.

12/14/2025

Yesterday’s grand opening of Shady Palms & Panther Pass at Caloosahatchee Regional Park was an incredible reminder of what this community can accomplish together. The turnout, energy, and support from riders, volunteers, members, sponsors, and partners made it a day worth celebrating and a milestone for trail building in Southwest Florida.

This project took countless volunteer hours, serious sweat equity, and the financial support of our members who believe in building and maintaining high-quality trails for everyone to enjoy. From swinging tools to backing the club through memberships and donations, this wouldn’t happen without you.

We’re also incredibly grateful for the sponsors and partners who support the Florida Mudcutters and help us turn ideas into real, rideable trails:

2025 Club Sponsors & Partners
• Trek Bike Shops Florida
• Banks Brothers Marine Contractors
• Florida Film Werkz
• Paradise Bicycles Cape Coral
• J.Hudson Pressure Cleaning LLC
• Apex Promoz
• West Coast Plumbing & Water Treatment, LLC.
• Lee County Parks & Recreation
• Gone Riding
• Fort Myers Track Club

To everyone who came out to ride, volunteer, cook, help organize, and celebrate—thank you. This is what a strong trail community looks like, and we’re proud to be building it together.

See you on the trails. 🚵‍♂️🌴

12/14/2025

Nothing beats good trails and great partners. 🤝
Huge thanks to Paradise Bicycles Cape Coral for volunteering and keeping riders fueled at the Shady Palms & Panther Pass grand opening this morning at Caloosahatchee Regional Park. This is SWFL MTB at its best!

12/12/2025

Quick reminder! 🎉 This Saturday we’re officially opening Shady Palms & Panther Pass at Caloosahatchee Regional Park. Come out for the group ride, food, and a chance to meet the sponsors and volunteers who helped make this project a reality. Details in the event below—see you out there! 🚵‍♂️🌴

12/05/2025

🚵‍♀️ Trail Grand Opening: Shady Palms & Panther Pass! 🚵‍♂️

The Florida Mudcutters are thrilled to officially open 1.8 miles of brand-new beginner-friendly trail at Caloosahatchee Regional Park — Shady Palms & Panther Pass! 🌴🐾

These new segments are the result of months of hard work from our volunteer trail crew, support from our amazing members, and the generosity of our 2025 Sponsors & Partners. This project has been years in the making — and now it’s time to celebrate! 🎉

Join us for a social group ride, food, and good vibes as we roll out these new additions to the CRP singletrack network.

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📅 Event Details

📍 Location:
North Trailhead – Lot #3
18251 North River Rd, Alva, FL 33920

📅 Saturday, December 13
🕣 Meet & Greet: 8:30 AM
🚲 Group Ride Rollout: 9:00 AM
🌭 Food Served: 10:30 AM

This event is FREE, family-friendly, and open to the public!

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🚲 What to Expect

• Guided group ride on the new trails
• Trek Bike Shops Florida on-site leading rides + mobile mechanic support
• Meet the volunteers, sponsors, and community partners who made it happen
• Paradise Bicycles Cape Coral serving up burgers & hot dogs after the ride
• Plenty of celebration, trail stoke, and photo ops!

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💚 Thank You to Our Partners!

This grand opening is possible thanks to our 2025 Sponsors & Partners — and every Mudcutter member who swings tools, donates, or shows up to ride. You keep our trails rolling smooth and growing stronger year after year! 🌴⚙️

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Bring your bikes, your friends, and your excitement — let’s get some tires on this fresh dirt! 🤘 See you on the trails!

12/03/2025

We had an awesome time getting to work alongside GoneRiding.com to prepare the race course and showcase some of the newly updated trail at Caloosahatchee Regional Park. We extend our sincere appreciation for their generous donation of event proceeds back to the Florida Mudcutters!

Partnerships like this strengthen the Florida riding community and bring cyclists from across the state to experience our incredible trail system. Be sure to check out Gone Riding’s upcoming races this year and join in on the fun—they put on fantastic events! 🚵‍♂️🌴

Alva Double header
November 23, 2025
Florida State Championship series #7 + Coconut Cup #3 – Caloosahatchee Trails – Alva, Fl

https://goneriding.com/fsc-g/

The FSC series seems to be moving at lightning speed as round seven is now in the books and also the CC series is now up to round three. It was another very pleasant weekend for the racers of both series weather wise with mild temperatures in the low eighties and fast dry trail conditions. The Florida Mudcutters club did a great job prepping the trails and helping with the event, many thanks to the crew.

This course was similar to last weeks San Felasco course in that the speeds were high and there were two loops, a short (5 miles) and a long (11 miles) and depending on the class, riders would do various combinations to reach their scheduled mileage.

Also similar to last week was the battle for win in the elite men’s class as it boiled down to three riders going into the final short leg and result came out the same with Ryan Woodall claiming a close win. Darla Woodall was the winner in the women’s top class so the Neutral Service leaders jerseys will stay with the Woodall family going into the make up race in Hialeah.

Team “Muddy Santos Schredders / Santos Bike shop” came away from the weekend still holding a 10 point lead in the team championship and the Zboys $50 fast lap award went to Eric Oleson in the men’s 40+ expert class.

Next event is at Amelia Earhart park in Hialeah on 12-6/7 which is a Coconut Cup points race and a make up for the FSC (both events).

12/02/2025

🔋💡 Don’t forget to charge those lights! Our Group Night Ride at Caloosahatchee Regional Park rolls out from the North Trailhead tomorrow night at 7 PM. Sign-in starts at 6:45 PM

See you under the lights! 🚵‍♂️🌙

12/02/2025

It’s Giving Tuesday! 🚵‍♂️❤️
If the local SWFL trails have given you joy this year, consider giving back to the club that keeps them alive!

The Florida Mudcutters are 100% volunteer-powered — your donations help us buy tools, maintain equipment, build features, and keep Caloosahatchee Regional Park riding better than ever.

👉 Support your local SORBA chapter.
👉 Donate. Volunteer. Join.

Link to donate/join is in the comments!

11/26/2025

🍁🦃 Thanksgiving Group Ride - Tomorrow! 🚵‍♂️🍁
Kick off Thanksgiving the Mudcutter way — on two wheels with your MTB family!

Join us Thursday at 8:00 AM for our Thanksgiving Social No-Drop Group Ride at Caloosahatchee Regional Park. This one’s all about good vibes, good friends, and earning that extra slice of pie before the feast. 🙌

📍 North Trailhead – Lot #3
18251 North River Rd, Alva, FL 33920
⏰ Roll out at 8:00 AM (arrive a little few early to get set up)

What to expect:
• All skill levels welcome — no one gets dropped
• We’ll divide into groups as needed
• Standard MTB essentials (helmet required!)
• Festive kits, turkey socks & holiday shenanigans highly encouraged 🦃😄

Bring your friends, your family, and anyone in town for the holiday. Let’s pack the lot and start Thanksgiving doing what we love most — pedaling CRP with the people who make this community awesome. ❤️

Want to support trail maintenance and events like this?👉 Consider becoming a Florida Mudcutters member!

11/19/2025

🌙 Tonight’s the Night — CRP Social Night Ride!

It’s happening TONIGHT—our Group Night Ride is back under the lights at Caloosahatchee Regional Park! Charge up those lamps, grab your riding buddies, and meet us at the North Trailhead for the best mid-week reset you’ll get all month.

📍 North Trailhead – Lot #3
18251 North River Rd., Alva

🕣 Sign-In: 6:45 PM
🚴 Roll Out: 7:00 PM

🔦 Bring Your Lights:
• 800+ lumen helmet light
• 500+ lumen bar light
• 120+ minutes runtime recommended

We’ve added extra lighting around the North Pavilion and Tree of Life to make gearing up a little easier—funded by Mudcutter memberships that keep this community rolling strong.

Don’t miss it. Night rides hit different. 🌙✨
See you on the trails!