Club Notes

IMBA Trail News
Volume 17, Number 2
Early Summer 2004

Northeast

Vermont's Kingdom Trails Association hired Tim Tierney as its executive director. Tim has previously worked with the Adirondack Mountain Club, Green Mountain Club and the National Park Service. More info: kingdomtrails.org.

Seacoast NEMBA received state approval and funding to build a new trail at Pawtuckaway State Park (New Hampshire) and has organized a trailbuilding weekend for May 22-23. To help, contact David Heath at .

New Jersey's Lewis Morris JORBA Chapter is partnering with a local conservation group to host a noncompetitive relay event, called the Pedal, Paddle, Hoof & Hike, that incorporates mountain biking, canoeing, kayaking, horseback riding and hiking. The goal is to foster shared-use trails and mutual understanding among different user groups.

IMBA rep and Nittany Mountain Bike Association (Pennsylvania) leader Frank Maguire was honored for his hard work by having a trail named after him. The Maguire Trail is part of the R3 IMBA Epic Ride, located in Rothrock State Forest.

The Mid-Atlantic Off Road Enthusiasts announced 27 trailwork days in 20 parks in 2004. In 2003, MORE volunteers logged more than 2,650 hours of sweat equity, and this year they hope to invest even more. For their schedule of events, visit: www.more-mtb.org.

Southeast

The Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew has been giving a whole lotta love to the Southeast this spring. Crew leader Mark Schmidt said, "We've been teaching volunteers what is and what should never be on the trails to great groups in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Huntsville, Alabama, and Columbia, South Carolina. From there we'll ramble on to Virginia to work at Douthat State Park before bringing it on home to the IMBA Summit."

The closure of the Chicopee Woods in Gainsville could've been a true heartbreaker for Georgia mountain bikers, but now it looks like it will become a boon for the Southern Off Road Bicycle Association (SORBA), as the land management agency is making other lands available for trail construction and working with SORBA to help fund the project. With the park in Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew pioneer Mike Riter's backyard, it's a certainty that the lemon song sung by area mountain bikers over lost trail won't last long.

IMBA Trail Solutions teamed with Woody Keen and Ed Sutton of Trail Dynamics and built the first authorized mountain bike trail in the Andrew Pickens district of Sumter National Forest and Oconee State Park in South Carolina. The new four-mile trail marks the beginning of a great partnership linking mountain bikers, South Carolina State Parks, Palmetto Trails Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service in the South Carolina highlands.

Midwest

The Chicago Area Mountain Bikers (CAMBr) received permission from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to create a new mountain biker-friendly trailhead at Pulaski Woods. New trails will also be built to provide riders with safe access to nearby trail systems. This new trailhead will feature a bathroom, changing area, bike maintenance stands and will also reduce congestion at Bullfrog Lake. Visit www.cambr.org for more info.

The Gateway Off-Road Cyclists (GORC) completed part one of a two-phase reroute project on the Lost Valley Trail in the Weldon Springs Conservation Area, in St. Charles County, Missouri. GORC worked with the Missouri Department of Conservation and provided more than 500 volunteer hours to design and build the 1.25-mile trail. Construction will begin on part two of the project later this fall. Visit www.gorctrails.com for more details.

Nearly 100 equestrians, hikers and mountain bikers from the Ohio Trails Partnership (OTP) teamed for the annual OTP Work Weekend at Salt Fork State Park in Lore City, Ohio. This diverse group of trail users re-routed two miles of horse trail and built nearly a mile and a half of the park's first mountain bike trail. The recently completed Ohio Trail Users Symposium at Mohican State Park in Loudonville, Ohio included a Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew Trailbuilding School. Visit www.joinomba.org for more info.

Rockies

New trails are kicking in the mountain bike hub of Moab, Utah. Along with the recent opening of the Sovereign Trail built in cooperation with the Ride With Respect Motorcycle Group, the Moab Trails Alliance has big plans for a series of singletrack loops in Klondike Bluffs.

A few hundred miles down the Colorado River in Arizona, IMBA Trail Solutions staffer Joey Klein worked through the winter with the BLM to build singletrack connectors in a continuous point-to-point route. The 60-mile Black Canyon Trail winds along a historic sheep herding corridor and the trail's southern terminus is only a short drive from Phoenix.

In Colorado Springs, Colorado, IMBA affiliated club Medicine Wheel partnered with Tony Boone of Arrowhead Trails, IMBA and Colorado State Parks to build more than a dozen miles of trail in the state's newest state park, Cheyenne Mountain. The trails won't be open to the public until late 2004, but early reports are of scenic and challenging singletrack for the Front Range.

On the freeride side, the Willow Lane Dirt Jump Park in Boise, Idaho, and New Mexico's first terrain park in Albuquerque are the newest sites for technically challenging riding. The Albuquerque Park was built in a partnership between the IMBA affiliated Pastry Club and the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew. IMBA Trail Solutions staffer Judd de Vall helped build the new Boise jump park.

Pacific

California Wild Rides help showcase trails that could close to mountain biking if proposed Wilderness designations become law without alterations. 2004 Wild Rides will be held at Cache Creek on April 11, Feather Falls on April 24, King Range on May 1-2, and Antelope Creek/Mill Creek May 15-16.

The Northern California Mountain Biking Association (NorCAMBA) recently hired Sue Fry as executive director, making the club one of only a handful of regional mountain bike advocacy groups around the world to support professional leadership.

The California Trails and Greenways Conference, March 25-28, proved a great venue for open discussion on user conflict, trail opportunities and trail user/land manager collaboration throughout California. IMBA staff member Aaryn Kay and board member Jim Hasenauer delivered presentations.

The Oregon Natural Resource Council (ONRC) is creating the Lewis and Clark Mt. Hood Wilderness proposal and has involved the Columbia Area Mountain Biking Advocates (CAMBA) in the discussion. More info: .

The Backcountry Bicycle Trails Club (BBTC) recently built Seattle's - and perhaps the world's - first faux mountain biking rock as an initial step in the construction of a mountain bike trail that will be located underneath the deck of the I-5 freeway. More info: www.bbtc.org.

The World

IMBA is well represented in Canada in 2004. IMBA plans to open its first Canadian office (in Collingwood, Ontario) by late summer 2004. The Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew will be working in Toronto, Ontario, May 14- 16, Kelowna, British Columbia, July 15-18, and East Gwillimbury, Ontario, August 26-29. In addition, Ottawa,

Ontario, was recently named an IMBA Urban Hot Spot - the first Canadian city to receive this designation. IMBA will work to improve access in the Canadian capital throughout 2004, highlighted by a focused staff visit September 28- October 3. For more info on Crew visits to Canada and the Ottawa Hot Spot campaign email .

In other Canadian news, IMBA has become an associate sponsor of the North Shore World Mountain Bike Conference and Festival, August 18-20 in Vancouver, Columbia. Sessions will explore environmental, social and economic issues surrounding mountain biking. Visit nsmbfc.com for details.

We want to extend an invitation to mountain bikers living outside the United States to attend IMBA's Summit in Maryland, June 4-8. Classroom sessions will present information that is applicable and valuable for international attendees. At our Moab summit in 2002 we had more than 25 attendees from countries outside the U.S, and we want to increase that number this year. For more info check out pages 6-7.

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	Club Notes IMBA Trail News Volume 17, Number 2 Early Summer 2004 Northeast Vermont's Kingdom Trails Association hired Tim Tierney as its executive director. Tim has previously worked with the Adirondack Mountain Club, Green Mountain Club and the National Park Service. More info: kingdomtrails.org. Seacoast NEMBA received state approval and funding to build a new trail at Pawtuckaway State Park (New Hampshire) and has organized a trailbuilding weekend for May 22-23. To help, contact David Heath at . New Jersey's Lewis Morris JORBA Chapter is partnering with a local conservation group to host a noncompetitive relay event, called the Pedal, Paddle, Hoof & Hike, that incorporates mountain biking, canoeing, kayaking, horseback riding and hiking. The goal is to foster shared-use trails and mutual understanding among different user groups. IMBA rep and Nittany Mountain Bike Association (Pennsylvania) leader Frank Maguire was honored for his hard work by having a trail named after him. The Maguire Trail is part of the R3 IMBA Epic Ride, located in Rothrock State Forest. The Mid-Atlantic Off Road Enthusiasts announced 27 trailwork days in 20 parks in 2004. In 2003, MORE volunteers logged more than 2,650 hours of sweat equity, and this year they hope to invest even more. For their schedule of events, visit: www.more-mtb.org. Southeast The Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew has been giving a whole lotta love to the Southeast this spring. Crew leader Mark Schmidt said, "We've been teaching volunteers what is and what should never be on the trails to great groups in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Huntsville, Alabama, and Columbia, South Carolina. From there we'll ramble on to Virginia to work at Douthat State Park before bringing it on home to the IMBA Summit." The closure of the Chicopee Woods in Gainsville could've been a true heartbreaker for Georgia mountain bikers, but now it looks like it will become a boon for the Southern Off Road Bicycle Association (SORBA), as the land management agency is making other lands available for trail construction and working with SORBA to help fund the project. With the park in Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew pioneer Mike Riter's backyard, it's a certainty that the lemon song sung by area mountain bikers over lost trail won't last long. IMBA Trail Solutions teamed with Woody Keen and Ed Sutton of Trail Dynamics and built the first authorized mountain bike trail in the Andrew Pickens district of Sumter National Forest and Oconee State Park in South Carolina. The new four-mile trail marks the beginning of a great partnership linking mountain bikers, South Carolina State Parks, Palmetto Trails Coalition and the U.S. Forest Service in the South Carolina highlands. Midwest The Chicago Area Mountain Bikers (CAMBr) received permission from the Forest Preserve District of Cook County to create a new mountain biker-friendly trailhead at Pulaski Woods. New trails will also be built to provide riders with safe access to nearby trail systems. This new trailhead will feature a bathroom, changing area, bike maintenance stands and will also reduce congestion at Bullfrog Lake. Visit www.cambr.org for more info. The Gateway Off-Road Cyclists (GORC) completed part one of a two-phase reroute project on the Lost Valley Trail in the Weldon Springs Conservation Area, in St. Charles County, Missouri. GORC worked with the Missouri Department of Conservation and provided more than 500 volunteer hours to design and build the 1.25-mile trail. Construction will begin on part two of the project later this fall. Visit www.gorctrails.com for more details. Nearly 100 equestrians, hikers and mountain bikers from the Ohio Trails Partnership (OTP) teamed for the annual OTP Work Weekend at Salt Fork State Park in Lore City, Ohio. This diverse group of trail users re-routed two miles of horse trail and built nearly a mile and a half of the park's first mountain bike trail. The recently completed Ohio Trail Users Symposium at Mohican State Park in Loudonville, Ohio included a Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew Trailbuilding School. Visit www.joinomba.org for more info. Rockies New trails are kicking in the mountain bike hub of Moab, Utah. Along with the recent opening of the Sovereign Trail built in cooperation with the Ride With Respect Motorcycle Group, the Moab Trails Alliance has big plans for a series of singletrack loops in Klondike Bluffs. A few hundred miles down the Colorado River in Arizona, IMBA Trail Solutions staffer Joey Klein worked through the winter with the BLM to build singletrack connectors in a continuous point-to-point route. The 60-mile Black Canyon Trail winds along a historic sheep herding corridor and the trail's southern terminus is only a short drive from Phoenix. In Colorado Springs, Colorado, IMBA affiliated club Medicine Wheel partnered with Tony Boone of Arrowhead Trails, IMBA and Colorado State Parks to build more than a dozen miles of trail in the state's newest state park, Cheyenne Mountain. The trails won't be open to the public until late 2004, but early reports are of scenic and challenging singletrack for the Front Range. On the freeride side, the Willow Lane Dirt Jump Park in Boise, Idaho, and New Mexico's first terrain park in Albuquerque are the newest sites for technically challenging riding. The Albuquerque Park was built in a partnership between the IMBA affiliated Pastry Club and the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew. IMBA Trail Solutions staffer Judd de Vall helped build the new Boise jump park. Pacific California Wild Rides help showcase trails that could close to mountain biking if proposed Wilderness designations become law without alterations. 2004 Wild Rides will be held at Cache Creek on April 11, Feather Falls on April 24, King Range on May 1-2, and Antelope Creek/Mill Creek May 15-16. The Northern California Mountain Biking Association (NorCAMBA) recently hired Sue Fry as executive director, making the club one of only a handful of regional mountain bike advocacy groups around the world to support professional leadership. The California Trails and Greenways Conference, March 25-28, proved a great venue for open discussion on user conflict, trail opportunities and trail user/land manager collaboration throughout California. IMBA staff member Aaryn Kay and board member Jim Hasenauer delivered presentations. The Oregon Natural Resource Council (ONRC) is creating the Lewis and Clark Mt. Hood Wilderness proposal and has involved the Columbia Area Mountain Biking Advocates (CAMBA) in the discussion. More info: . The Backcountry Bicycle Trails Club (BBTC) recently built Seattle's - and perhaps the world's - first faux mountain biking rock as an initial step in the construction of a mountain bike trail that will be located underneath the deck of the I-5 freeway. More info: www.bbtc.org. The World IMBA is well represented in Canada in 2004. IMBA plans to open its first Canadian office (in Collingwood, Ontario) by late summer 2004. The Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew will be working in Toronto, Ontario, May 14- 16, Kelowna, British Columbia, July 15-18, and East Gwillimbury, Ontario, August 26-29. In addition, Ottawa, Ontario, was recently named an IMBA Urban Hot Spot - the first Canadian city to receive this designation. IMBA will work to improve access in the Canadian capital throughout 2004, highlighted by a focused staff visit September 28- October 3. For more info on Crew visits to Canada and the Ottawa Hot Spot campaign email . In other Canadian news, IMBA has become an associate sponsor of the North Shore World Mountain Bike Conference and Festival, August 18-20 in Vancouver, Columbia. Sessions will explore environmental, social and economic issues surrounding mountain biking. Visit nsmbfc.com for details. We want to extend an invitation to mountain bikers living outside the United States to attend IMBA's Summit in Maryland, June 4-8. Classroom sessions will present information that is applicable and valuable for international attendees. At our Moab summit in 2002 we had more than 25 attendees from countries outside the U.S, and we want to increase that number this year. For more info check out pages 6-7.


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