Morgan Hill, CA: Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crews Visit Henry Coe State Park
Valentine's Day trailwork at this California favorite a big success.
 Henry Coe State Park received double IMBA love this weekend as both Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crews were in town. |
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 Specialized Bicycles graciously provided their 200-seat theater along with snacks and prizes for part one of the IMBA Trailbuilding School. |
 Mark, Lora, and Marin trailbuilding legend Jim Jacobsen share a drink at the Tiki Lounge in Specialized HQ. |
 Volunteer trailworkers hit the trail with tools in their hands and smiles on their faces. |
 One of the main projects of the weekend was to improve drainage on Coe's steep trails by adding knicks and rolling grade dips. Learn more here. |
 More than 65 volunteers logged 400 hours of volunteer labor improving two miles of trail. |
 Ariadne Scott, Specialized's advocacy guru, poses with a member of ROMP (left), and Trail Care Crew leader Nat Lopes (right). |
 A huge thank you to ROMP president, Paul Nam, and to Specialized Bicycles, for putting together a Valentine's Day weekend event to remember. |
More than 65 volunteers welcomed the Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crews to Santa Clara County on Valentine's Day weekend. The two-day event, organized by the Responsible Organized Mountain Pedalers (ROMP) and Specialized Bicycles, brought lots of love to the trails of Henry Coe State Park.
The weekend started with an evening of education and entertainment at Specialized Bicycles. Guest speaker Steve Karlin, a naturalist with Wildlife Associates, spoke about the human/animal interface in the natural environment, while IMBA's Mark Schmidt and Lora Woolner shared stories from their two years on the trail as a Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew.
Following a Saturday morning classroom session on the basics of sustainable trail design and construction, the group moved outside to put theory into practice. Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew leaders Nat and Rachael Lopes helped volunteers improve drainage on their existing trails, and learn the art of designing new trail.
On Sunday, the work continued on Henry Coe's Anza, Grizzly Gulch, and Spike Jones trails. In total, participants logged more than 400 hours of volunteer labor improving two miles of trail.
To read more about the weekend, check out the articles on the Specialized and ROMP websites:
