Hey fellow trail dog owners,

Can you please make an effort to keep your dogs on leash until you get to
the trails. We got a call from a neighbor last week saying folks are riding
on Galbraith Lane with their dogs off leash a bunch and, worse yet, not
picking up their dog crap. When the neighbor recently said something to a
biker, they got a really rude response.

If your dog takes a crap on the road, pick it up and throw the bag away at
the kiosk. It's a five minute bike ride past the gate to either kiosk
garbage cans. Of course, this goes for the north side as well.

Last, if you see your dog take a sh!t on the mountain, at the very least,
scoop it off the road or trail. As a fellow trail dog owner, I take a few
seconds to make sure no one is gonna run over my dog's crap with their tires
or shoes.

I'm honestly not trying to pimp anyone's product, but we got this for our
dog <http://www.myraddog.com/> at Backcountry Essentials for the short
distances where we need to have him leashed. We've used this a ton in
Whistler as well and it works great when you don't want to carry a separate
leash around.

Thanks for the help on this. No sense in upsetting the neighbors who have
to deal with us on a daily basis.

Cheers,
EB

This is from a friend who posted this on FB last night. A bit odd, to say
the least for hiking attire. J Just a head's up.

EB

"Took a jog up to the top of the ridge with the dog and experienced a
totally blissful and amazing sunset. Picked some blackberries and flowers
and realized why I love it here.

Then my dog flipped out and I see a dude standing up there. In a bathrobe.
And rubber boots. Never run so fast in my life.
This is why I have... a dog."

[Attachment(s) from Eric Brown included below]

Hi all,

The WMBC has wrapped up our 2010 WMBC Rider Survey for Galbraith Mountain.
We'd like to thank the 739 respondents who took a few minutes to fill this
out and give us their feedback. It not only gives us a snapshot of the
ridership, but it also shows the importance mt. biking has to the residents
of Bellingham, Whatcom County and the region.

Attached you'll find the summary information with further analysis, but
below are some highlights of our respondents.

. 82% are men

. 40.1% fall into the 30-39 age group.

. 36.8% visit Galby multiple times per week

. 52.8% use both the north and south side to access the hill.

. 46.6% have 10+ years of riding experience

. 65.4% of riders participate in "all mountain" riding, 39.6% ride
XC, 41.4% FR, 36% DH

Non-B'ham residents:

. 67.4% of non-b'ham residents have bought parts or services from a
local shop in the past year.

. 94.4 % of non-b'ham residents purchase other items from businesses
while riding Galby.

Thanks again to everyone that participated. The comments given
(constructive) were all appreciated and it seems folks generally are stoked
with the direction of the hill. Also, I've got to give props to Daniel
Probst who took a sunny morning/afternoon to hand out surveys on the Birch
Street entrance. We'll post this info. up on the WMBC website as well.

Cheers,

EB

Hi all,

Just an fyi..in case you're planning to be in Eastern WA or if you want to
help out in that area.

Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew

September 16th - 19th

Leavenworth

On September 16th, the Chelan-Douglas Land Trust will welcome the
International Mountain Bicycling <http://www.imba.com/tcc/index.html>
Association's (IMBA) Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew to north central
Washington. The visit is one of 70 stops on the 2010 schedule. We want as
many volunteers as possible to join us for this weekend of learning,
socializing, and digging in the dirt!

Cheers,

EB

Hey WMBC,

Please see below message. If anyone is headed out and wants to show someone from out of town send him some mail.

Cheers,

MP

I was coming up to Bellingham (from Georgia) next week and wanted to find
> someone that could show me where to ride at Galbraith.  Can you recommend
> anyone, or is it possible to post a request somewhere?
> Thanks much.
> Harry
> hpfalise@yahoo.com
>