WMBC Trail News

Hey ya'll.

We had 45+ peeps on Sunday's build day. We got all of the risk management
issues knocked off the list on Unemployment Line (new name for the Luge).
Every jump is officially "caseable" and lots of jumps were tweaked to hit
better/safer.

There is still some revegging to do and 2 small sections of the old luge to
close down, but it's entirely rideable top to bottom. The list of thanks is
really too long to mention, but I've got to throw 'em out to Durand and Hawk
who had the original vision and Andrew Fletcher Love and Colin Tobin who
were out there EVERY day for 3 weeks straight during the initial build.
Last, thanks to Jon Syre and the WMBC board who really trusted our judgment,
BUT made sure that rider safety and sustainability be our paramount
concerns. Don't get me wrong..this is a trail that advanced/expert level
riders are going to love due to the "Varsity" moves, but intermediate riders
will have a real opportunity to get comfy in the air without having to hit
Whistler.

A few things:

. There are 40 jumps, too many pumpers to list and 22 berms. It's
going to take a lot of rides to get the trail figured out. So take it easy
on your first few runs and take a look at anything you're not sure about
before givin'r. Some sections will take many passes before you'll be able
to link up the jumps.

. This trail is downhill directional and I will be putting signs up
later this week at the entrance and exit to address this. You wouldn't
push up A Line, so no pushing up from the exit of Unemployment Line.

. If you stop to session a section, you are responsible for staying
out of the way of riders. Don't stand on backsides of transitions or around
blind corners. That includes your dogs (mine too). Pretty obvious, but it
has to be said.

Lars Sternberg took a chest cam video after we finished working on Sunday.
Enjoy!!

Unemployment Line:

UL vid

Cheers,

EB

Quick update:
Well, I got out around 1 and we had a HUGE posse out there. I called ahead and knew we had 12 people out there, so I picked up lil’ caesars for the guys for lunch. By the time I got there, we had over 20 folks!! Because we were pretty much caught up to Andrew, I had guys concentrate on shutting down the old trail, transplanting ferns and we also totally blocked off the old section of Dan’s between the Luge and PT. I want to make sure folks don’t wander onto the new trail from there – which happened today when some dudes came over from PT to get to Atomic Dog. I’m gonna put a sign on PT that tells riders the Luge is closed.

Because we built a couple of big features today, we didn’t make as much progress. Roughly ~200 feet, but we’re about to round a corner to an old skidder road that won’t require as much initial clearing, has a killer dirt supply and should go faster. Andrew, Colin and I will be out tomorrow working on that section and the goal is to get Andrew ahead of the pack, so folks can concentrate on shaping dirt.

Some pics.

A table to a hip combo.
http://farm5.static.flickr.com/4024/4372282310_eaf2d7fba8_o.jpg

Looking up at the same section.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2803/4371531919_72af8224f6_o.jpg

New table is so sweet.
http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2799/4371531741_ea3a46daa8_o.jpg

Cheers,
EB