WMBC Trail News

The WMBC and Polygon 05 have reached agreement for the continued management of the trail system on Galbraith Mountain. The new stewardship agreement is similar to the previous versions and the WMBC will be in charge of all trail maintenance and construction on Galbraith Mountain.

We are extremely pleased we were able to reach agreement with the new land owners. We are fortunate that we have such an incredible place to recreate. Huge thanks goes out to Polygon 05 who is willing to allow for continued public use of private land.

A few work parties were missed while we were in the negotiation process and we will do our best to make up for lost time. In the meantime please respect all posted rules, regulations and trail closures-yes, this includes Unemployment Line (the new machine built trail). U-line will be our top priority to finish as conclude the build season and we we head into the summer of riding.

Special thanks goes out to our legal council, Mark Lee of Brownlie Evans Wolf & Lee LLP, who was invaluable in the process of reaching an agreement that was in the best interest of all parties involved.

Now its time to get back to digging in the dirt!! Stay tuned for trail work days and details.

MP

With a month plus invested into the process the WMBC has come to a Stewardship agreement with Polygon o5. A big Thanks must go out MP and Mark lee. The WMBC board and it's legal help feel very confident that the new agreement will product both parties well if any litigation were to come from an incident on the hill-- we cn again start maintaining the trail we all love so much-- cheers

The WMBC and Polygon 05 have reached agreement for the continued management of the trail system on Galbraith Mountain. The new stewardship agreement is similar to the previous versions and the WMBC will be in charge of all trail maintenance and construction on Galbraith Mountain.

We are extremely pleased we were able to reach agreement with the new land owners. We are fortunate that we have such an incredible place to recreate. Huge thanks goes out to Polygon 05 who is willing to allow for continued public use of private land.

A few work parties were missed while we were in the negotiation process and we will do our best to make up for lost time. In the meantime please respect all posted rules, regulations and trail closures-yes, this includes Unemployment Line (the new machine built trail). U-line will be our top priority to finish as conclude the build season and we we head into the summer of riding.

Special thanks goes out to our legal council, Mark Lee of Brownlie Evans Wolf & Lee LLP, who was invaluable in the process of reaching an agreement that was in the best interest of all parties involved.

Now its time to get back to digging in the dirt!! Stay tuned for trail work days and details.

MP

After a month of working with our lawyer and polygon 05's lawyer we believe we have come up with a agreement which will work for both parties very well. We hope to sign it this week and be back on the hill maintaing by next week-- let's hope all goes well dc

Hey all,

Again we had to cancel another Trail day due to not having a working Stewardship Agreement with Polygon 05. The Agreement which we had revised for Polygons Lawyer to look at was returned with two clauses that are not acceptable to the WMBC board and would cost the Club 1000’s of extra dollars in insurance. We are hopeful that an agreement that is to the liking of both parties will be hammered out soon but until than The WMBC and it’s volunteers will not be maintaining trails on Galby. April 29th

Darren Clark
WMBC vp

The Kulshan-sponsored trail day on Sat. the 17th is cancelled, or rather, is being rescheduled. I'll let you know when a new date has been set.
Cheers, Hawk

Riders, the lower Evolution reroute is complete and the trail has been reopened. The reroute eliminates the rutted-out, fall-line section of trail, and also will keep riders from blasting into the road at the exit, which was an obvious safety issue. Colin Tobin operated the mini-excavator that was donated by Mark Salisbury of Fanatik Bikes to complete the majority of the work and we had a solid crew of guys over the last week doing all the shaping with hand tools. The rebuilt section starts at the step up and continues to the exit. The old section of trail has been blocked off. Keep in mind the dirt is fresh and still soft despite our using a plate compactor to pack the trail tread. There are 6-7 new jumps that you should look at before you leap. Also as you roll thru, try and take different lines to help pack the tread rather than the same line which will cause ruts. Thanks to all the guys that got out and got after it and thanks to the riding community for respecting the temporary closure.
Cheers, Hawk