WMBC Trail News

Details are as follows:

Date: Saturday, June 19th
Sponsor: Transition Bikes
Time: Meet at 9:45 at Lake Padden Lot (across from Galby lane) and we'll head up the hill at 10AM.
Trail: Atomic Dog
Goal: Get Atomic Dog buffed, drainage finished, add a couple of features and dial in a new exit.

The new and updated 2010 Galbraith Moutain map is ready for purchase from the WMBC site.

Updates include:
Uemployment line
Atomic Dog
lost Sole
three pig reroute

other updates are better repersentation of the actually trail bed on the map.

Chris did a great job

WMBC Store

cool vid from local rider R.D Watters

El Pollo from RD Watters on Vimeo.

Cheers dc

Hi all,



In order to get a better understanding of our community using the trails on Galbraith, we’ve put together a rider survey. As the survey states, this information is completely anonymous and the WMBC is not collecting any personal data (email, names, etc.). This information will be used to support future discussions with land managers in Whatcom County and provide insight into the recreational value mt. biking has in Bellingham.



Please take 5 minutes to fill the survey and help the WMBC learn more about the rider population.

Click to take survey

Because a lot of riders don’t frequent the various bike forums or aren’t likely on this email list, we’ll be setting up a couple of weekend days at Birch St. and Galbraith lane to capture info. from other users and riders. I would love to have some volunteers who could help me with that effort (maybe in 2 or 3 hour shifts). While it’s true that I’m broken (again) and can’t ride right now, I do have several trail projects happening on the hill and would like to keep those moving forward. Let me know if you’re interested in helping out with such an endeavor.



PLEASE FORWARD TO ANY FRIENDS THAT HAVE RIDDEN GALBAITH IN THE PAST YEAR.

The WMBC has starting the process of signing the FR and DH directional trails on Galbraith. There is an entrance sign which indicate it's a mt. bike only trail and it warns riders of the upcoming challenging terrain. There is also an exit sign which tells riders and hikers to not go up these trails because they will likely encounter riders descending at high speeds. Signs were posted at the top of Scorpion, Evolution, Unemployment Line, and Atomic Dog, and at the bottom of Scorpion and Unemployment Line. More will follow soon. Happy trails.

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

Now that the WMBC has a new stewardship agreement in place with Polygon, we've been given the go-ahead to resume trail building activities on Galbraith. We are throwing a trail work party this Sunday that will focus on completing work on Unemployment Line.


There's several major projects that need to be finished in addition to jump shaping and revegging. There's a couple natural spring zones that'll need rock and drainage work, the entrance ladder feature/filter needs to get built, and several jumps will need to get shortened or lengthened.


Meet up at the upper Padden parking area around 9:45 for a 10 am roll out. Bring your bike if it's nice, water, your favorite tool, and appropriate gear. If you can carpool or ride to the lot or trail please do as parking has been packed lately. Hidden Wave Board Shop is our sponsor for this build day and will be providing a light breakfast and something tasty for lunch.


Looking forward to a big turnout. There's a lot of interest in seeing this trail opened up. Come on out and help make it happen.


Cheers, Hawk