WMBC Trail News

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

Mike and crew from Fairhaven Bike & Mountain Sports Supplied the food and coffee for the the last set of reroutes planned for the Three Pigs. Today's plan was to remove a fall line section of trail for a more XC flowing section. Mp had the line tapped and ready for th e 25 people and 3 dogs prior to us all showing up to work. We had planned to work until 1:30 but we all wanted to see the work completed prior to leavinf so we ended up staying until 3:30 pm

Thanks goes out to the Fairhaven Crew for the help.

Clearing the the brush and saving ferns for later replanting

Benched section of trail it looks good and will last forever.

Mike B showing off some of his work

nice flowing section

Corner turn to berm

Next XC Trail Day April 11th
DC

Hey all,

Just want to give a HUGE thanks to everyone that came out to throw dirt on Sunday. We ended up with 54 people (plus a couple late stragglers) that included about 10 groms and 1/2 dozen gals, plus at least 10 dogs. Big props to Chris and Allen who not only took care of breakfast and pizza for lunch, but they brought a fair bit of killer swag and their crew of builders with them.

We split into groups of 10 and took on some really big projects. There was a lot of tweaking and revegging that went on yesterday. The goal was to make everything "caseable" and at least a handful of jumps were re-shaped. We made it about 2/3 of the way down the hill and I'm guessing we've got another couple of weeks before the trail is considered ready for the public, so please be patient with us as we make necessary changes. Folks will be working on it most days until it's ready to go.

Cheers,
EB

Some pics from my better half.

Not......open.....yet.
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Transplanted Ferns:
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Groms and Dogs.
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2nd jump got a bit wider...
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Cheri was a dirt moving machine.
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This section got dialed by TZ, Spence, Andrew, Hawk and a bunch of other folks. 4 jumps in a row.
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Odin and Matt K. working on the old skidder road.
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Looking up the old skidder.
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Tyler, David, Mike and crew working in the stepdown zone.
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Scuch and Mattie. These dudes with the help from Teague, Hawk, Brandon and a few others extended this a table by 6 or 7 feet. Guys were overshooting the tranny to flat....that won't be a problem now. ;)
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The tranny for said jump.
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Brandon and Andrew talking shop.
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Josh P sampling the stepdown.
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Hi all,Sorry for the late notice, but as of today, Evolution will be closed for 3-4days while we put a re-route in place at the exit. The goal is to weave thetrail down the hill after the step up (which is getting overhauled as well),add a few more features and then point riders up the road upon exit vs.coming into the road perpendicular - which is both a safety hazard and ismaking a real mess of the road.Please take Scorpion, Wonderland or the Woodle down from the towers. Thanksfor your patience and please pass this along to your riding buddies.Cheers,EB

Thanks to Trailhead Athletics for helping to rally a big crew for the new connector from the Oly to the Three Bears. The rain held out for the day and we were able to punch the trail through to the road-near the junction of Road 2000 & 2700 (Supercross Road).

We had close to 40 folks show up throughout the day. With such a great turnout we were able to get the trail done today and even sooner than we expected!! Now it's time for riders and tires to help set the final lines.

Lafeen's Doughnuts and Starbucks Coffee got us going in the morning and the Bagelry Bagels and awesome spreads kept us going in the afternoon.

Now at the North end of the Oly you can cross the road and ride singletrack, pop out on the road and a quick right and there you are for another quick right onto Papa Bear or left and to Goldilocks.

Another great day on the hill for the WMBC.

Nice Work!

MP