We’re excited to kick-off 2019 with ambitious trail stewardship plans for the year, starting with two events in February that will help open five miles of new trails to bikes in 2019 and 2020. If you’ve never been out for a trail day before, we guarantee you’ll have a great time getting dirty–and for a good cause!
Join us on Saturday, November 10th to help advance construction on Bill’s Trail, including bridge work, tread work and pinch point installation. Bill’s Trail is an amazing 4-mile trail connecting Devil’s Gulch with the top of Mt. Barnaby at Samuel P. Taylor State Park and the first effort of the new MCBC Trail Stewards program.
With the support of PG&E, Bank of Marin and Mike’s Bikes, MCBC will train and equip a leadership corps of Trail Stewards to caretake Marin’s trails and natural habitat, while also recruiting and educating young mountain bikers (and others) to join the effort.
Expanded with camping options for 2018, Ales and Trails brings mountain bikers and trail enthusiasts together to support Access4Bikes work to expand and care for trails. With the main event taking place next Saturday, May 26 tickets are going fast.
The MCBC Off-Road Program launched in 2012 and is built on three guiding principles: education, environmental stewardship, and expanded opportunities for mountain biking. We continue to create measurable results and plan for continued success.
Join us on Saturday, November 11 for our annual Mt. Tam Day of Thanks, as we work to maintain the health of the meadows and grasslands at the Horse Hill Open Space Preserve. Then take part in Tails & Tires on Sunday, November 19.
Friends of China Camp (FOCC) would like everyone to know that the Shoreline Trail is now open and ready for you. This fabulous repair was completed by a combination of the California Conservation Corps (CCC), contracted equipment operators and ‘we can do it’ volunteers.
A big MCBC Thank You! to the 35 volunteers who worked on the Shoreline Trail repair job at China Camp State Park last week. Thanks to their efforts we are finally close to getting the trail open again.
In an effort to speed up progress on the Bill’s Trail change-in-use project, and to get the Shoreline Trail open at China Camp, MCBC is ramping up volunteer training and recruitment. We’d love to have you join our team of skilled trail building volunteers this fall!
Enthusiastic and knowable trail volunteers from all over the Bay Area bonded while creating robust new trails. The diverse group was made up of hikers, bikers, trail runners and equestrians who all share a love for trails, and not a word was heard about trail conflict or access issues.
California State Parks will be holding training workshops for its Volunteers In Parks Program (VIPP) certification on two dates this fall. This certification is needed if you want to work on State Park trails on a regular basis and carries other perks as well.
With the launch of the MCBC Off-Road Program in 2012, we identified three primary goals – the “Three E’s” as we call them: Education, Environmental Stewardship and Expanded Opportunities for mountain biking. MCBC is delivering on all of these goals.
