From hanging out selling hats and stickers under the VVMBA tent at local races to helping out with planning events and spreading word about issues and meetings important to the Vail Valley trail community, the VVMBA is looking for volunteers! There is much more going on locally than our bi-weekly trail work nights, so if you are interested in volunteering time and skills, give us a holler! We’ll hook volunteers up with a sweet VVMBA hat, and some stickers to display to show that you are giving back to the biking community. We are looking specifically for volunteers to form a Marketing...
Adopt-A-Trail Lottery June 21, 6pm at the Dusty Boot in Beaver Creek
The VVMBA will be conducting a lottery/draft for all the interested trail adopters on Tuesday June 21st at the Dusty Boot in Beaver Creek at 6pm. All trails will be adopted to those people present at this event. If you are interested in adopting a trail for your group or organization, make sure to have at least one person attend. For those people that can’t attend the lottery and IF there are still trails left for adoption, we will make those remaining trails available for a few days following the event. Important documents: Download the above jpg file that corresponds to the adopt...
VVMBA Hosts the 2015 Outdoor Stewardship Institute Trail Crew Leader Training
On August 23rd and 24th while most of you were taking advantage of another two days of perfect summer temperatures to hit the trail, river, or rock, a few of the Vail Valley Mountain Bike Association Board members and some of our most dedicated Trail Crew members were busy putting in time to make our remaining fall projects a huge success. VVMBA hosted the Volunteers for Outdoor Colorado Outdoor Stewardship Institute’s (VOC/OSI) summer Trail Crew Leader training workshop in Minturn, Colorado. At this workshop, seven VVMBA members and numerous folks from other organizations spent the weekend learning how to successfully...
VVMBA Early Summer Trail Update
VVMBA Early Summer Trail Update: Where to Ride in Eagle County Right Now! Mud on the trails…wildlife closures…resort construction… all this stuff might leave you wondering where can we actually go riding right now in Eagle County, CO? Well, the short answer is: a lot of places! Biking this time of year is game of timing and location. Let those trails dry out, but don’t wait too long into the afternoon to hit the dirt or you’ll probably get caught by that next storm or miss your window completely. Similar to spring skiing, you have to play the aspects. Many...
Avon Open Trails
West Avon Preserve The Vail Daily recently published a great article on the West Avon Preserve opening. To get the full update, follow the bottom link. When the West Avon Preserve reopens on Wednesday, a new trail called Wild West Ridge will open with it. The 2.18-mile path was machine constructed by Momentum Trail Concepts last fall on the 478-acre plot of land on the north side of Avon. It provides another connector for hikers and bikers between Avon’s Wildridge neighborhood and the Singletree community in Edwards. Specifically, Wild West Ridge joins the June Creek Trail with the Avon Singletree...