Trail Work
We encourage giving back to the mountain biking community through your help, support and physical labor. Please check out trail days as we post them and go work on some of the trails you love to ride!
Thursday, September 20th, 2012, 5:30pm
Hello everybody!
It’s time again for Minicrew, and our event this month is happening this Thursday, September 20th, 2012, at 5:30 pm.
For our final event of the season, we will be at the Windy Saddle lot, midway up Chimney Gulch trail. We haven’t been there yet this year, but some folks will remember a number of events that we’ve held at this location over the years.
Windy Saddle
on Lookout Mountain Road
You will need to dress as you would for a two hour hike, prepared with work gloves, water, and a jacket or rain slick just in case.
The mini-crew program was started by mountain bikers and is designed as an “after-work-couple-of-hours” trail session. Our events fall on the 3rd Thursday of each month, from May until September.
We focus on specific tasks assigned by Jefferson County Open Space (JCOS) that support the trail maintenance activities for the JCOS work crews and staff. Our events provide all trail users an opportunity to actively participate in the support and maintenance of the trail systems, as well as a chance to spread good will to all trail users we encounter.
Thursday, August 16th, 2012, 5:30pm
Hello everybody!
It’s time again for Mini Crew! Our next event is happening Thursday, August 16th, 2012, 5:30 pm.
Our next minicrew event will be on the Zorro Trail, just as it was last month. We will meet in the Rooney Road parking lot at Green Mountain, and then cross the street over to Zorro on the Mathews/Winters property.
http://goo.gl/maps/UkqS
Zorro Trail just west of Green Mountain
You will need to dress as you would for a two hour hike, prepared with work gloves, water, and a jacket or rain slick just in case.
The mini-crew program was started by mountain bikers and is designed as an “after-work-couple-of-hours” trail session. Our events fall on the 3rd Thursday of each month, from May until September.
We focus on specific tasks assigned by Jefferson County Open Space (JCOS) that support the trail maintenance activities for the JCOS work crews and staff. Our events provide all trail users an opportunity to actively participate in the support and maintenance of the trail systems, as well as a chance to spread good will to all trail users we encounter.
2012 Mini Crew Calendar
Thursday June 21st
Thursday July 19th
Thursday August 16th
Thursday September 20th
Give back to the trails you love on National Trails Day, June 2nd.
Posted by BMA. Heil Ranch is a much loved trail north of Boulder, but it’s being loved to death. Years of foot, bike and hoof traffic combined with the harsh Colorado weather and highly erodible soils has made the Wapiti trail at Heil in desperate need of TLC. And we aim to give it some. BMA and BCPOS will be hosting National Trails Day event at the Wapiti and we are inviting YOU.
We will be re-routing especially over-used sections of tread to new, sweet sweet trail and then closing down the old trail. The goal is to create a more sustainable trail that will stand up to use and mitigate user conflict.
After the trail work is done, we will celebrate all of our good deeds with libations provided by Oskar Blues. So if you’ve been telling yourself that you need to do some trail work, this is IT! This is the one!
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It’s time again for Mini Crew! Our next event is happening Thursday, May 17th, 2012, 5:30 pm.
For our May event, we’ll be attending to some maintenance needs that have arisen at Matthews/Winters Park.
We’ll be meeting in the parking lot at the main trail head, and then proceeding along the Village Ride trail. This time there will be something for everyone, from light trimming and pruning, to the more moderate task of clearing drains. And who knows what else!
Map, Area: http://goo.gl/PqAqH
Map, Detail: http://goo.gl/dkd4H
You will need to dress as you would for a two hour hike, prepared with work gloves, water, and a jacket or rain slick just in case.
The mini-crew program was started by mountain bikers and is designed as an “after-work-couple-of-hours” trail session. Our events fall on the 3rd Thursday of each month, from May until September.
We focus on specific tasks assigned by Jefferson County Open Space (JCOS) that support the trail maintenance activities for the JCOS work crews and staff. Our events provide all trail users an opportunity to actively participate in the support and maintenance of the trail systems, as well as a chance to spread good will to all trail users we encounter.
2012 Mini Crew Calendar
Thursday June 21st
Thursday July 19th
Thursday August 16th
Thursday September 20th
If you have any questions or need more information, send an email tominicrew.org@gmail.com or call Fred Berry at 720-840-8596.
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Minicrew! – Trail Training Refresher and Field Seminar
Saturday, April 7th, from 8am til noon
Hey everyone, it’s almost time for Minicrew to begin again! Long time participants and curious onlookers alike are invited to our training session for the season, which will be on Saturday, April 7th, from 8am til noon. We will begin the morning at the Lookout Mountain Nature Center, and then proceeding out into the field for hands-on experience.
Anyone is welcome to come. This is our annual re-qualification and start-of-season orientation in Jefferson County Open Space trail maintenance techniques for our crew leaders, but there will plenty of room anyone else who is interested in the hows and whys of JCOS trail building and maintenance.
Send us a message via reply to this email, or call David Davenport @ 303-271-5924.
Our regular season will resume on Thursday, May 17th, location to be announced.
Mack Ridge Connector Trail Construction….IS CANCELED for tomorrow! TOO WET!
Reschedule for SATURDAY MARCH 10TH, otherwise all info below will be the same.
We’re building some new singletrack to connect Mack Ridge to Troy Built! Come out and join us. Please meet at the Mack exit parking lot at 9am. We’ll carpool via 4×4 vehicles up to the top of the ridge. If you’ve got a 4×4 that you’re willing to drive up, please let us know. The work will go until 3pm, then we’ll go into Fruita to the Hot Tomato to socialize.
The Hot Tomato will give those that worked on the trail a great deal on food and beer, plus it’s a fun place to hang out!
If you have questions, please contact Amy Agapito at coordinator@copmoba.org.
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POSSE TRAIL WORK AT BETASSO
Small-group trailwork at Betasso Preserve
Posted February 24, 2012. Continuing the tradition that started with National Trail Days (NTD) all these many years ago, BMA and Boulder County Parks and Open Space (BCPOS) are partnering up to finish up a section of the Canyon Link Trail at Betasso.
Meet at the Bummer’s Rock TH parking lot at 8:45 AM. To reach the Bummer’s Rock TH, take Canyon up to Sugarloaf to Betasso Rd and look for the signs. Bummer’s Rock is not the “main” trailhead with a bathroom.
We will run till ~12:00pm with an option to stay longer if there is need and interest.
Please bring: Water, Sunscreen, Pants, Sturdy Boots, Work Gloves and Snacks, appropriate outer wear for weather
Feel free to organize carpools using the comments section below!
Date: 2012/02/25 - 8:45am - 12:00pm
If you login or register for an account on the Boulder Mountainbike Alliance website, you can RSVP for this event. Your sign-in will also enable other cool social networking features – it’s free and fun!
Posted February 23, 2012. From COPMOBA: MACK RIDGE CONNECTOR TRAIL CONSTRUCTION
Saturday, March 3, 2012 from 9:00 am until 3:00 pm. Meet at the Mack exit parking lot.
We’re building some new singletrack to connect Mack Ridge to Troy Built! Come out and join us. Please meet at the Mack exit parking lot at 9am. We’ll carpool via 4×4 vehicles up to the top of the ridge. If you’ve got a 4×4 that you’re willing to drive up, please let us know. The work will go until 3pm, then we’ll go into Fruita to the Hot Tomato to socialize.
The Hot Tomato will give those that worked on the trail a great deal on food and beer, plus it’s a fun place to hang out!
If you have questions, please contact Amy Agapito at coordinator@copmoba.org.