National Trails Day Saturday, June 1st
Lizard & Lily Lake Trail 9am – 2pm
Sponsored by:
Join the WMBC for a day of trail work with the Department of Natural Resources on the Lizard and Lily Lake Trail at Blanchard Mountain. We’ll meet at the lower parking lot off of Barrel Springs Road at 9am. We will work in supervised groups on small projects along the trail until 2pm. The trail day sponsors and the WMBC will provide a BBQ lunch afterwards. All tools will be provided by the WMBC. Please bring appropriate clothes for the weather, work gloves and water.
Whatcom Events, the organization that manages Ski to Sea, recently announced Whatcom Mountain Bike Coalition (WMBC) will be the beneficiary of proceeds from this year’s Tour de Whatcom. We are hugely appreciative to be recognized by this group that puts on such great events in Whatcom County. We look forward to the partnership with Whatcom Events! Help support the WMBC by being a part of this years Tour de Whatcom.
Tour de Whatcom, a non-competitive summer ride through Whatcom County with 25-mile, 50-mile and 105-mile courses, has run for seven years, but 2013 will be the first year Whatcom Events has managed it. This year’s Tour de Whatcom is July 27. More information can be found at tourdewhatcom.com.
Early morning showers gave way to overcast skies as a group of ~ 50 volunteer trail builders gave Mullet a super styling on Saturday, May 18. Overnight rain and cool temps made the dirt perfect for shaping and major sections of the trail were worked on to maintain and build up the trail. In an effort to speed up the top section, pumps and drains were added to some flatter spots and many holes were filled with rocks and gold dirt.
The lower section of the trail got buffed as well. 100′s of buckets of dirt and wheelbarrow loads were added to berms, jumps, and transitions. Many of the existing trail features have had dirt added to them and there are a couple new features to ride as well. Give it a roll through and a look before you hit them as things have changed. Riders can help by avoiding any ruts that develop in the soft dirt and take it easy for the next couple weeks while it packs in.
Thanks to Kona Bikes for sponsoring the day and to all the dedicated trail builders and new volunteers that came out to help.
We had 15 volunteers show up for the Fairhaven Bike sponsored WMBC trail day at Galbraith. We gave some much needed TLC to Cheech and Chong’s Wild Ride.
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Meet at the Lake Padden Ball Fields parking area at 9:45am. We will head up to the mountain at 10am, you can also ride up to the trail head and meet the crew at 10:15 , we will be working on Cheech and Chongs.
Food and beverages for lunch are being provided by Fairhaven Bike and Ski.
Please bring appropriate clothes for the weather, water and work gloves. Tools will be provided by the WMBC.
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Blake Treadway lead the trail day and here is his report for the day. “Saturday started out cloudy and soon turned into a wet and muddy day, but that didn’t stop about 40 hearty folks from turning out to finish dialing in The Sh*t, and Eagle Scout on Galby this past weekend. After dodging the […]
Meet at the Lake Padden Ball Fields parking area at 9:45am. We will head up to the mountain at 10am.
We will be working on “The Sh*t” and finishing up all the improvements on “Eagle Scout”.
Food and beverages for lunch are being provided by Kulshan Cycles.
Please bring appropriate clothes for the weather, water and work gloves. Tools will be provided by the WMBC.
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