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Annual Vedder Mountain Trail Cleanup & Maintenance Day
For those wanting to earn tons of good Karma, mark Sunday April 26 on your calendar for the “Annual Vedder Mountain Trail Cleanup and Maintenance Day”. This event has been going off for many years now and is an essential part of our efforts to keep our riding area healthy. Each year we remove 5-7 tonnes of garbage and recyclables that are illegally dumped on the Vedder Mountain roadways, parking areas, trail heads and trails. The second half of the day will be dedicated to trail buffing and maintenance. Without this effort our playground would be a junkyard and no fun to ride. Every year there is a ton of free food and Swag provided and if you were there last year, you know that everyone got something good to go home with. In addition, anyone attending this year will be able to get your brand new Vedder Mountain Trails Association (VMTA) Member stickers for $10 instead of the normal $20 price and support our work towards legalizing and permanently protecting all of our trails through ongoing negotiation with the government and Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Arts. Contact myself by email (via the Contacts page at VMTA.ca) or by phone (604-793-5265) or Rob at Jack Cycle (604-858-3011) to sign up. See VMTA.ca for more deets. The skinny:
• 9:30 am, Sunday April 26 (lunch at 12, wrap-up around 3pm)
• Meet at the mountain bike parking area (first “Y” up Parmenter Road)
• Bring gloves, big plastic bucket (maybe a shovel or rake, but these may be provided)
Mark Steinebach, VMTA
“Making Vedder Trails Better”
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Vedder Shuttle Road closed - NOW RE-OPENED!!!
January 10, 2008
With the recent nasty weather, the road is in very bad shape and is dangerous in some places. It is for all intents and purposes - Closed.
Once the road is repaired we’ll update this post.
This waterbar is now 6 feet deep!!!
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AGM - Annual General Meeting 2009
FVMBA
AGM – Annual General Meeting.
Jan 7, 2008
7:30 pm
Coast Hotel – Conference room
Come on out to the AGM, for our yearly update of Club activities, election of officers, and general discussion. Now is the time to speak up on any issues you have on your mind, and to ask us about the trails, and give us direction.
You don’t need to be a member to attend.
Also – this is the preferred time to signup for another year of membership. If you’ve signed up in the last three months, just show up and fill in a new form and we’ll extend your membership to the end of 2009.
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Trail Day X 2!! Nov 22 Woodlot & Vedder
Saturday, November 22, 2008 – TRAIL DAY X 2!!! So many trails, so little time. I know…. Let’s have TWO trail days at the same time!!
Woodlot:
Experience Cycling is hosting a trail day with FVMBA at the Woodlot. Meet at the parking lot @ 9:30 am. Bring rakes & shovels if you’ve got them, but leave the bike at home. Bring your own snack – we’re just going to work on trails.
Vedder:
FVMBA is holding a trail day on Vedder on Saturday Nov 22nd. The goals are to rake the leaves off of all the trails, clear a fallen tree on hidden pleasures and possibly fix the table top on dilemma if we have enough turn out and time.
Where: Vedder mountain lower gate.
When: Saturday Nov 22nd at 10am.
What to bring: rakes and maybe a shovel and some buckets.
Who: anyone who loves to ride these trails.
Why: bike karma is good!
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Vedder - Dilemma: Temporary closure
Just a heads up for anyone planning on riding vedder this Saturday(oct.18 ):
The Vedder Running Club will be holding their annual “Around the Lake Race” and will be using Endo and Dilemma as part of the course. They would greatly appreciate it if everyone could avoid riding these 2 trails from approx. 9:10am-9:45am as there will be ALOT of people running up these 2 trails. This will help prevent any potental injury to both riders and runners.
Thanks.
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Annual Vedder Mountain Cleanup Day
100 Volunteers Combat a Mountain of Garbage
Sunday April 27 saw the Vedder Mountain Trails Association host the annual Vedder Mountain Trails clean up and trail maintenance day. VMTA representing the interests of Fraser Valley Mountain Bike Association, Back Country Horseman of BC, Vedder Running Club, Pacific Northwest Motorcycle Association, and Chilliwack Outdoor Club on Vedder Mountain coordinated the efforts of nearly 100 recreationists to revitalize the well used and well loved trail network.
Individuals from the various user groups lent more than 700 man-hours of volunteer labour to the effort. This yielded 5 metric tonnes of garbage and about 350 man-hours of trail maintenance to improve drainage, reduce the effects of erosion and to augment the sustainability of the trails.
There have been ongoing and disturbing incidences of illegal dumping that continues on Vedder Mountain. The ease of access and proximity to Chilliwack has made this popular recreation area an easy target for this illegal activity. “What is most disturbing about illegal dumping on Vedder Mountain is that the Bailey Road Landfill is only a five minute drive away and provides a legitimate and inexpensive means of disposal”, stated VMTA treasurer Mark Steinebach.
“While continued illegal dumping is discouraging, the enthusiasm and passion shown by the volunteers for this area is overwhelming”, said Steinebach. A broad range of support came from the community and government and this ensured a successful and effective outing. The local Ministry of Tourism, Sport and Arts recreation officer Mike Peters not only provided a large portion of the funding for the event, but also lent a hand with the clean up effort. The Chilliwack Lions Club provided lunch for the volunteers and Valley Tank and Container provided disposal services. Additional support came from the following: Vedder Mountain Trails Association, Fraser Valley Mountain Bike Association, Valley Veterinary Services, Jack’s Cycle, NSMB.com, Pinkbike.com, Norco Performance Bikes, Race face, McDonalds Restaurants (Vedder Crossing), Kona Bikes, Raceface, Specialized Bikes, Fox, Camelbak, Powerbar and the City of Chilliwack (Pitch-In Program).
VMTA Treasurer Mark Steinebach enjoying the sweet & newly buffed Dilemma Trail (photo by L. Steinebach)
FVMBA Rep Gerald Lankhorst removes a dangerous eyesore from our trails (photo by T.Hovde)
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Brock Anderson - Interviewed by Huckmonkey, UK
I’m sure many of you have seen Brock’s work. Several of his films are available on Broadband Sports; he was kind enough to put together a short film focusing on FVMBA-oriented trails that was shown at our last movie premier. And more recently, he’s released his latest effort: Peatspeed & Marshmellows.
Well, this latest production has been noticed far and wide, and recently, he was contacted by the good people over at Huckmonkey. Way to go Brock!!
Check out his interview here: Brock’s Interview on huckmonkey
And Brock: Thanks for the plugs!!
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FVMBA AGM Jan 9, 2008
FVMBA
AGM – Annual General Meeting.
Jan 9, 2008
7:30 pm
Coast Hotel – Conference room
Come on out to the AGM, for our yearly update of Club activities, election of officers, and general discussion. Now is the time to speak up on any issues you have on your mind, and to ask us about the trails, and give us direction.
You don’t need to be a member to attend.
Also – this is the preferred time to signup for another year of membership. If you’ve signed up in the last three months, just show up and fill in a new form and we’ll extend your membership to the end of 2008.
We’re also looking to recruit a VP.
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Vedder Mountain trail maintenance day, 28 October!
Sunday, OCTOBER 28, 2007
9:30 AM AT VEDDER MOUNTAIN
Please bring your shovels, rakes, picks and any buckets or wheelbarrows. The more people we can get out the more work we can get done so bring your parents.
Please do not bring your bike as there will be no where to put it while on the hill. Yes this will happen rain or shine.
If you need more info please contact Todd Hovde at Byker_guy28@hotmail.com
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