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Archive for the category: 'Vedder Mountain'
Posted on 30th April 2008 / Category: General updates, Trail days, Chilliwack, Vedder Mountain / Author:Steve
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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Posted on 17th October 2007 / Category: Trail days, Chilliwack, Vedder Mountain / Author:Cory
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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Posted on 26th March 2007 / Category: Trail days, Chilliwack, Vedder Mountain / Author:Tom
Well, the weather gods helped us out with clear skies. We had a great turnout, at least 30 people…some of whom even stayed after lunch and worked until 5. Skidder received some buffing, with the takeoffs of some jumps cribbed in and re-dirted. The new jump we built last time on Hidden pleasures also received some buffing. Further down the trail, we continued with Gerald’s re-route. Things are looking good! (although the dirt does need some time to settle in, so please don’t everybody go and run up there to ride it).
Thanks very much to everyone who came out to help! If you were there, please send me your email address.
Thanks to Jack's Cycle in Chilliwack for providing lunch for our hungry volunteers! Thanks to Wentings' Cycle in Mission for “trail bucks”!
Next big trail day is April 21 on McKee peak (Ledgeview) in Abbotsford, sponsored by Abbotsford's newest bike shop, The Bike Brewery! See you all there!
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Posted on 21st March 2007 / Category: Trail days, Chilliwack, Vedder Mountain / Author:Tom
On Sunday March 25, we’ll be having our first “official” trail maintenance day of 2007. The fine folks at Jack’s Cycle will be providing all the volunteers with free pizza lunch in exchange for all their hard work. We will be continuing the fine work started on Hidden Pleasures.
We’ll be meeting at Jack’s Cycle, located at 45735 Thomas Rd, Vedder Crossing in Chilliwack (beside McDonalds) at 9:30 and then heading over to Vedder shortly thereafter. Don’t worry if your vehicle is not capable of the drive up Vedder, we’ve got lots of trucks and arranging a ride up is no problem!
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Posted on 27th February 2007 / Category: Trail days, Chilliwack, Vedder Mountain / Author:Tom
This past weekend saw a lot of love put back into the trails at Vedder Mountain in Chilliwack. We had a great turnout of volunteers, 6 on Saturday and 14 on Sunday! Some great work was done on “Hidden Pleasures” to re-route the beginning section of the trail. It is now a lot more fun, and more importantly, much more sustainable. Much was done in the way of drainage and grade reversals to keep water from running down the trail, and we’re quite happy with the result. Work is ongoing further down the trail, if you’re interested in helping send us an email at ride@fvmba.com. Thanks to everyone who came out!
Just a few of the volunteers
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Posted on 16th July 2006 / Category: Trail days, Chilliwack, Vedder Mountain / Author:Steve
FVMBA Vedder mountain trail day went off as planned July 9th. A small, but dedicated group worked primarily on Dilemma, mostly putting dirt on takeoffs and trannys. Fixed a few problem holes also. We also deactivated two reroutes on Hidden Pleasures that were causing erosion and were eye sores.
Thanks to all that turned out.
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Posted on 13th June 2006 / Category: Trail days, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Sumas, Vedder Mountain / Author:Steve
Next scheduled trail days are:
Sumas - July 9th. More detail to come
Vedder: Dilemma. Date to be announced.
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Posted on 29th April 2006 / Category: Trail days, Chilliwack, Vedder Mountain / Author:Steve
Vedder Mountain Trails Association members representing Fraser Valley Mountain Bike Association, Back Country Horseman of BC, Vedder Running Club, Pacific Northwest Motorcycle Associatian, and Chilliwack Outdoor Club cooperated to make the April 9 cleanup day organized by FVMBA reps a complete success.
Individuals from these groups lent more than 700 man-hours of volunteer labour to the effort. This mammoth effort yeilded 2.7 metric tonnes of garbage that did not include metal, tires and other recyclables.
While it is discouraging that we need to continue to bust our humps keeping our playground pristine, the amount of enthusiam applied to this problem was overwhelming. Thank yous must be extended to our local Ministry of Tourism, Sport and Arts recreation representative Brian Radke who generously supplied funding for the dumpsters and landfill fees for a second year. Harvey Adrian from MacDonald's supplied coupons, and Jack's Cycles supplied food, barbequing skills and some swag. There were many, many others that helped in significant ways. You know who you are and your efforts are appreciated.
VMTA past-president Mark Steinebach enjoys the now clean & tidy trails of Vedder Mountain
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Posted on 20th February 2006 / Category: Trail days, Chilliwack, Abbotsford, Sumas, Vedder Mountain / Author:Cory
The FVMBA has two cleanup days scheduled in the coming months:
- Vedder Mtn. Cleanup. 9 April 2006 (Sunday). Meet at Jack's Cycle in Chilliwack, 9:30am.
- Sumas Mtn. Cleanup. 28 May 2006 (Sunday). Meet at the locked gate on Batt Road, 9:30am.
Drop us a line if you have any questions or need to arrange a ride to either of the locations.
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Posted on 23rd March 2005 / Category: Trail days, Chilliwack, Vedder Mountain / Author:Cory
This message was received from Mark Steinebach. Keep up the good work out there!
Sunday, March 20 saw several different groups of recreational users come together to put their collective back’s into cleaning up Vedder Mountain. Every year the dirt bike, trail running, hiking, horseback riding and mountain biking groups have organized their own “trail days” to deal with the illegal dumping abuses that are reeked upon this area that we love so much. This year the various groups co-ordinated their focus. The result was a cumulative effort that yielded some 500 man hours of volunteer labour of which the mountain bike community contributed nearly half.
Two mega-dumpsters of garbage were removed from the roadways and embankments of Vedder Mountain, and piles of berms were added to the trails to improve that flowy feeling. A ton of general trail maintenance occurred. Following this trail ‘love-in’ the troops met back at Jack’s Cycle for eats. Swag flowed to the regiment and then it was off to enjoy mass trail riding. We went home muddy, tired and smiling.
The day was all good and props have to go out to the following good folks that helped to make this day go off by the donation of goods, food, money or effort:
- Kona
- Norco Performance Bikes
- Jack’s Cycle
- Ryders Eyewear
- Save-on-Foods (Sardis)
- McDonald’s (Sardis)
- Dairy Queen
- FVMBA
- NSMB
- Pinkbike
- Alpine Valley Disposal Ltd
- City of Chilliwack
- Ministry of Forests (Chilliwack District)
- Kelmor Gravel Sales (Bill Kelly)
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