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Archive for the category: 'Trail days'
Posted on 23rd May 2006 / Category: Trail days, Abbotsford, Sumas / Author:Steve
The Fraser Valley Mountain Bikers Association (FVMBA) will be holding a trail clean-up and maintenance day on Sumas Mountain in Abbotsford on May 28th, 2006. Meet at the lower, locked gate on Batt road at 9:30 am. Bring trail tools (shovels, rakes, gloves) and your bike! The gate will be open for shuttle runs when the work is done. Expect 3-4 hours of hard work, so bring water and snacks. There will be prizes to give away to FVMBA members. You can also sign up for the FVMBA at the trail day for a reduced rate of $10.00 for 2006.
Come out and give back to the trails you love and ride!
Word has it that ESC/Huckwagon will be there with labour for the trail and their van for shuttles after!!
For more information, phone Andrew at 604-854-3303 or e-mail ride@fvmba.com.
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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 22nd March 2006 / Category: Trail days, Mission, Bear Mountain / Author:Gary
Jolly Rancher cleanup Mission
Meet April 9 sunday at 9am Millpond,bring lunch and gloves ,etc..
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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 7th February 2006 / Category: Trail days, Abbotsford, Ledgeview / Author:Steve
A wrecked car appeared a couple of years ago on the main access road and has slowly been working its way down the hill, deteriorating and shedding parts.
It’s time to do something about it.
Bring some gloves, and we will push, pull and drag that hulk out of there. We’ve arranged for a flat bed scrapper to take it away after it arrives at the bottom.
Come give something back to this playground we call Ledgeview.
Meet at the North Entrance by the golf course.
Sunday Feb 19th 10-12
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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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Posted on 23rd February 2005 / Category: Trail days, Mission, Bear Mountain / Author:Cory
We will set up a date soon for work on Bigguns and The Coral trails at the back of Bear Mtn. Stay tuned!
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Posted on 22nd February 2005 / Category: Trail days, Abbotsford, Ledgeview / Author:Cory
We are going to need 10 to 12 people to come out on Saturday, February 26th at noon to the Lost Oakleys trail to repair the bridge. It was washed down-stream earlier this spring, and we need to place it back in the right spot and re-attach it. The bonus is you have to ride the entire trail to get to the bridge! The trail starts on McKee road on the Western edge of Ledgeview Golf Course.
Hope to see you there!
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