I am really glad the rains have finally started! I have anticipated this rain more than any other time I can remember. We need the snowpack at the high altitudes, and my yard is looking very dry! The bad news is that we have to cancel our monthly club ride for tomorrow. We do not want to damage the trails that we put so much time and effort into maintaining. Riding in the rain is not necessarily bad, but any time you are leaving an imprint deeper than an inch, you are creating unnecessary damage to the trailbed. If you cut into the subsurface, erosion has a foothold that cannot be stopped without countless hours of human intervention. Protect the trails by riding responsibly. Tomorrow, stay home, stay dry and come out next month on the third Saturday.
There were lots of cameras out during the trailwork on the Culvert Trail on Saturday. Go to our Facebook page to see more photos of everyone hard at work.
If you were out in the canyon this weekend you may have noticed that the Culvert Trail was closed. There were around 40 volunteers out there reworking and rehabilitating the trail. REI provided a grant that FATRAC has been using to work with State Parks to improve the trail. Forest Trails Alliance brought in heavy equipment to make quick work of turning fall line trail into swoopy single-track. this is just Phase One of the work we will be doing in the next year to make this trail much more sustainable as well as fun! Check our Facebook page for more photos of the work. Keep an eye on our web site and Facebook pages to find out when we are doing future trailwork so that you can invest some sweat equity in the trails you ride.