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27 | Oct | '15
Bryan Rivard
What do you get when you add pizza, beer, and 60 miles of upcoming trail projects to 150 mountain bikers? You get the Evergreen 2015 Annual Community Meeting!
Last Friday mountain bikers from across the state joined Evergreen leadership to hear about the upcoming plans for trailbuilding around the state, meet new officers, and give feedback on Evergreen’s 2020 Draft Vision.
27 | Oct | '15
Bryan Rivard
When the sun shines (kind of) and a pig gets roasted, there’s one thing you can count on at Tiger Mountain: that mountain bikers will come. But we didn’t realize how many would come--over 400 people showed up to celebrate the opening of Predator, the latest result of the strong partnership between Evergreen and DNR.
14 | Oct | '15
Bryan Rivard
What’s the most important part of mountain biking? Smiling.
Well, not exactly, but as anyone who has shared a trail knows, a little politeness can go a long way. That’s why last weekend on Grand Ridge Evergreen partnered with Washington Trail Association and King County Parks for our first-ever Trail Etiquette Day.
06 | Oct | '15
Bryan Rivard
Last Saturday Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance presented the annual Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day festival, with parents and young riders as far as Walla Walla coming to King County’s Duthie Hill Park to join in the festivities. With the perfect weather we’d expected to have close to 400 participants—however, Take a Kid wrapped up with a record 600+ participants throughout the day!
02 | Oct | '15
Bryan Rivard
If you didn’t know better, you’d think a .75mile loop trail was no big deal. But that just means that you don’t know about the Seabrook Trail yet.
01 | Oct | '15
Bryan Rivard
If you’re in an Oktoberfest mood but won’t throw on your lederhosen until after some helmet time, check out one of the newer routes in Leavenworth that happens to be our October Trail highlight: the Freunsy ride!
08 | Sep | '15
Bryan Rivard
That’s the thought that Nat Pellman at Fremont-based Brouwer’s Café had when he reached out to Evergreen with a fundraiser idea. His mission? To raise money for the Excavator Fund by donating the proceeds from all canned beer sales on August 27th to Evergreen.
02 | Sep | '15
Bryan Rivard
Evergreen wants you to join us on October 3rd for the 2015 Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day at Duthie Hill Bike Park! This is a great chance to introduce a new rider to the fun of the trail!
For years Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance has worked with its partners to make this a fun-filled day—and this year we’re going bigger, with more activities, more prizes, and more excitement for the two-wheeler in your life. Check out this year's schedule:
01 | Sep | '15
Bryan Rivard
Whether it’s falling off the back end, landing poorly, or taking that journey over your handlebars, there’s one question that should come to a mountain biker’s mind in a helmet-meets-object situation: do I have a concussion?