Blog
07 | Apr | '15
Bryan Rivard
For sharp ascents, challenging downhill, and gorgeous views of Mount Saint Helens and Silver Star Mountain, check out April’s trail highlight—Cold Creek. With quick (but steep) access to beautiful scenery just 25 minutes from Vancouver and one hour from the east side of Portland, it’s not surprising this is one of the area’s most popular sections of the Tarbell trail system.
30 | Mar | '15
Bryan Rivard
The City of Seattle is currently developing its policy for Natural Areas and Greenbelts and without your input, we could see these areas permanently closed to bikes on unpaved trails.
We all know the benefits of mountain bike trails—they allow urban families and children a chance to connect to nature, create an opportunity for fun and healthy, low-impact recreation, displace undesired activity, and improve forest health through volunteer work—but policy makers may not know this. So we need to help them understand the benefits you personally experience.
26 | Mar | '15
Bryan Rivard
Tiger Mountain is abuzz. With over 14 miles of fun-filled trail completed and a total of 20 miles projected to be completed by the end of the summer, there’s a lot to be excited about. But there’s always work to do! While DNR is hard at work on the climbing trail, Evergreen is leading work parties of dedicated volunteers eager to keep the new Descent trail on schedule.
26 | Mar | '15
Bryan Rivard
We're looking for a planner. A leader. A visionary. A professional trail gnome--and you could be it!
The Trail Builder/Crew Leader is responsible for planning, organizing and leading volunteer trail work parties and for performing independent trail construction work. While most work parties occur on weekends, weekday evening work parties are also important. And we're looking for the best since this position requires strong trail building, communication and volunteer organizational skills, and the ability to effectively lead a crew to complete a trail work project. Passion for mountain biking and the outdoors is a must--if this sounds like you or someone you know, keep reading!
20 | Mar | '15
Bryan Rivard
The Evergreen Trails Crew gets to meet a lot of people at trailwork parties: great, enthusiastic folks eager to build trail, make friends, and give back to the community. But with so many build events happening, we sometimes forget to highlight the partnerships and hard work that takes place with local schools and youth programs!
19 | Mar | '15
Bryan Rivard
This week Evergreen West Sound scored a huge win for mountain biking kids, families, and friends in the Poulsbo area. If you’ve been following the pump track proposal, you know that it’s been a long process—but one that ended with final approval this past Wednesday evening.
16 | Mar | '15
Bryan Rivard
Do you want to influence mountain biking and its future growth in Washington State? Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance is seeking candidates to the Statewide Board of Directors and Committees that support the work of the Board of Directors. Mountain bikers living anywhere in the state can apply for these positions.
15 | Mar | '15
Bryan Rivard
School on the weekend? Who would sign up for that? Actually, over 30 people decided to dedicate their saturday to learning the process of building trails and decided that it was their best day at school ever! (I mean, we can only assume)
13 | Mar | '15
Bryan Rivard
Do you ride the Japanese Gulch area? Or do you want to see continued MTB access near Mukilteo?
The City of Mukilteo will be presenting alternatives for the use of Japanese Gulch, and this will impact area mountain biking.