Trails

TAP 2012

Submitted by Mark on Sat, 01/28/2012 - 09:56

TAP 2012 

Restore the Shore

2011 was an incredible year with the inception of the Trail Adoption Plan.  Over 40 trail days and 4400 hours were put into 9 trails on Seymour and in Lynn Valley by 11 Trail Adopters. 

2012 promises to be twice the capacity as the revitalization of the Shore continues with 21 Adopters and 18 trails. 

The future looks good.

These are your Trail Adopters for 2012: 

Arc'teryx - BC Bike Race - BMO-Bank of Montreal - Cycles Lambert -  Different Bikes -  Dizzy Cycles -  Dunbar Cycles Endless Biking -  Giant Bicycles - John Henry Bikes - MEC - Muddbunnies -  North Shore Bike Shop - NS Ride - nsmb.com -  Rocky Mountain Bicycles - Rock Shox - Ryders Eyewear - Shimano - Steed Cycles

Support those who support the Shore

Click Here for 2012 TAP Trails & Adopters

 

TAP Builders 2012

Submitted by Mark on Fri, 01/27/2012 - 00:49

TAP Builders Ready themselves for 2012 Season

 The 2012 TAP Builder season briefing took place this Thurday evening, Jan 26 at the Metro Learning Center at Rice Lake.  A total of 15 builders will lead the efforts to restore the Shore continuing the work on Seymour and adding another 12 trails on Fromme, with a total of 21 Adopters. 

2012 TAP Builders:

Digger
Peter Morin
James Healey
Chris Barker
Liam Mulally
Pat Podolski
Seb Kemp
Peter O'Loughlin
Jerry Willows
Matt Preston
Earl Allen
Sven Luebke
Sean Gerke
Daniel Lui
Darryl Marlatt
Mark Wood

Many thanks to Metro Vancouver, the DNV & BC Parks for their continued support of TAP and the upcoming Builder's Academy.

IMBA Trail Care Crew visits the Shore

Submitted by Mark on Thu, 12/01/2011 - 16:54

The IMBA Canada trail crew paid a recent visit to the North Shore.  On Nov 18th 2011 Chad & Deanne Lazaruk from IMBA shared the knowledge of sustainable trail building with the community.  Putting theory into practice, the half day of classroom theory was followed by a day and a half of building a new reroute on Dreamweaver.

 

Read more below, and be sure to visit the IMBA site for more pictures here:

http://www.imbacanada.com/blog/imba-visits-north-shore-vancouver-bc

 

Bridge Work Complete on 7th Secret

Submitted by Mark on Thu, 09/29/2011 - 23:16

Thanks to the money raised by Wade's Excellent Adventure, over 170 feet of rotted woodwork has been replaced on the Fromme classic, 7th Secret.  Peter Morrin is also actively repairing eroded sections, improving the ride from top to bottom.

The entry of the new section.

New work is a combination of slat work and 'punch ins' to keep in line with the challenge level on 7th and to save in the amount of slat work necessary and the limited supplies available.  This section is 120 feet in total.

More pics & info...

 

Boogieman Trail Day #4 - Steed Cycles - Final Day!!!

Sunday September 11th brought the fourth and final trail day on Boogieman for the 2011 season. Backed by Steed Cycles and Giant Bicycle Canada, local builder Sean Gerke took on the task of maintaining Boogieman through the NSMBA Trail Adoption Program, and has since hosted four trail days mostly oriented around repairing structures which are on the verge of failing. This trail day’s goal was to replace two bridges after the swamp log which were beginning to rot, not to mention they were bad news in the wet.  
 

 

 Here's our project for the day (taken in the rain for dramatic effect) 

Summertime Gold on Corkscrew

Submitted by Mark on Mon, 07/18/2011 - 23:34

Massive efforts by Bank of Montreal over two successive trail days sees the formalizing of two significant reroutes and several improvements to the sustainability of Corkscrew trail on Seymour Mountain. 

July 17 BMO Crew

July 10 BMO Crew with guest TM Daniel Lui and support from Carlos & Brett from Metro Vancouver.  Absent from the pic but eager participants in the days work were Todd 'Digger' Fiander & Owen Thomas, Head DNV Trail Builder.

This is the inaugural year of the NSMBA Trail Adoption Program and BMO is the only non-mountain biking organization out of the 7 Adopters to participate!   We have organized 4 productive trail maintenance days this summer, where BMO employees have worked along side community members and an NSMBA Trail Maintainer  to repair “Corkscrew”, one of North Vancouver’s most popular mountain biking trails.  We hope to build on this momentum with 2 more trail days in the fall and hopefully similar activities next summer. 

Read on...

TAP Update July 2011

Submitted by Mark on Thu, 07/07/2011 - 22:41

TAP is getting in stride!

 

Things are chugging along nicely with the NSMBA Trail Adoption Plan. Work has been done quietly in the woods over the past several months, one shovel full at a time.  As we work hard as a community to undue the hands of time and their heavy toll taken on our trails, things are getting better all the time, thanks to the many hands of the volunteers led by the NSMBA Trail Maintainers.

 

Boogeyman Temporarily Closed

Submitted by Mark on Sat, 05/21/2011 - 09:38

At present there is an unsafe structure that should not be ridden and does not have an alternate line.  The trail will be closed until the structure is replaced, repaired, or an alternate solution is put in place.  Thank you for your understanding.

Loutet Jump Park Earth Day April 30th

Submitted by Mark on Thu, 04/14/2011 - 21:50

 

Join us at Loutet Jump Park on April 30th at 10am to sculpt some lips and help pull some ivy.  Look forward to seeing you there!

Get your Vote On!

Submitted by Mark on Tue, 11/30/2010 - 20:46

$100 000 for North Shore Trail Revitalization

Vote for the NSMBA starting Dec 2

http://www.avivacommunityfund.org/ideas/acf5480

There is a bright future for the trails on the North Shore Mountains. But today, the trails need our help more than ever. The NSMBA is a volunteer run, non-profit charity striving to revitalize the trail network on the North Shore Mountains for all users, keeping alive a network of nature trails that will echo through generations to come. Our mission? Trails for all, trails forever.

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