There’s always lots happening up on the mountains! Check out a snapshot of some of the work that’s been going on:
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- Tools on a truck for the trails 📷 Joe Woywitka
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- Fresh gold on Dempsey 📷 Trevor Hansen
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- Maintaining the exit cedar features on Corkscrew 📷 Dave Clendenan
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- Patching up some spots to protect roots on Pangor 📷 Sven lubeke
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- Cedar and Gold on Lower Oil Can 📷 Michael Stormer
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- Adding fresh dirt and planting some ferns on the Fromme Ascent 📷 Giant Bicycle Canada
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- Fixing some berms on Lower Digger 📷 Trevor Hansen
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- Upper Oil Can Before 📷 Vince Beasse
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- Upper Oil Can After – securing the rocks with some fresh gold 📷 Vince Beasse
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- Keeping the Fromme Ascent running smooth with new dirt and cedar
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- Ridge Runner – Before – 📸 Isabelle Deguise
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- Ridge Runner – After – filling puddles and raising the trail bed with fresh mineral soil (gold) is all part of regular maintenance – 📸 Isabelle Deguise
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- Powerline Berms! – 📸 joe Woywitka
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- Securing the dirt and freshening up lines on Pingu – 📸 joe Woywitka
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- Gold and bracing the trail on Leppard – 📸 joe Woywitka
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- Some bridge repairs on Expresso – 📸 joe Woywitka
A few notes from the Builders:
- The builders are seeing a lot of Braids on John Deer which is leading to more erosion and the potential damaging of roots. Please ride on the main lines so the builders can focus on regular maintenance and new projects, rather than fixing and blocking braids.
- No matter where in the World you’re riding / hiking / running, braid your hair, not the trails.
- The Builders on Baden Powell are beginning work on rehabilitating the trail from Expresso to Boundary. The goal of this work is to make the route pedalable east to west. It is going to be a multi-year project and you can join us for some trail days to start on June 27th, July 18th and August 8th.
Thank you to all of the the Trail Adoption Plan (TAP) sponsors who brought their teams out to work on the trails!
- Pennzoil w/ Steed Cycles
- Dale’s w/ Comor Sports and NS Ride
- Fromme Ascent (No Quarter) w/ Giant Bicycle Canada
- Pangor w/ Giant Bicycle Vancouver
- Dempsey w/ Mosaic
- Leppard w/ BGC Engineering
Stay tuned for more trail day opportunities in the near future! If you would like to be added to the email list to get notified first when opportunities become available, please email ryan@nsmba.ca
If you ever see any maintenance issues on the trails be sure to report it via Trailforks with a photo of the issue and map coordinates/location if possible. It’s the quickest and best way to alert the builders of any work that needs to be done.
If you don’t have trailforks, you can also email info@nsmba.ca with a photo and location as well.