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North Shore Triple Crown October 11th
Meet – Old Buck Parking Lot Seymour
Starting Point – Old Buck Parking Lot – SEYMOUR
Up Old Buck to 1st switchback, road to TNT, Dales, Foreverafter, Highschool back to bridal path, left to Hyannis – down to river and up twin bridges (options on Bottletop)
Climb up Twin Bridges access the new trail south of the Plant and cross onto Bike path west of road avoiding Gazebo to Rice Lake Rd –
Twin Bridges to Rice Lake Rd, End of the Line Cafe (first re-group spot).
FROMME
From ‘End of the Line’ Store on Dempsey turning North up Underwood to West on Coleman then onto Hoskins connecting with McNair and onto Mountain Hwy to the water tower (option on climbing McNair via Griffin)
Up the gravel of Mountain Hwy to Executioner Trail, descending to Dream Weaver then heading west on Baden Powell to Mosquito Creek and continuing Down Skyline to Mount Royal Drive or to Grouse Parking Lot, then Cleveland Dam. (second meeting spot – food can be grabbed at the Store on Mount Royal, just off of Capilano Rd – thus the descent down Skyline Road)
Re-Group POINT 2 – will be located at Cleveland Dam.
Entering West Vancouver at Cleveland Dam finishing at Horseshoe Bay
WEST VANCOUVER ROUTE DESCRIPTION
CYPRESS
Climbing from Cleveland Dam, stay right on gravel and curve around to the metal fence, stay along the fence until you reach pavement. Turn right through BP’s onto Glenmore dr, left on Morven Dr past school, left on Glangarry Cres back to Glenmore dr heading south on Bonnymuir, this intersects with Southborough Dr/ Stevens Dr. Turn right then right onto Kenwood Rd, right on Elveden Row to a right on Eyremount Dr to the corner of Millstream Rd – here you will see a trail head – take the Millstream Connector Trail heading across to First switch Back on Cypress Bowl rd. Up Cypress Bowl road to the second switchback.
Take the gravel road through the gate, about 2-300 meters up drop into Slippery Canoe this comes out on a gravel road, just across the road is another trail with a slight uphill, take this to the next road crossing, directly across and just to the right is Tall Cans – drop down to the next road, a little to the left 40 feet the trail continues – when you reach the next road turn right and take that out to the powerstation, once past the power station on pavement turn right, cross bridge over CYPRESS Falls and turn left – take this road for a couple of km’s, just before the trans Canada trail there is Nelson Creek to the old highway, turn right on old highway, on the left will be some stairs, they will take you down to an old reclaimed rail trail, from here you will progress to Eagle Heights above Horseshoe Bay, continue straight into Horseshoe bay for the celebration.
Results – Toonie #4 Presented by Lynn Valley Bikes
Toonie #4 Presented by Lynn Valley Bikes Results 2014-06-12 Men Overall Place Name Stage 1 Rank Stage 2 Rank Stage 3 Rank Total Time 1. Jamie Biluk 0:05:25 2. 0:09:57 1. 0:11:58 1. 0:11:58 2. Andreas Hestler 0:05:23 1. 0:10:02 2. 0:12:11 2. 0:12:11 3. Luke Penner...
Fromme Parking Lot
The Open House in May was well attended. Was your voice heard?
A public open house was held this month to outline and solicit input from the community regarding the Fromme parking lot as proposed by the District of North Vancouver.
It was well attended by local residents and to no surprise, continues to be a polarizing topic.
It has been a long standing issue that was the catalyst for the Fromme Mountain Sustainable Trail Use and Classification Plan.
Circuit 8 Revitalization Project – Phase I Complete
The NSMBA is pleased to announce the completion of Phase 1 to revitalize the Circuit 8 trail network thanks to support from the Young Foundation.
The restorative work was led by Pat Podolski and Todd "Digger" Fiander and conducted through February & March of this year. Thanks to the leadership from Mathew Bond, a public trail day was held in March 2014.
The labor intensive work required deep pockets of mud to be removed from low lying areas and raised trail bed created to ensure proper drainage. Much of the erosion on the descent to Fisherman's has been alleviated with realignment at the bottom and restorative work at the top.
Please open the below Impact Report for photos of the restorative work including before/after pics.
Impact Report
Thank you to Pat, Digger & Mathew Bond for their leadership and hard work on this one!
Cypress Upper Lands Working Group
The District of West Vancouver is asking people what they value about the Upper Lands, that large, undeveloped block of land above the highway. All 6,265 acres, all the way out to Horseshoe Bay.
The Upper Lands Working Group is reviewing policies and programs outlined in the 2001 Upper Lands Study and the District’s Official Community Plan. The review will help to determine what lands should be protected, what lands can be developed, uses of public land, and appropriate forms of development.
Last year the Working Group heard from stakeholders and stewardship groups, including the NSMBA and a representative of the Cypress trail builders. Now they want to hear from the general public. This means you!
There are three Open Houses scheduled for public input. At the Community Centre each evening will have two interactive workshops, so come out, grab a clicker and have your vote counted!
Wednesday, February 26
4:30 – 7:30 P.M.
Gleneagles Club House
6190 Marine Drive
Thursday, February 27
4 – 8:30 P.M.
West Vancouver Community Centre
Interactive workshops at 5 and 7p.m.
Tuesday, March 4
4 – 8:30 P.M.
West Vancouver Community Centre
Interactive workshops at 5 and 7p.m.
2014 TAP Adoptions Open!
2014 Trails Adoptions are open!
Find out how it works here.
New trails up for adoption include Forever After, High School League Trail, Sticks & Stones, Dempsey and Roadside Attraction. These, and many others, need your helping hands.
Be part of the good work in 2014!
To adopt a trail on the Shore, email TAP@nsmba.ca
Metro Vancouver sanctions two trails on Mt. Seymour
Discussions between the NSMBA and Metro Vancouver have resulted in the trails "Lola" and "Cambodia" being officially recognized by the land manager. Both of these trails are rated as expert (double black diamond) and are recommended for only the most experienced and skilled riders to ride at their own risk.
Bridle Path Revitalization – Reroute Completed by Shore Corps
The Shore Corps completed a significant re-route on the Bridle Path on Sat Oct 26th. Part of the MEC funded Bridle Path Revitalization, the first portion of the reroute began in April 20th of this year by the Spring Academy grads.
The Shore Corps are graduates from the Builders Academy who have attended the theory session and the field practical session. The reroute will improve sustainability and user experience while bringing this section of the Bridle Path in line with the green ranking of difficulty.
Forever After
The NSMBA is proud to announce the new trail on Seymour is named "Forever After".
The name is a combination in tribute to the Trails Forever Fund, from which funding was derived to complete the project, and the utilization of existing portions of Aftertaste.
The name was submitted by past NSMBA Director Rhonna Gurevich, and bested over 100 other name submissions.
Thank you to those who contributed to the Trails Forever Fund to make this project possible.
Please read more…
High School League Trail Project – Phase 2 starting mid-July
The NSMBA and Metro Vancouver are pleased to announce the completion of Phase 1 of the North Shore High School League trail project thanks to funding from Deloitte. The second phase of the project has received funding and work will begin mid-July. We would like to thank all those who donated to the Trails Forever Campaign, which has allowed us to move forward with Phase 2 which will complete this project, fulfilling the goals of creating an encouraging opportunity for our community youth, the North Shore High School League and individuals new to the sport of mountain biking.
The goal of the project is to create a directional, beginner level trail loop in the Hyannis area. As a beginner loop, the course will be a shared community asset and welcome addition to a challenging trail network.
Boogieman Trail Day April 27th
Public Trail Day on Boogieman this April 27th thanks to BMO Bank of Montreal. 9am Old Buck.
2013 TAP Adoptions Now Open
AGM 2012 Recap
Thursday 29th November was the night. The NSMBA’s Annual General Meeting took place at Jaycee House, North Vancouver. Our intention this year was to join our AGM and our end-of-season party together; seeing as our AGMs are already social affairs, it made sense to crank out the powerpoint slides and the tunes on the same night!
With that said, we were extremely impressed with the turnout for this year’s AGM with well over 80 people in attendance, all eager to hear of the past year’s progress and learn about next year's plans. We would also be voting in our new directors to the board – but more on that later.
All photos: Norma Ibarra LaPiro Photography
NSMBA Trails Forever Campaign
We're very pleased to announce the Trails Forever campaign. A generous donor has offered to match donations to the NSMBA up to $15,000. That means, if you donate $50, your donation will be matched and the NSMBA will receive $100. 2012 was a great year for the NSMBA but please donate today and let's make sure that 2013 is another great year!
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