Trail Construction Officially Begins: Having received approval from the USFS, TRACKS officially began construction in the Buena Vista on Monday, June 1st. They are starting by tackling the two beginner trails, Rainbows and Sunshine. At this point, a little over 1/2 mile of Rainbows has been more or less built, or at least roughed in.. Picture of the intersection of our two new trails, Rainbows & Sunshine! The intersection is already sporting the new trail signs

Saturday Ride: Hey Everyone! Well, are you ready for your first ride in the now officially recognized Buena Vista Trail system? Yep, Saturday is the day, the very first time your tires will touch what are "officially" part of the White Mountain Trail System. Has anything changed that much yet? Nope, other than you'll notice white diamonds are in the process of being hung all over the formerly "secret" trails. We might have hoped to have a little preview this week

BV Project Receives USFS Approval Today: Folks, we've got really great news to share. This afternoon we received word that the USFS has approved the Buena Vista project! This means that the old social trail system in the Buena area that were not included in the land exchange area are now official trails We are also free to build the rest of the proposed trails in the project area, to post signage, and to create some re-routes of some existing social trails to move

Saturday Ride 5/2/26: It's hump day folks, and that means it is time to start thinking about your weekend plans. Obviously, mountain biking is at the top of the priority list, so thoughts turn to our Saturday morning ride. This weekend we've got something a little bit different for you: A loop ride starting from the Panorama trailhead. We'll be riding the Flume Connector, a portion of the Timber Mesa trail, the Sawmill Connector, and then finishing the loop with runnin

Saturday Group Ride: Wow, what a great ride last weekend out at Los Burros! The trail was in great shape and our little group of eight had a great time out there. It was cool and brisk to start the morning for sure, but once we drove ourselves up the first climb things settled in nicely. Yes, it takes a bit to get out to Burros, but it always rewards you for the extra effort. What's on deck for this week? Well, we are headed back for some home cooking in the Buena V

⚠️ Caution Buena Users ⚠️: So, I'm pedaling up Flintstone this evening. I get about 3/4 of the way up Flintstone, to the spot in the trail where there is a flat area that is pretty free of vegetation. And as I get there, there is the dark colored SUV parked on the left side of the trail perpendicular to it. Never having seen a vehicle anywhere before on Flintstone, and knowing it is almost impossible to get a vehicle to that location, I decide to slow down and chec

Saturday Morning Ride: Hey there everyone, hope you are having an excellent week. Last weekend our group ride had us out in the Buena Vista Saturday morning. We covered about fifteen miles and had a great group of riders. With Max the "wonder dog" out front most of the time, we were able to explore some paths a little less traveled these days. Sheryl Teske rides past the "Dome Rock" in the Buena during the group ride on Saturday, April 11th. This week, we will be making

For those of you waiting with baited breath for the STBVF Annual Meeting on Monday, please be advised that we've had to move the location. The Advantage Realty Office in Show Low is being renovated and won't be available on Monday. For that reason, the meeting has been moved to the Navajo County Road Maintenance Building, which is located at 1100 E. Thornton, Show Low, AZ 85901. That's over by the Sparklight business office and Pet Allies and such, if you know where tho

Saturday Morning Ride: Hey mountain bikers! Wow, what a great ride we had last Saturday out in the Snowflake-Taylor trails. Led by our Snowflake-Taylor curators, we got a nice tour of their trail system. We also had the opportunity to see what a tandem mountain bike piloted by Ben and Kim Dugdale could to out there. Yeah, I know, aren't some of those turns tight for a tandem? Well yeah, but it depends on who's riding the tandem in question. These two handled it w

Saturday Group Ride: Well, how about that? Some actual seasonably appropriate temperatures and some actual rain today! Just what we needed to help get some of the dust calmed down on our local trails. Give them a day or two, but it should make for some hero dirt for a view days and nice riding conditions this weekend. Mike Godwin and a miscellaneous trail marker our in Snowflake last summer . We have a plan for Saturday morning. We are going to go ride the Snowflake