Snowflake Ride Report: On October 24th the gang headed out for a ride to the wonderful trails in Snowflake. We had a good turnout and were fortunate to have Rick Brimhall come out and lead. It was reasonably warm, and we had huge puffy clouds out there to keep us entertained for thirteen miles. Thanks Rick! The weather was perfect for last weekend's ride in Snowflake! NO GROUP RIDE THIS WEEKEND: As much as having that Halloween ride in costume in the Buena this comin

Saturday Ride Information: Hey fellow riders! The season is winding down, and we only have two more scheduled Saturday morning group rides left. Owing to the weather and wetness around Los Burros trailhead #2 last week, we aborted the mission and decided to head down to the Land of the Pioneers trail instead. It was wonderful riding, as some of those cinder covered areas on the side of steep slopes on the Director's Cut gripped a lot better than the normally do.

Saturday Ride, 10/17: This coming Saturday, our group ride will be held out at Los Burros for some fall colors! The aspens at Los Burros are usually beautiful this time of year and it really is worth the drive out to go see them. Some nice White Mountain fall color recently captured by Carol Godwin! Meet at the Los Burros trailhead #2 off of the Vernon-McNary Road (not the campground) at 8:00 a.m. for an approximate 14-mile MTB ride. Los Burros is an intermediate level

Ribbon Cutting Tomorrow: Well, the Tour of the White Mountains is in the books and that means our season for working on and using our trails is winding down a little bit. But there is still something pretty special left on the agenda. After ten long years, tomorrow is finally ribbon cutting day which will make the new Buena Vista official! It's been a long time coming, but it will be a day to share our success with all of our community partners who have made this possib

TOWM Weekend: Yep, it is finally here. Tour of the White Mountains weekend! If you've been training hard for the event now is your opportunity to shine! If you are volunteering to help support the event, thank you for your contribution! Without the help of our locals there's no way this event could come off! Obviously, it has been a outrageously wet week, on top of soil that was already pretty saturated, and that may have an impact on the final routing for TOWM due to

Change of Location for Saturday Ride: So . . . this is what happens when you make a post boasting of having gotten the best of mother nature. We received a lot of rain last night, and it hasn't exactly been drying up quickly today. It is likely to be too muddy in the Buena, so we are going to move our ride to the Snowflake trails, which usually don't get as wet and have soil that plays a little more nicely when damp. It's a good alternative, and if you haven't been out

Saturday Ride: Well, it sure looks as if we've dodged a bullet as far as our Saturday morning ride goes. The forecast has been looking awfully wet this week, but it just hasn't panned out that way. Maybe not so good for our continued thirst for water here in Arizona, but it does translate into something positive for us! Everyone enjoying the fall flowers that have been provided to us courtesy of the monsoon? The area near the BV trailhead has been especially colorful

Pinewood Showdown Weekend: Great news for the gravel grinding types . . . the weekend of the Pinewood Showdown gravel race has arrived. The event is this Saturday, September 19th! You can still register for the event if you haven't already and are still inclined. Just visit: https://ziarides.com/the-pinewood-showdown/ for details. As a result of the Pinewood Showdown event, for which many locals have volunteered to work or are riding in, there will be no Saturday grou

Flintstone Trail Work Complete: Hey, big thanks to everyone that came out for trail work this last weekend. We had a small but hard-working crew this weekend, and we were able to complete the archeological re-route on Saturday, convincingly close the old trail as required by the USFS, and even clean up the old "El Cucuy" section of Flintstone from top to bottom. I'm happy to say that re-route came out to be a much better trail then the section it replaces, so all in

BV Trail Work Sessions Saturday 9/5 and Monday 9/7: It's been a productive summer in the Buena Vista folks! We have our brand new trails, Rainbows and Sunshine. Differential has been re-routed and that project is done. Petrified was finished a few weeks ago. Most the the new trail signs have been posted and white diamonds have been put up everywhere. But we're not done!!!! We have two big projects to complete, and being as it is Labor Day weekend after all . . .