Trail Work Report/Saturday Ride Information

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 all being required to do that work was a net "win." So everyone knows, the wide bermed corner at the time of the re-route has been christened "Carol's Corner" after shop momma Carol Godwin, who spearheaded the effort and was not about to tolerate an "off-camber" turn. When the berm gets a little more set after a few weeks and we can start railing it you'll need to drop by Cycle Mania and give her a big thanks!

The trail tools were loaded and ready for us Saturday morning! Thanks to Steve Dobbs for getting our tools to the worksite this weekend!

Monday we had three of us that started clearing trail corridor for the new Chihuahua Pines Connector. There was just an epic amount of brush and dead fall on the contour line we are following, so the progress was slow and laborious. We were only able to clear out about 1/4 mile of the of the 8/10 of a mile that needs to be prepped. But it was still a start and it is nice to have the last big Buena project underway. Our goal of getting this project done this fall can be characterized as "on-track."

Saturday Ride, TOWM 18 Course: This coming Saturday, September 12th, we'll be doing portions of the Tour of the White Mountains 18-mile route. Except it will be with a little bit of a surprise twist this time just to keep everyone on their toes. Meet at the Blue Ridge Trailhead #2 off Sky-Hi Retreat Road at 7:00 a.m. We'll be riding a portion of the Blue Ridge, Lumberjack, Springs, and Country Club trails.

As usual, this is an intermediate level ride. So pack that skill-set along. We'll be moving along at a nice social pace, stopping at all of the turns to make sure our group stays together. So don't be afraid to join us! See you Saturday morning.