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2009 - 2010 Sunday XC/All Mountain Trail Crew Dates ***Adult Trail Crew Waiver/Release*** ***Parent of Minor Trail Crew Waiver/Release*** November 8th-Sunday Miranda Maintenance & Switchback re-vegetation and barriers
Miranda Maintenance
Drainage Banditos December 20th-Sunday SST-Cabin Reroutes/Connector
Three Pigs Reroutes
February 21st-Sunday
Sponsored by Trailhead Athletics
Sponsored by Fairhaven Bike & Ski
April 11th-Sunday Sponsored by Jack's Bicycle Center
Sponsored by Kulshan Cycles location TBA
All meeting times are 10:00 am Tools are supplied. Please wear appropriate clothing for the weather conditions- boots, rain gear and work gloves are essential for most sessions. Water and some fuel for the body is a good idea too. We go rain or shine, snow or rain.
2010 Freeride Trail Crew Dates Sponsored by Transition Bikes Lower Luge Line clear and cut
Feb 20th-Sunday Sponsored by Jacks & Kona CCWR/Saftey Break/Meth Lab Maintenance
Mar 14th-Sunday Sponsored by Drop n Zone
Apr 17th-Sunday Sponsored by Kulshan Cycles Mullet reroutes and maintenance
May 9th Sunday Sponsored by Hidden Wave Mullet Spritzing and Teasing
June TBD Sponsored by the WMBC Project finishing BBQ and Raffle
Trail Plan:
Thanks to our 2009-10 Trail Day SPONSORS!!
WMBC Announces New Trail Crew Leaders 2008-2009 Trail Day Write Ups
A good portion the trail is built on exposed rock, more than any other trail on the mountain. Views include the Oly area, Mt. Baker and Lake Whatcom. The trail takes only a few minutes to ride, but if ridden at a good constant speed feels like a rollercoaster at times because of the small rolling downhills scattered throughout the trail, combined with the corners.
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The evolution of Evolution continues and many new features and reroutes were recently built creating more trail and challenges for riders. Some highlights include: a new section of trail near the top of the trail that takes riders to the clearing and offers stunning views of Mt. Baker, Canada, and the San Juan Islands. This new line also gives riders a better approach to the 75-foot skinny log ride that was built in February. The biggest project was the reroute of the middle section. This new section incorporates a small berm after the log drop step-down where riders then hit a few jumps and 2 stump drops before rejoining the original trail. In addition to the additional jumps and drops, this new section bypasses a flow-killing pedaling section and an elevation-wasting eroded section. We also built a new step-down ladder hit and rerouted a section of trail after the step-up to avoid a flat, wet section.
Devilcross is a short trail. Before working on it in Spring 2006, it was deeply trenched along the middle section of the trail. Also, the trees had been thinned in the area, and some large ones were across the middle section. We decided to take the trail out of the dip that it had gone into and built the new section along the ridge. The original trail was kept until it turned down and away from the ridge. At this point, we brought it out and the whole new section accounts for probably 2/3rds of the current trail. The trail itself has a general downhill slope, although flat at times. The top of the trail is fast to ride down, starting at the end of a road. One short, steep hill at the start of the new section produces a lot of speed. After that, the trail becomes more level as it follows the ridge (or ledge) through the young trees. At the end of the trail, back onto the original trail, the trail goes down a large, somewhat steep rock face, requiring some technical ability and care.