SBMTV’s last trail work event of the year - the West Fork of Cold Springs maintenance - was excellent! Thirty four volunteers - hikers, runners, cyclists, and equestrians put some muscle into taking care of West Fork and surpassed the goals for the day! After the volunteer sign-in (ala Piper and REI), introductions and [...]
November / December 2011 Newsletter
SBMTV becomes an IMBA Chapter!
To bring better mountain biking to your area, the Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers has become a chapter of IMBA. By combining IMBA’s national presence with local advocacy efforts, we can be more effective at creating and protecting mountain biking in your area. Together we’re speaking as a unified voice for trail advocacy, and we can put all of [...]
Big Sunday! - Sept 25th National Public Lands Day
Big Sunday! - Sept 25th National Public Lands Day On Sunday September 25th, over fifty community volunteers assembled at the lower Tunnel Trail Head to participate in trail maintenance for National Public Lands Day. The trail work event was organized by the Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers (SBMTV) and the Multi-Use Trails Coalition (MTC) [...]
2011-08-21 Jesusita Traverse Trail Work Review
Nutrient rich soil from past fires and last spring’s rains enabled the the brush on Jesusita trail to grow fast and heartily this year - causing some travel difficulties for trail users and additional erosion of the trailbed. On Sunday August 21st, the Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers (SBMTV) hosted a work project on the [...]
Decline Magazine - July Issue Features SBMTV Bell Program
Faces of Advocacy - Article from IMBA…
A great plug Leslie and Chris Kehmeier of IMBA http://www.imba.com/blog/leslie-and-chris-kehmeier/faces-advocacy
Rattlesnake Connector Re-surfaces!
All, (Full Photo Set here!) Rattlesnake connector trail, a once popular hiking trail between Tunnel Trail and Rattlesnake trail had fallen in to disrepair and heavy brush over the years. The Santa Barbara Mountain Bike Trail Volunteers (and groups MTC, LPFA, MTF, SBTC) with SB City, County, and Forest staff led community volunteers to a [...]
Review: May 15th MTB Events!
On Sunday Morning May 15th…all of this took place: Mountain Bike Skills Clinic With the help of CycleMAYnia and two very talented instructors, Tiffany Allmandinger and Michael Blake, SBMTV hosted a mountain bike skills clinic on Sunday morning in Rocky Nook Park. The 15 participants varied widely in both age and experience level and all [...]
