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You may not believe it…but SBMTV’s picture and fact packed 2012 Year End Report is now available here on this website! If you have wondered the who, what, how, and why of SBMTV…”just what is it?”, this report can answer those questions. By hovering your pointer over the image below and clicking a button on [...]

On Sunday Jan 20th, ten volunteers ventured across East Camino Cielo, past a remnant ice waterfall to the Upper Romero Trail head for a great day of trail work. The day’s trail crew enhanced the recent brush work and improved the waterbars into functioning erosion control features. Specifically, trench work that was installed through switchbacks [...]

Leslie Kehmeier, IMBA’s mapping specialist, stopped by Santa Barbara this last December to do a piece on Santa Barbara trails and SBMTV for National Geographic GeoStories. (Photo and mapping narratives about a location) Click the link below, read, and hit the Start button - then enjoy!

On September 29th, fifty community volunteers assembled at the base of Cold Springs trail for the 2012 National Public Lands Day event. Participants signed in at the REI tent and picked up water bottles and snacks for the day. City Parks and Rec Staff and Forest Service staff welcomed everyone to the event and handed [...]

Jesusita again! On Sunday 8th, SBMTV crew leaders, 8 community members and Forest Service Ranger Kyah Laporte worked from last month’s stopping point (the “traverse”) to the top of the San Roque side single track. Along with the regular crew the day’s participants included two trail runners, an equestrian, and two new volunteers. The remaining [...]

On Sunday June 24th, 15 community volunteers joined SBMTV crew leaders and Forest Service Ranger Kyah Laporte to maintain the western section of Jesusita trail. One mile of trail was opened up by trained crew leaders using powered brush cutters, volunteers followed clearing the trail of the cut brush. A “special ops” handsaw team cleared [...]

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 [...]

. SBMTV November / December 2011 Newsletter   The year is coming to a close and SBMTV is rolling through it with a number of great events - come join us! Find detailed information for the events in the links to the right… Sunday November 20th: The West Fork of Cold Springs trail will again [...]

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) [...]

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 [...]