HMBA Maintenance Night (Cancelled)
Maintenance night cancelled - sorry folks! Scheduling conflicts prevent us from holding this maintenance night. - HMBA
Tonight, the focus will be Rock Band. A remaining section of the new boardwalk will be completed. Other general maintenance on the way in/out may occur depending on volunteer numbers. (clearing, drainage, other)
As things can be unpredictable, the work scheduled for these maintenance nights may be different than originally described.
Please wear appropriate shoes and clothing as we will be working in forested areas. Gloves, water and snacks highly recommended. Access to sites will be on foot, unless otherwise notified.
Meeting location: To be determined.
HMBA Maintenance Night
Tonight, the focus will be a bridge along Happy Creek East where the handrails have broken off. Other light maintenance (drainage, clearing) along the trail may be done on the way in/out - depending on the number of volunteers that night.
As things can be unpredictable, the work scheduled for these maintenance nights may be different than originally described.
Please wear appropriate shoes and clothing as we will be working in forested areas. Gloves, water and snacks highly recommended. Access to sites will be on foot, unless otherwise notified.
Meeting location: To be determined.
HMBA Maintenance Night
Hinton Bike Park will get some TLC on this day! The main focus will be removing leaves and twigs from all the trails in bike park. Other general maintenance may be assigned as required.
As things can be unpredictable, the work scheduled for these maintenance nights may be different than originally described.
Please wear appropriate shoes and clothing as we will be working in forested areas. Gloves, water and snacks highly recommended. Access to sites will be on foot, unless otherwise notified.
Meeting location: Hinton Bike Park, by seacans (parking lot)
Rock Band Work Bee
ROCK BAND Work Bee planned for Aug 19th. Come one, come all, and help do some general trail maintenance to Rock Band, as well as add a section of boardwalk over the wet section.
Let's get this great trail finished off.
Meet at the bike park at 10am and remember to bring gloves, appropriate footwear and water/snacks!
Bell Joy Ride Visit
A group of Edmonton ladies are coming to Hinton on Saturday August 5 to ride at the Hinton Bike Park and on our trails. These ladies are part of Bell Joy Ride - Edmonton, AB, a group led by a Bell Joy Ride Ambassador who works to build community and get more women mountain biking. If you are familiar with our trail systems and would like to help out by leading a group that day - send us a message!
IMBA Canada Trail Care Crew Visit
The IMBA Canada Trail Care Crew is coming to Hinton on August 8th and 9th!! This is a great opportunity for ALL trail users to contribute to our awesome local trails. Learn about trail building and maintenance techniques to help sustain our trails for all to enjoy for years to come!
Directed by the Canadian office of the international Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA) and sponsored by Parks Canada, the IMBA Canada Trail Care Crew travels across the country in a Subaru Outback, giving workshops to IMBA-affiliate clubs, Parks Canada sites, and other land managers. The two-person team of professional trail builders educates Canadians on how to build and maintain sustainable trails, manage volunteers, and develop trails as community resources.
The IMBA Trail Building School is a half-day of classroom education followed by several hours of building new trail, rerouting and reclaiming old trail or adding new features to an existing trail. The goal of a TCC visit is education, not to build as much trail as possible. And remember: Sustainable trails don't mean sanitized trails!
Is the Trail Care Crew program only for mountain bikers and cycling clubs? No! The principals of sustainable trail design apply to all trails and all trail users, no matter if you are a hiker, a trail runner, or a mountain biker. We invite all members of the community to our events to learn something new, and meet fellow members of the trail
community!
Half-day classroom session on August 8th, 9:00 am to 12:00pm at the People's Center at the Dr. Duncan Murray Recreation Centre.
Other locations and times to be determined - stay tuned!!
You must pre-register for this training:
Trail Maintenance
When: Saturday July 26, 2014 at 12:30 (weather pending)
Where: Meet at the seacan at the Bike Park, pack tools (provided) and ride out!
Please bring water/snacks, appropriate clothing and safety equipment (gloves/glasses etc.)
PS. did you know that trail volunteers are entered into a sweet year-end prize draw?
Trail Maintenance Day
The Hinton/Edson wildfire crews have started work in the Bike Park falling dangerous/dead standing trees as identified by the Town of Hinton this past Spring.
As such, there's a lot of debris and sawdust on the trails that needs to be cleaned up as well as regular general TLC of the park is needed.
Raking, grooming, log/debris moving, garbage pick up and misc. will be required. Tools and supplies provided, bring gloves, water and appropriate clothing for the weather.
For those who want to join in the afternoon, there will be a ride out to the new trail (EZ viewpoint) to clear the corridor along the flagged route.
A full day planned and the weather is looking good. Hope to see you there!
Kevin