This week’s word on the trail, on November 4, 2009
1. Trailwork Saturday 11/7 8:30am – Cross-Training That FEELS GREAT
2. LOBO’s 24 Hours of Gold 11/14-15
3. La Honda Creek Open Space Final Hearing on Draft Master Plan 11/12
4. Presidio Coastal Trail Scoping
5. Marin Trails Access Poll
6. ROMP Elections Results
1. Trailwork Saturday 11/7 8:30am – Cross-Training That FEELS GREAT
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OK, folks, it’s time. Time to help get this trail DONE. Time for both giving back to the park and the trails, and time for paying forward. If you’ve never built a section of trail before, let me clue you in to a little secret we trailbuilders know about: You build it, you OWN it. Like for the rest of your life. You can’t ride a section of trail you worked on and not remember. I was here. I built this. This trail is the product of my own labor. I gave. Right here, I sweated, I destroyed a pair of socks, I got a blister on the curve between my thumb and forfinger, and my triceps haven’t been the same since. And it was amazing. Yup. Trail work is like that. It FEELS GREAT.
So, come join us. Get that feeling of being one of the few. A trailbuilder. Yes, you. This isn’t going to be some little footpath that will get overgrown with weeds and forgotten. This is going to be one of those trails that you will be able to come back and enjoy 30 years from now. That feeling you get, when you traverse those 10 or 12 feet of trail where you spent half of a perfectly good Saturday toiling, is AWESOME. And we need a whole lot of you to get that feeling. It takes a lot of volunteer hours to build 5000 feet of trail. Especially when 10% of the trail is not just dug into the dirt, but involves constructing bridges, switchbacks, and retaining walls. We need help.
Travis and crew dig in the new trail on the south side of the lake
This Saturday, November 7th, from 8:30am to a bit after noon, we will work on the new Lake Loop alignment around Waterdog Lake. We will work on finishing up some retaining walls that we started last fall, right before the dirt turned to dust. We will move earth, compact it, top it off with crushed rock for an all-weather surface. We will wire in retaining wall posts so they stay standing straight. We will dig dirt, and sculpt the hillside. We will make a trail in one of the prettiest places in the whole park.
Please, PLEASE volunteer some time this season to help out on this awesome project. If you can come this Saturday, please RSVP to Patty at patty@passiontrailbikes.com, and let her know you’re coming. If you can’t come this weekend, please pick a date or two below and put it in your calendar, and shoot an email out to your friends to let them know you’ll be helping out. We need recruiters too!
People who are so kind as to RSVP will get an email from Patty with details on the project, including meeting location and some other helpful info. RSVP’s are important because that allows for the proper amount of tools, planning, bagels and coffee to be prepared.
Dates on our trailwork calendar are as follows:
Saturday 11/7
Saturday 12/19
Sunday 1/10
Sunday 1/31
Saturday 2/13
Sunday 2/28
Saturday 3/20
Sunday 4/11
Thursday 4/22
View of the dam from the new alignment for the Lake Loop Trail, under construction now
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The mother lode of 24-hour mountain bike racing
Nov. 14th & 15th, 2009
Entry fee includes camping Nov. 13 & 14
Loafer Creek Group Campsites
Oroville, California
Help support a local advocacy organization that is doing great things to keep trails open to bikes around Lake Oroville!
LOBO offers exquisite trails surrounding a state of the art campground.
The 7.5 mile singletrack course twist and turns, climbs and drops through oaks and chaparral.
The campground contains two separate restroom facilities with showers (Pay per use).
Entry fee includes camping both Friday and Saturday nights.
Pre-riding the course allowed after 2:pm Friday afternoon.
Race time is 10:am Saturday to 10:am Sunday
To avoid overcrowding and keep it fun, we are limiting the event to only 150 riders.
Registration is allowed up to the day of the event, Nov. 14, provided we do not fill up before then.
Some same day registration will be allowed depending on pre-registered numbers.
Each rider is asked to display a red light rearward after dark.
Register online at: active.com 24 Hours of Gold registration.
3. La Honda Creek Open Space Final Hearing on Draft Master Plan 11/12Skip to next topic
We received the message below from MROSD regarding the public hearing now set for Thursday, November 12th, at 7:00pm in Los Altos. We’ve been waiting for this, which is the last hearing at which the board (most likely) votes to adopt the Draft Master Plan, after that changes are very unlikely once the plan starts the EIR process. We need cyclists to show up and speak in favor of allowing bikes in both La Honda Creek and Driscoll Ranch. Please carve some time out to attend.
for a Public Hearing on the
La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve Master Plan
| When: | Thursday, Nov. 12, 2009 at 7:00 p.m. |
| Where: | MROSD Administrative Office [Map] 330 Distel Circle Los Altos, CA 94022 |
At the hearing, District staff will give an overview of the master plan focusing on the two public use options created for the preserve. The public will again have the opportunity to comment on the master plan, as they have at two previous hearings held in May and June.
The District’s Board of Directors is expected to vote for one of the two public use options and tentatively adopt the La Honda Creek Open Space Preserve master plan. Once the Board takes these actions, an environmental review will be conducted and released for public comment in early 2010. Final adoption of the master plan will occur during a public meeting at a later date.
The Nov. 12 meeting agenda will be available online shortly. For additional project updates and information, please visit the La Honda Creek Master Plan project page.
Participation is key to a great plan!
Email questions or comments to lahondamasterplan@openspace.org,
call Project Manager Ana Ruiz at (650) 691-1200,
or visit the project page at www.openspace.org.
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Golden Gate National Recreation Area
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Public Scoping for Presidio Coastal Trail Improvements Project |
 The National Park Service (NPS) is preparing an Environmental Assessment (EA) and is soliciting public comments on a proposal to improve three miles of the California Coastal Trail within the Presidio of San Francisco. In summary, the proposed actions would create an accessible, multi-use trail from the southwestern end of the Golden Gate Bridge to the Baker Beach area, create multi-use access to the Golden Gate Bridge from Merchant Road, and reconfigure beach access and visitor parking on the coastal bluffs. For the actions proposed below, this project would modify the Presidio Coastal Trail approved in the 2003 Presidio Trails and Bikeways Master Plan. Proposed Actions
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| Public Meetings NPS Quarterly Open House, November 17th Walks and Talks, November 12th and 21st November 12th – 9:30 to 11:30 am November 21st – 10:00 to 12:00 noon Members of the project team will lead a hike of approximately 3 miles in length to describe and answer questions regarding the project. Reservations must be made through the Parks Conservancy by calling 415-561-3054 or by email to trailsforever@parksconservancy.org. |
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Public Comment (Comments due by December 15, 2009)
Also known as “Public Scoping,” the NPS is inviting the public to provide input regarding this project. Issues and concerns from the public, government agencies, and organizations will assist NPS in preparation of an Environmental Assessment (EA). Public comments will be accepted until October 19, 2009. Comments may be submitted:
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