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Spotlight: Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance

10 Things That Evergreen Did For You in 2009

 
Duthie Hill
We made huge progress in building the biggest and best mountain bike park in the state. Secured $150K in funding from King County for Phase 1 and built 4 miles of singletrack and 3/4 of the planned freeride trails. In 2010 we’ll complete 5 miles of XC and well over 1 mile of freeride trail
 
Hansen Ridge / South Fork Snoqualmie
Led by Justin Vander Pol, we built over 4miles of singletrack to create a beautiful out and back alpine ride with awesome views. In 2010 & beyond, we plan to add up to 10 miles.
 
Paradise Valley
Led by Brian Crowley, we built/maintained multiple miles of singletrack and built a countless new features. Many more are on the way in 2010.
 
Summit Ridge Freeride Park in Black Diamond
Led by Dennis Little, Peter Fisher from Black Diamond Bike, Glenn Glover and countless volunteers, the community came together to partner with the Real Life Church to build a new freeride park on the church property.
 
Tiger Mountain
Led by Brian Jones, we’ve continued to maintain miles of singletrack and created a much more sustainable trail and fun riding experience. We’re also partnering with the DNR to look at adding a connector trail between the lower Preston and NW Timber Trails.
 
Colonnade
Overhauled and improved the drainage and trail tread around the park and performed continued maintenance. We also hosted a number of events and demo days there.
 
Reiter Recreation Area
Worked with the DNR to create a comprehensive recreational plan for the area including restoration efforts over the coming years and followed by trail development as funding becomes available.
 
Education
We trained over 140 students and earned nearly $10k teaching new riders how to mountain bike. We also secured a $10k grant from REI to expand the program in 2010 adding professional training for instructors, classes and camps for youth, and much more!
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Advocacy
  • Partnered with the WA DNR and statewide MTB community to draft recommendations to the DNR on how to manage and expand mountain bike opportunities on their land. 
  • Secured a seat on the Colville National Forest Revision Roundtable to ensure the preservation of access for bikes to the Kettle Crest trail network.
  • Served on the Sustainable Recreation Work Group to draft and propose a final report to the legislature offering recommendations for sustainable funding and improved access for recreation on lands managed by the Washington State Department of Natural Resources.
  • Secured a seat on the Snoqualmie Unit Advisory Committee to actively participate in collaboratively making informed recommendations to the DNR on management of lands within the Snoqualmie unit.
  • And much more…
We Survived
We survived a tumultuous year where many business’s and nonprofits sank, reevaluated our principles and priorities, largely secured a new board, empowered a new Executive Director, and are stronger and more optimistic than ever that 2010 will be the best year yet. Just look at all of the new riding opportunities that we’re going to have next summer!
 
We were only able to accomplish this through your help! Thank you all for your continued support.
 

 Please support Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance by visiting their website at http://evergreenmtb.org/home/index.php.


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