Category: Washington County

SO WHAT EXACTLY IS DMBTA?

Glad you asked.  In simple terms our mission is to “Build, Maintain, and Ride”, but of course it’s more complicated.  We are a 501(C)(3) nonprofit with a president, a treasurer, and a Board of Directors that represent three sub-chapters in southwestern Utah.  The sub-chapters are Washington County, Cedar City, and Kanab.  We have many dedicated members and businesses that support us by donating and volunteering.  Let me say “Thank You” to all of them right now, but if you’re reading this, YOU are the key to Dixie Mountain Bike Trails Association success.  DMBTA is a vehicle to help all mountain bikers create and maintain the kinds of trails they want to ride.  We partner with local and national governments, other non-profits, landowners, individuals businesses, and literally anyone that’s willing to advance mountain biking, trail construction or maintenance.

           Building the modern flowing bike trails that most people now want is very expensive.  It costs between $5000 to $10,000 dollars per mile to design and construct XC trails, and downhill flow trails are much more expensive.  In the past it’s not been our goal to raise enough money to fund new trails.  Most of our membership dues and donations simply paid for things like insurance, trail tools, events, and supplies.  We’ve had success building new trails all over southwestern Utah by forming partnerships.  However, trail funding for federal agencies is disappearing.  Partnerships will always be important, but we now need more money to match grants from The State of Utah.

We want to do more, but we need your help.  Mountain biking is growing in our area, and we can’t keep up without more help.  We have many vacancies that could be filled by motivated people. 

Ways you can help:

• You can join DMBTA, or donate on our website at dmbta.org
• You can donate on facebook, or at paypal.me/dmbta
• Buy one of our t-shirts or hats from local bike shops. 
• You can also help trail funding when you shop on AMAZON by going to smile.amazon.com first, and ask them to make a donation to the Dixie Mountain Bike Trails Association.
• If you own a business we need more cooperate support.

If you have questions you can contact me at Kevin@dmbta.org.

Your Board:

Kevin Christopherson – President

Toni Bain – Treasurer

Marc Mortensen – Washington County Representative

Aden Sahagun – Cedar City Representative

Jan Gilespie – Kanab Representative

Key Volunteers:

Ben Warburton, Jay Bartlet, Carl Sigg – Trail Maintenance Coordinators

Lukas Brinkerhoff – Newsletter and Web Page Editor

Teena Christopherson – Merchandise Sales