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Changes

As goes with everything, there have been some changes in the DMBTA board. Cimarron has stepped down to pursue her personal goals. She was a great asset to the board and will be greatly missed. Fortunately, she has offered to stay in touch and consult with us as we need.

We have added two new board members, Kenny and Clayton. We are excited to have them on board and have already seen great ideas come from them both.

Fixie also left us. He chose to be closer to family and moved back to the front range. We still follow his exploits through his Facebook posts. And he has promised to visit to enjoy our amazing trails.

Other than that, the rest of us are still here. Still working to keep our trails and hoping that we can create new trails. And most importantly, riding the trails that we already have.

If you are unfamiliar with the board, jump on over to the Who are these guys? page and get to know us a little better. We are an open bunch and love to hear from local riders or those who are visiting to help us improve our trails. So don’t hesitate to drop us a line.

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Spring 2013 Trail Projects

Dixie Mountain Bike Trails Association invites you to join us as we build our trail volunteer capacity in Southwest Utah while improving our local trails.

The Dixie Mountain Bike Trails Association is a mountain biking access and trails advocacy group formed in June of 2010 in response to the BLM travel planning process. Our mission is to create, enhance and protect opportunities and experiences afforded mountain bikers in the Southwestern Utah area. DMBTA became a chapter of IMBA in June of 2012. We are working to develop a Memorandum of Understanding with the BLM, and eventually the Forest Service and local municipalities to empower mountain bikers with the ability to grow the trail infrastructure once the new Travel Management Plan is approved.

We have a series of trail projects, clinics and classes planned for 2013. Over the Edge Sports will kick off the season by Presenting 3 clinics on basic trail building and maintenance techniques.

1. Dec 1 – 3:00 PM – OTE Shop Hurricane Rim – Maintenance Clinic
2. January 5 – 3:00 PM, OTE Shop Trail TBA – Maintenance Clinic
3. January 26 – 3: 00 PM – Quail Lake Trailhead – Building Clinic
4. February 9 – 3:00 PM – Quail Lake Trailhead – Building Clinic

Other Trail Projects
5. February 10 – 10am Barrel Rolls and access Trail Maintenance
6. February 23 – 10:00 AM Poppy Trail –Bloomington – Signing project
Signing on going – issues
7. March 28-30 -DMBTA + IMBA Subaru Trail Care Crew Summit, classes, trail work, discussions

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BIKER/CLIMBERS JOIN FORCES

Southern Utah Bike and Climb!

JOIN US Apirl 15th at 10am at the Zen Trail Head to spend a day trading worlds with the Southern Utah Climbers. The day will start with a mountain bike ride in the Green Valley area. Depending on the number of participants and skill level we will divide and introduce the climbers to the wonderful world of mountain biking. The rides will last approx 2 hrs and then we will reconveen in moes valley for some eats and recovery and discuss ways we can join forces in land use planning,  ethics awareness, and land stewardship.

The in the afternoon us Mountain bikers will be treated to a climbing lesson

Climbing shoes are available from Desert Rat for $5.. mention SUCA

RSVP on the Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/events/303360129734089/

We are very excited that this first ever joint advocacy event is coming together

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Pedal Driven

This past October the Dixie Mountain Bike Trails Association partnered with DocUtah to hold a festival styled showing of the movie Pedal Driven. The movie documents that process of working toward building a trail system and shows why working with land management is the only real way to have sustainable, lasting trails.

John Scarafiotti saw the benefit of combining the showing with an evening of bike related fun as an effort of spreading the word about the DMBTA. He teamed up with Fixie Dave Nice and Lukas Brinkerhoff to bring the idea to fruition. Continue reading