Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association

Thanks to recent sunshine, trails are beginning to open around Crested Butte. Come out and enjoy the first riding of the season. As of May 18, the Upper Loop area, Strand Bonus, Walrod, Lupine, Caves, and Warm Springs are good to go. Ride or walk through snow and mud rather than around it. While we are all itching to ride longer rides, please resist the temptation to ride muddy trails. Please remember to yield to uphill riders and step gently off of the trail to let them pass. Riding off of the trail destroys vegetation and takes the "single" out of singletrack. Hartman Rocks and Signal Peak are also open for riding, and at their best! The Contour Trail (Signal Peak) is now 5 miles long for a smooth, moderate and speedy singletrack ride out and back. For a great day out of town check out Salida's S Mountain Trails and the Little Rainbow, or head over to the Sidewinder or Spring Creek Trail in Montrose. The Sidewinder is in primo condition right now! Access from Falcon Road then Peach Valley Road, get a map at Cascade Cycles in Montrose. Spring Creek is also riding nicely!

Membership Renewal

If you have not renewed by mail, you can now renew online HERE!

If you prefer to renew by mail, download our membership application HERE!

Every new membership or renewal will automatically enter you in the drawing for a customized Electra Courier cruiser bike. See it HERE!

Individual Membership = 1 Entry
Couples Membership = 2 Entries
Family Membership = 5 Entries
Rock Star or Super Star = 5 Entries

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TRAIL WORK AFTERNOONS COMING UP IN MAY!

Wednesday May 22, meet at 4 pm at Peak Sports at the Ski area to work on trails. Party and raffle to follow directly afterward upstairs.
Wednesday May 29, meet at 1pm or 4 pm (whatever works for you) at the bottom of the Caves Trail 409 Trailhead on Cement Creek Road. Party and raffle to follow right after at the Pioneer Guest Cabins, thanks to the Whitings!

MARK YOUR CALENDARS FOR THESE UPCOMING EVENTS!

June 7 Annual Membership Party. Details TBA.
June 8 Workday in conjunction with the CB Land Trust. Love the Lower Loop trail day! Includes Budd Trail, Woods Walk, Lower Loop, Lupine Trail maintenance! Details to be announced soon!
August 24 & 25 Overnight: Trail 405 southwest end reroute and catered overnight camping party.

The Oldest Mountain Bike Club in the World!

The Crested Butte Mountain Bike Association is celebrating its 31st season! We are an all volunteer, non-profit organization dedicated to the access, building and maintenance of mountain bike trails in Crested Butte and the Gunnison Valley in Colorado.
Each summer we organize several work days in conjunction with the Forest Service and BLM, building new trails and maintaining all the classic trails that so many locals and visitors love to ride. Become an integral part of mountain biking in Crested Butte by joining our club or showing up to help buff out the 401, 403,The Lower Loop, Cement Creek Trail and Reno Flag Bear, just to name a few of the trails we maintain!

Do you want to be more involved with CBMBA? Contact us for ways to help out! There are plenty of volunteer opportunities with the club as well, just check in to see what sounds interesting to you.

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2013 News & Events

CLICK HERE FOR OUR NEW CALENDAR OF EVENTS!

NEW 2013 BROCHURE

TRAIL CONDITIONS

Lower Cement Creek Trail: there is a short section of trail that was put in illegally past what is signed and open, and heading to the Cement Creek Campground. this section is CLOSED! Don't jeopardize our open trails by continuing to ride it. It is likely a trail will be opened here next summer (2014) as many of us want, but until then, stay on the open trail and then head to the road. We have to follow the rules along with the Gunnison Forest Service, who has been SO helpful in getting many new trails open, built and maintained. Thanks!

CEMENT MOUNTAIN TRAIL #553 and ROSEBUD TRAIL #423 SEASONAL CLOSURES: These two trails are closed annually to motorized use from October 1st thru June 15th for big game calving in order provide a secure area for wildlife preservation.

DOCTOR'S PARK TRAIL: The Doctor's Park Trail is closed to all uses until May 24th this year to protect Big Horn sheep in their migration and lambing. Thanks! From the 24th on it will be accessible from the bottom (Northgate campground) only, likely for a couple weeks due to a report of a lot of snow up top.

RENO FLAG BEAR DEADMANS RIDERS: The Gunnison National Forest Service trail crew removed the unauthorized homemade bridge at the bottom of Deadman crossing Cement Creek for safety and liability reasons. For now, the crossing will be a stream ford like most of our trail crossings in the district. The Gunnison Ranger District has recieved a grant to build the bridge with the help of CBMBA, the county commissioners, and motorized groups. Bridge construction will start in 2014 when the grant money becomes available. Reno will also be recieving heavy maintenance from the Forest Service crew also with the aid of grants from the State Trails Commission.

TEOCALLI RIDGE will be closed to all users for the 2013 season while it is being rerouted and repaired!

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