Mountain Bikers Of Santa Cruz

SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS TRAIL STEWARDSHIP IS CREATING AND MAINTAINING WORLD-CLASS TRAILS RESPONSIBLY, SUSTAINABLY, AND COLLECTIVELY.

IN 2021, WE OPENED NEW FACILITIES IN OUR LOCAL PARKS AND MAINTAINED AND RESTORED LOCAL FAVORITES. TOGETHER, WE BUILT TWO NEW PUMP TRACKS ON OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE COUNTY, WORKED ALONG THE CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS TEAM TO REBUILD TRAILS IN THE FALL CREEK UNIT OF HENRY COWELL REDWOODS STATE PARK, AND BROUGHT BACK DIG DAYS, OUR WILDLY POPULAR DAY-LONG VOLUNTEER TRAIL WORK EVENTS, IN ALL NEW LOCATIONS. TO CAP THINGS OFF, WE ARE WORKING WITH THE BUREAU OF LAND MANAGEMENT TO OPEN PUBLIC ACCESS FOR THE FIRST TIME AT COTONI-COAST DAIRIES UNIT OF THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL NATIONAL MONUMENT BY BREAKING GROUND ON 19 MILES OF NEW TRAILS. 2021 PROJECTS LIKE THE RAMSAY PARK PUMP TRACK IN WATSONVILLE, THE WESTSIDE PUMP TRACK IN SANTA CRUZ, AND THE COTONI-COAST DAIRIES TRAIL NETWORK HAVE BEEN IN THE WORKS FOR YEARS, IF NOT DECADES. 2021 KEY STATS:- 50 MILES OF TRAIL MAINTAINED- 2 NEW PUMP TRACKS- 467 UNIQUE VOLUNTEERS- 80% FIRST-TIME VOLUNTEERS- 2,724 TOTAL VOLUNTEER HOURSTRAIL PROJECTSRAMSAY PARK PUMP TRACK- ALONGSIDE THE CITY OF WATSONVILLE, OUR TEAM DESIGNED AND CONSTRUCTED THE ALL-NEW RAMSAY PARK PUMP TRACK IN THE HEART OF WATSONVILLE. PROJECT DETAILS: - THIS TRACK IS 20,000 SQUARE FEET, MAKING IT THE LARGEST PUMP TRACK IN SANTA CRUZ COUNTY. - CONSTRUCTION INCLUDED 500 OF STORM DRAINAGE PIPES, PLUS 8,000 SQUARE FEET OF NATIVE LANDSCAPING WITH DRIP IRRIGATION. RESULTS:- THE ALL-NEW RAMSAY PARK PUMP TRACK HAS ALREADY BECOME ONE OF THE MOST POPULAR OUTDOOR AREAS IN THE COUNTY, WITH THOUSANDS OF CYCLISTS HITTING THE TRACK EACH MONTH. - ITS BOTH BEAUTIFUL AND VIRTUALLY MAINTENANCE-FREE, WITH UNDERGROUND STORM DRAINAGE AND SURROUNDING LANDSCAPING FEATURING DROUGHT-TOLERANT PLANTS.HELMET GIVEAWAY: - TO BOOST LOCAL BIKE SAFETY, WE GAVE AWAY 180 HELMETS TO COMMUNITY MEMBERS IN NEED. THANK YOU TO BUD & REBECCA COLLIGAN FOR SUPPORTING THIS GIVEAWAY!- 51 UNIQUE VOLUNTEERS COMPLETED 194 HOURS OF WORK AT THIS NEW PUMP TRACKTHANK YOU TO BELL HELMETS FOR SUPPORTING THE ALL-NEW RAMSAY PARK PUMP TRACK!WESTSIDE PUMP TRACK- IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE CITY OF SANTA CRUZ, WE REDESIGNED, RECONSTRUCTED, AND REOPENED THIS LOVED-TO-DEATH PUMP TRACK ON THE WESTSIDE OF SANTA CRUZ. PROJECT DETAILS: - WE REDESIGNED AND PAVED THE 5,000 SQUARE-FOOT WESTSIDE PUMP TRACK IN JUST NINE WEEKS!RESULTS:- THE NEW LAYOUT MAKES THE TRACK MORE SUITABLE FOR USERS OF VARIOUS SKILL LEVELS. - THE PAVED SURFACE ALLOWS SKATEBOARDERS AND ROLLERS SKATERS TO JOIN IN ON THE FUN. - SINCE ITS OPENING IN AUGUST OF 2021, THIS PUMP TRACK HAS BECOME A POPULAR RIDING DESTINATION FOR BOTH KIDS AND ADULTS ALIKE.COMMUNITY EFFORT: - COMMUNITY MEMBERS FROM NEARBY OFFICES AND SCHOOLS JOINED US FOR WEEKDAY DROP-IN TRAIL WORK EVENTS. THANK YOU TO EVERYONE WHO LENT A HELPING HAND! - 36 UNIQUE VOLUNTEERS COMPLETED 125 HOURS OF WORK AT THIS NEW PUMP TRACK- THANK YOU TO THE WESTSIDE PUMP TRACKS SPONSORS!- GRANITE, FOX, ABS, PAY DIRT, WRIGLEYFIRE RELIEF IN BELOVED LOCAL PARKS- IN PARTNERSHIP WITH CALIFORNIA STATE PARKS AND THE LAND TRUST OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY, WE SUPPORTED TRAIL REHABILITATION IN FIRE-SCARRED PARKS. PROJECT DETAILS: - THE CZU WILDFIRE DESTROYED PARKS LIKE BIG BASIN, BUTANO, AO NUEVO, AND FALL CREEK UNIT OF HENRY COWELL STATE PARK. WERE COMMITTED TO SUPPORTING LOCAL AGENCIES DURING PARK REHABILITATION SO WE CAN REOPEN THESE PARKS SOONER. - IN 2021, WE WORKED TO REBUILD AND REOPEN TRAILS, STARTING WITH FALL CREEK AND THE BONNY DOON ECOLOGICAL RESERVE. RESULTS:- STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS REMOVED HAZARDS THROUGHOUT THE PARKS, RESTORED CHARRED TRAILS, AND REBUILT PARK FEATURES TO IMPROVE ACCESS FOR FUTURE VISITORS. - IN FALL CREEK, OUR TEAM BUILT A NEW BRIDGE ACROSS THE LOST EMPIRE TRAIL TO IMPROVE EQUESTRIAN ACCESS IN THE PARK.- FALL CREEK IS WELL ON ITS WAY TO REOPENING! - THANKS TO TWO VOLUNTEER EVENTS AT THE BONNY DOON ECOLOGICAL RESERVE, THE LAND TRUST OF SANTA CRUZ COUNTY WAS ABLE TO REOPEN SILVER LEAF TRAIL SOONER THAN EXPECTED. - 126 UNIQUE VOLUNTEERS COMPLETED 668 HOURS OF WORK IN FIRE-SCARRED LOCAL PARKSCOTONI-COAST DAIRIES UNIT OF THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL NATIONAL MONUMENT- ALONGSIDE THE BLM, WE BEGAN FUNDRAISING FOR AND BROKE GROUND ON AN ALL-NEW TRAIL NETWORK IN A LOCAL NATIONAL MONUMENT. - PROJECT DETAILS: - IN DECEMBER OF 2021, OUR TEAM BEGAN CONSTRUCTION OF 19 MILES OF BRAND NEW TRAIL IN THIS MAGNIFICENT COASTAL PROPERTY. - WE HOSTED DROP-IN AND DAY-LONG VOLUNTEER TRAIL WORK AT COTONI-COAST DAIRIES (CCD) TO ENGAGE LOCAL OUTDOOR ENTHUSIASTS. - WE LED BI-MONTHLY PUBLIC HIKES ON THE SOUTH END OF THE PROPERTY TO ANSWER QUESTIONS AND GET THE COMMUNITY EXCITED ABOUT THE NEW TRAIL SYSTEM. RESULTS:- STAFF AND VOLUNTEERS HAVE ALREADY CONSTRUCTED A MILE OF BRAND NEW TRAIL OUT ON THE PROPERTY.- THE FIRST NINE MILES OF TRAIL ARE ON TRACK TO OPEN BY THE END OF 2022. - THE COMMUNITY IS EAGER TO GET INVOLVED IN TRAIL WORK!- LOCAL COMPANIES LIKE SANTA CRUZ BICYCLES, UCSC GENOMICS INSTITUTE, AND FOX ARE COMING OUT TO CCD FOR TRAIL WORK TEAMBUILDING EVENTS. - WEVE RAISED OVER HALF A MILLION DOLLARS FOR TRAIL DEVELOPMENT AT COTONI-COAST DAIRIES. - WERE MAKING GOOD PROGRESS TOWARD OUR $2.6 MILLION PROJECT GOAL. - 109 UNIQUE VOLUNTEERS COMPLETED 572 HOURS OF WORK AT THIS NEW TRAIL NETWORKTRAIL PROGRAMSDIG DAYS RETURNED!- AFTER AN 18-MONTH HIATUS, WE RETURNED TO HOSTING OUR PREMIER, DAY-LONG VOLUNTEER EVENTS. - IN 2021, WE INTRODUCED NEW LOCATIONS, FILLED UP THESE 60-PERSON EVENTS IN RECORD TIME, AND MET MORE NEW VOLUNTEERS THAN EVER BEFORE!- 5 DIG DAYS IN 2021- 4 NEW LOCATIONS- 228 UNIQUE VOLUNTEERSTRAIL ACADEMY- IN 2021, TRAIL ACADEMY CLASSES TRANSITIONED FROM BEHIND A SCREEN TO IN THE FIELD! - STUDENTS JOINED US AT DIG DAYS TO LEARN THE INS AND OUTS OF TRAIL CONSTRUCTION, DESIGN, AND MAINTENANCE. - AT THE END OF THE YEAR, WE MINTED SEVEN NEW TRAIL ACADEMY GRADUATES AS CERTIFIED SCMTS TRAIL CREW LEADERS WHO CAN NOW HELP TRAIL VOLUNTEERS AT ANY OF OUR TRAIL WORK EVENTS. - 20 CLASSES TAUGHT- 422 TOTAL ATTENDEES- 4.9/5 AVERAGE RATING* *BASED ON 300 PARTICIPANT REVIEWS- SCMTS TRAILS PLANNING DIRECTOR, DREW PERKINS, LED IN-PERSON TRAIL ACADEMY CLASSES ABOUT TRAIL MAINTENANCE, RIGGING, HAND-BUILDING, AND MORE AT 2021 DIG DAYS.