Blogs

Beer Pine anyone? It's the new game invented by our summer trail crew while occupying themselves late into the night at the Smith Lake Base Camp. "It's like beer pong, but with lodge pole pine cones," said Carroll as he ate his lunch of sandwich and Cheez-Its, covered in sweat and dirt, sitting next to his trail crew cohorts.  Read More »

Friday, July 11 | Prep with the Pros.
We're pairing high school students one-on-one with pro riders as they prep for this world-class mountain bike race. Spend a couple of hours doing what the pros do - checking the equipment, working with sponsors, studying the course, and generally getting ready to fly. Top riders including Mark Weir (7x Classic Downhill champ), Jason Moeschler (3x All Mountain champ), Brian Lopes, Kenny Burt, Abigail Hipley, Jamie Stamps, Jackie Baker, and more will show you what it's like to get ready for the toughest mountain bike race in the country. All the students will have lunch together with industry reps for 'shop talk' about life in the bike industry. Join this unique event - no other pro mountain bike race this year offers this behind-the-scenes look getting to know the racers.  Read More »

It’s an unfortunate fact that some people view our National Forests as a dumping ground for unwanted appliances, furniture, and other assorted garbage. Such dumping is of course highly illegal as well as creating an unsightly mess on our public lands. Recently the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship (SBTS) decided to do something about it. On June 14th, 5 members, led by SBTS Board members Brett Marty of Quincy and Ron Heard of Clio set out to collect discarded material at numerous locations around Quincy.  Read More »

On June 7th, 62 volunteers answered the call to help celebrate National Trails Day by helping with the reroute of the Smith Lake Trail, located near the Gray Eagle Lodge just off Gold Lake Road. The event was sponsored and organized by the SBTS, which is rerouting erosive sections of both the Smith Lake Trail and the Mt. Elwell Trail. The SBTS is working extensively throughout the Lakes Basin region, including last year’s restoration of the popular Bear Lakes Loop. These projects are a result of Secure Rural Schools grants funded through the local Resource Advisory Committee (RAC) as well as contributions from the Forest Service for environmental studies and review.  Read More »

We've just begun work on the Nelson Creek Trail Project. The Nelson Creek Trail Project consists of rehabilitating a current system trail and connecting that trail to an old historic route. In the process of rerouting around steep grades or areas with access issuesthe proposed route varies from the the existing/historic route and terminates near the historic Nelson Point Hotel site. This route will serve as a link between the Lakes Basin Area and Quincy, and travels through some of the most remote, and beautiful terrain Plumas County has to offer. Currently the top 7 1/2 miles of the trail are open to use after our labors of last season.  Read More »

Some of you may have heard about our Adopt-A-Trail Program. It's a program designed for individuals a and businesses to take a larger leadership role in the maintenance of the trails in exchange for a beautiful trail head sign with your name on it posted for the duration of the adoption. (psst... contact Wayne Hoffman if you're interested in joining in this program)

Just wanted to give a little cross-promotional shout out to Passion Trail bikes and share their plans for their Trail Daze Event which they will be hosting on Big Boulder, their adopted trail.  Read More »

Bikes Belong Awards $5,000 to the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship for the North Yuba Trail

Boulder Colorado—May 5, 2008 Bikes Belong Coalition is pleased to award a $5,000 grant to the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship in Downieville, CA. This grant will help the group complete the final four miles of the North Yuba Trail—referred to as the Golden Spoke—which will connect to 14 miles of mountain bike trails. This non-motorized trail will enable cross-country mountain bikers to ride to the renowned Downieville trails from town instead of drive.

“We love to support trail projects that help mountain bikers ‘ride to recreation’ rather than drive to a trailhead,” said Elizabeth Train, Grants & Research Director at Bikes Belong. “This project is a great example of the important work Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship is doing for mountain bikers in Downieville.”  Read More »

The Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship (SBTS) has been working non stop all winter to complete what is known as the North Yuba Trail Extension. The Extension will connect Downieville to the lower North Yuba Trail which travels downstream from Goodyears Bar. The new section of trail will be 7 miles long and is a non-motorized multi-use trail with the added advantage that it connects directly to town where a trailhead facility is being developed. The trailhead facility will include bathrooms and parking, helping to free up parking in downtown. Since the trail is located at a lower elevation than many trails in the area, the season will be greatly extended. It is expected this will provide much needed additional business to merchants, lodgings and restaurants by bringing in customers during the traditional slow time.  Read More »

A showing of 19 amazing volunteers showed up and did the work of probably 40 men and women. Our crew was one of the most productive that we've ever had... probably because 90% were all seasoned Trail Daze volunteers with more than 10 Trail Daze events under their belts. We got a couple new additions including Artek, David, and Sean, who came out for his second Trail Daze ever, which was great. Quincy really rules when it comes to bringing fun, unique, talented people to the crew. The extension is looking great and we made a lot of progress. A bit more to go until it's complete, but we made a big dent in the work load. Thanks to Sarge, Greg, Dave O, David from the Hub, Henry, Wayno, Troy , Beevis, Van, Todd, Sean, Melinda, Chris, Ron, Tim, Nica, Brett + Artek. Also, shout out to the Hub who provided the food for this event.  Read More »