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Welcome to the Boulder Mountainbike Alliance Social Blog! This online space on YourMTB.com is the place for BMA members and supporters to INTERACT with each other, share their riding tales, best pics and videos, hook up with and find riding partners, and have fun.

Got BMA news to share? Something you need help with from BMA or its members? Want to propose a ride with other BMA members? ... This is the place to post it.

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Kenosha color!

By jamesthepeach on 2/22/2008
Groups: Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

A fine fall day in the color somewhere below Kenosha Pass. For me, this is what it's all about!

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Galleries: Action, Featured photos

Hello from Frederick

By jeettek on 12/2/2007
Groups: Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

Hey, I'm new to this site. I guess I'd call myself an itermediate
rider. My 18 year old son and I make biking our weekend get
aways. Favorite trails are Hall Ranch in Lyons, Co and Heil Ranch
in Boulder.

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Forum: Introduce Yourself!

Pixie Mate Post of the Week - Trail champion!

By Contests on 10/25/2007 in contests

This week's Post of the Week winner didn't even have to post to YourMTB.com to win! It's mtbmike, a.k.a. Mike Barrow, a.k.a. president of the Boulder Mountainbike Alliance (Colorado).

Why did he win? For this heartwarming photo (posted by YourMTB.com publisher Steve Outing) of Mike ripping up a "No Bikes Allowed" sign on Boulder's Flatirons Vista/Dowdy Draw trail. Nope, he's not vandalizing; Mike got the honor after a trail work day, after which the trail was opened to bikes for the first time.

Mike and his BMA colleagues and volunteers are a big part of the reason that the trail restriction was lifted. And the group has been having success getting more new trails for mountain bikers in Boulder County.

We think Mike deserves an award, so he gets Post of the Week, which includes a great gift pack from Pixie Mate (which just happens to be a Boulder-based company).

What have you done to deserve Post of the Week? Post a great picture, blog or video, and next week you could win!

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A trail opens to bikes in Boulder!

By Steve Outing on 10/23/2007

I grabbed this photo from the Boulder Mountainbike Alliance. Wanted to share it because it's historic for historically MTB-unfriendly Boulder. That's BMA president Mike Barrow ripping up a "No Bikes" sign that was at the trailhead for Dowdy Draw/Flatirons Vista. A group of volunteers did a trail work day recently, and after they were done the trail was open to mountain bikes.

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Gallery: Trails & travel

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Meyers Homestead Trail

By illcomm33 on 4/24/2007
Groups: Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

Closest city/town

Boulder, CO, US

Directions

Google Directions

Difficulty

Beginner

Trail type

4x4 Trail

Configuration

Out & Back

Length

5.5 miles (8.8km)

Total ascent

8,409 ft (2,564 m)

Description

A nice quick ride to a look out (2.7 miles) Turn back around and zip back to your car. The descent is fun and this trail is a nice introductory for new riders. (or if you want quick ride) Get to this trail by taking Baseline exit. Baseline eventually turns into Flagstaff Road. CLIMB UP (and probably past a ton of roadies) for about 4 miles. After about 1.5 miles of descending look for a well marked trailhead on your RIGHT. If you get to the Walker Ranch loop you have gone too far.

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Walker Ranch Loop

By illcomm33 on 4/24/2007
Groups: Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

Average rating:

out of 5

Closest city/town

Boulder, Colorado, US

Directions

Google Directions

Difficulty

Intermediate

Trail type

Single Track

Configuration

Loop

Length

7.4 miles (11.8km)

Total ascent

2,194 ft (669 m)

Description

A good ride that is close to Boulder, CO. Ride counter clockwise which will allow you to start with a quick decent. Good climbs, good descents with nothing too technical. Use the GPS file to check out the elevation profile. Get to this trail by taking Baseline exit. Baseline eventually turns into Flagstaff Road. CLIMB UP (and probably past a ton of roadies) for about 4 miles. After about 2 miles of descending look for a well marked trailhead on your LEFT. DON"T MISTAKE the Meyers Homestead Trailhead (see my other posts for that GPS file) which is about .5 miles before Walker Ranch trailhead and located on the right.

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Tags: Boulder colorado United States

Storming the castle on Wapiti Trail

By neal on 4/17/2007
Groups: Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

Abby and I playing around a cool stone fort structure about 2 miles up Wapiti Trail - Heil Valley Ranch, Boulder, CO

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Gallery: Miscellaneous

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Heil Valley Ranch - Wapiti Trail jump

By neal on 4/17/2007
Groups: Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

Abby and me thinking of Yann at the top of Wapiti Trail, Heil Valley Ranch, Boulder, CO.

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Gallery: Jumping mountain bikers

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Hall Ranch - Lyons, Colorado

By Steve Outing on 3/18/2007
Groups: Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

Closest city/town

Peaceful Valley, CO, US

Directions

Google Directions

Difficulty

Intermediate

Trail type

Single Track

Configuration

Lollipop

Length

9.7 miles (15.6km)

Total ascent

7,605 ft (2,319 m)

Description

Really nice trail. Scenic views of Longs Peak on the lollipop loop; nice technical on the way down. This is one of the close-in mountain trails that dries out quickly, so you can ride it when other mountain trails are still clogged with snow.

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Rabbit Mountain - Lyons, Colorado

By singletracker on 3/9/2007
Groups: Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

Average rating:

out of 5

Closest city/town

Longmont, CO, US

Directions

Google Directions

Difficulty

Intermediate

Trail type

Single Track

Configuration

Lollipop

Length

4.0 miles (6.5km)

Total ascent

657 ft (200 m)

Description

This is the loop we do when everything else is still covered in snow or too muddy, since it dries out fast thanks to southern exposure. Easy trail. Climb up to a loop. ... Easy trail, but pretty rocky, so I tagged it as intermediate; beginners might find it challenging because of that.

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Marshall Mesa - Community Ditch, Boulder, CO

By Steve Outing on 3/6/2007
Groups: Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

Closest city/town

South Boulder, CO, US

Directions

Google Directions

Difficulty

Beginner

Trail type

Doubletrack

Configuration

Loop

Length

6.7 miles (10.8km)

Total ascent

399 ft (122 m)

Description

Beginner ride close to Boulder. Start at parking lot and do the only climb on the route. Take double-track to Dowdy Draw and return on El Dorado Springs Drive and Marshall Road. (Or turn around at Dowdy Draw lot and go back the way you came.)

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Trail building in Boulder County

By Steve Outing on 11/5/2006
Groups: Boulder Mountainbike Alliance

Whenever there's new trail to ride in Boulder County (Colorado), that's a big deal. In this mountain bike unfriendly county -- compared to other neighboring counties where more trails are open to MTBers -- things are starting to loosen up a bit, in large part due to the lobbying efforts of the Boulder Mountainbike Alliance. This photo was taken yesterday at a volunteer trail-building event at Heil Valley Ranch, where we were building a new loop to be called the Wild Turkey Trail.