...and now the new Director

Greetings friends from 8,200' where we are still snowbound and mud spattered! Trails up here at West Magnolia are still frozen and drifted over but the 2007 Patrol season is fast approaching and we're looking at some exciting developments. First of all my name is Matt Alford and I have taken over the Directatorship of the BMBP for this season while Jason Vogel takes lead on pursuing some very promising opportunities for our local trails. How does a $50,000 grant for West Magnolia, including the potential for some "stunts" sound? For 2007 our patrol responsibilities will be similar to last year and I would like to focus my efforts on two additions for 07. First will be having more fun! Not that riding West Mag isn't fun but I have a perfectly good firepit awaiting just down the road that we'll try to put to good use with some BBQs and we'll have some more fun rides as well. Second I'd like to support any patroller interested in pursuing membership in the National Mountain Bike Patrol as I feel they have a lot of good resources that can benefit the patroller and the BMBP as well. More details to follow this week and in the meantime please feel free to contact me at any time at www.moalford@hotmail.com or on my cell # 720-289-7960. If you know of anyone who may be interested in joining the patrol for the upcoming season please pass my contact info on to them as well. All the best from Coal Creek Canyon and I'm looking forward to riding with YOU this year - Matt

Words from the Director

Hey all. Greetings from the depths of winter. For those of you who did not attend the BMA banquet last night, it was a raging success punctuated at one point by grand praise for the Boulder Bike Patrol from Ed Perault, the recreation supervisor for the Boulder Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service. At the ceremony I got more than my fair share of personal praise, but quite obviously the patrol couldn't have been a success without those of you that went out and rode your bike at West Mag to make better relations with USFS a reality. I'm attaching a scanned copy of the letter I was presented with for you all to read at your leisure. It is signed by the District Ranger, and my favorite part reads:"Many partners, including BMA, have helped the BoulderRanger District meet management objectives for [the West Mag] area. However, when the Boulder Bike Patrol stepped up to provide managed presence on the trail system, it connected that final link necessary to facilitate overall effective management....As recreation resources become increasingly scarce, the importance of the Boulder Bike Patrol will continue to grow."My personal congratulations to all of you. I hope you read the attached letter as if it was address to you personally, because in my mind it is.I also hope you'll take the evidence of this letter as a sign that your efforts last summer have made a difference and that it's worth your making a similar effort this coming cycling season. For those of you that did not manage to do a patrol date last year, never fear, we still need you and you can help propel the Boulder Bike Patrol to even better service this summer.
Jason Vogel

Fall's here and it couldn't be more beautiful up in the high country. Get up there and enjoy before the inevitable storm shuts these trails down for the season!

More cowbell! Trailwork tonight on Sugar Magnolia starting at 6pm...you know you wanna.

copied from Off Camber site

UPDATE - 9:15 PM, Tuesday night. Wanna do some trailwork on the West Mag Trails? Sick! We're starting this Wednesday night, and going every Wednesday night until snowfall makes it impossible. Meet at the Nederland High School parking lot at 6:10 pm...perfect for all you folks taking the 5:40 bus home. We'll work for about two hours...until it gets dark. Bring your bike because you'll need it to access the points. For those of you coming from the flat lands - we'll finish just in time for you to catch the 8:17 pm bus back to Boulder. See ya there! DV.