Patrol Kick off Party!

Boulder Mountain Bike Patrol Kickoff Party

Tuesday, April 15th 5:30-8:00pm
Boulder Beer Pub

Come help us celebrate the advent of good riding weather and start the season off right with the Boulder Mountain Bike Patrol (BMBP) Kickoff Party. Join us after work on on Tuesday, April 15th, at the Boulder Beer Pub (click here for map) aka Wilderness Pub for free beer, free finger food, and opportunities for awesome raffle prizes. You'll have a chance to interact with this year's patrol directors (John, Andria, and Scott) and hear about the Patrol expansion from only Forest Service lands (West Mag) to City lands (South Boulder trails) and County lands (Heil Valley & Hall Ranches) in 2008.

Patrolling is simply the best way to show that mountain bikers are good citizens who deserve good trail access. Want to be able to ride from town to South Boulder trails? Looking forward to the connector trail between Heil and Hall? Stoked about quality West Magnolia singletrack? Join BMBP to maintain access and open up new opportunities through responsible stewardship of the land and community service. You're going to ride these places anyway, why not chalk it up to "volunteer hours" and write if off on your taxes too?

Welcome to a new year of patrolling and major expansion!

Hope everyone is enjoying the winter time--maybe playing in the back country a little bit and hopefully getting some riding in here and there. I just wanted to thank Matt for doing such a great job last year in 2007 and keeping the patrol alive. I think he is probably enjoying himself though in Steamboat now!

This year we have three folks helping out--Scott Winget, Andria Bilich, and John Perry. We are sharing the duties of the patrol but our main focus is trying to expand the patrol into the Boulder County lands and Boulder City Open Space and Mountain Parks this year! So, we need all the volunteers we can get to get out on those trails and keep an eye on what is going on, educate and help folks out. I will post soon a small intro with pics on each of us. Some upcoming events are of course the BMA banquet this Friday and we will be announcing training and a party for all of us to meet each other. Thanks for checking this out.

Last patrol and signs!

Jason V. and myself had a good day of patrolling last Saturday the 1st. We put a lot of signs up that Jason and his wife made in an effort to keep folks going where they want to. Let us know how you feel about the signs.

Cheers!
-Nick


How often do you get to carry power tools on a ride? My back was a little sore afterward!



Jason getting style points over the log!


A little air time for myself.


More air time!


Try not to get lost heh? :)


Hopefully the signs survive the winter and serve a good purpose!

End of the road

Wrapping things up this weekend and I wanted to thank every one of you who got out and patrolled at West Magnolia this season. You exceeded all my expectations and have made a great impression on the BMA and FS that will hopefully lead us to MORE trails in the future. I would like to get a patrol log from each of you by the end of Sept (you can download blanks from the BMA website) so I can tally our hours, etc for Ed P at the FS. Email or mail them to me at 5256 HWY 72 Golden, CO 80403. Take advantage of our sweet sponsors if you are in need of fresh bike parts, a fresh bike or a sweet lamp and please let me know of any suggestions that can make the patrol even better in 08! -Matt

Mushrooms everywhere

I think the harvest has arrived.

If you like seeing them, hit the school bus trail. Lots of them, and all kinds.

A sample