Construction is underway on a new mountain bike trail system in Sedona, Arizona known as the Western Gateway. The first sections will open in March, and local advocates are holding a massive raffle to raise funds.
Matt and Jeff talk about the most recent mountain bike advocacy news including pending bills, trail recovery in California, and a new model for organizing mountain bikers.
The Land and Water Conservation Fund, a high revenue opportunity for MTB trails stalled out in the US Senate, but senators are hopeful for a re-authorization soon.
Vermont's state-level mountain bike organization is setting a new example for advocacy, resulting in dozens of miles of new trail every year. Other states are looking to follow their lead.
In the second part of our series on trail building, we talk to COMBA, IMBA, VMBA, and EMBA about how they spend money on trails after it has been raised.
The Iron Range Resources and Rehabilitation Board on Wednesday approved spending $4.95 million on up to 92 miles of mountain bike trails in Northeastern Minnesota, comprising three different trail systems. They expect the move to cement northeastern Minnesota as a national and international mountain biking destination.
