Hawk and Crew's
Notes
05/05/2008 - Yo - We're having
another trail work day on
Saturday, May 10th. This one is
going to be sponsored by
Fairhaven Bikes. The plan is to
meet at the upper Lake Padden
parking area at 10 am and drive
up to the bottom of Cheech and
Chongs Wild Ride. We'll then
focus on buffing trail, building
jumps, and wood work on the
recent reroute sections towards
the bottom of CCWR and on Safety
Break. If you like building
jumps and other stunts this is
the day to show up. Be sure to
bring work gloves, water, a
snack, and your bike if you want
to ride afterwards. Fairhaven
will provide food for lunch and
we'll provide the tools, but if
you have a favorite, bring it.
Cheers, Hawk
04/13/2008 - Great day on the
hill yesterday. Beautiful
weather, a crew of about 12,
pizzas for lunch, and a new
section of trail got cut. We
rerouted the lower section of
Mullet to hook into the new
boardwalk Trillium installed.
The trail was only roughed in so
we'll need to go back thru it
and shape, buff, and build hits
where appropriate, but it's
already got good flow due to
some serious scouting by the
WMBC trail crw leaders, and some
serious work by the trail work
volunteers. Thanks to Pat and
REI for the pizza, work, and
schwag. Our next build day will
be on May 10th and we'll focus
on buffing some of the sections
we've recently cut and building
hits! Hope to see more of you
out then.
Cheers, Hawk
04/04/2008 - The WMBC FR Trail
Crew will be having another
trail work day on Saturday,
April 12th that is sponsored by
REI. The plan is to meet at the
upper Lake Padden parking area
at 10 am and drive up to the
mid-point on Mullet. We'll then
hike down and reroute the lower
section of Mullet to connect to
the new 375-foot boardwalk thru
the swamp that Trillium just
installed, which leads directly
into CCWR. The reasons for the
reroute are to have better
connectivity and eliminate using
Kaiser. Once completed, this new
section should be fast and flowy.
It will also be the last new
section of trail we put in this
trail building season, so if you
dig (pun intended) cutting new
trail, come on out and join in
the fun. After this session
we'll focus on maintenance,
buffing, and building jumps and
other features. Be sure to bring
your work gloves, water, a
snack, and your bike if you want
to ride afterwards. We'll
provide tools, but if you have a
favorite, bring it.
Cheers, Hawk
03/17/2008 - The WMBC FR Trail
Crew will be back on the hill
this Saturday working on a
reroute at the bottom of Cheech
and Chong's Wild Ride (aka
Shawn's). The plan is to cut a
bunch of new trail from the new
rainbow skinny log ride section,
all the way to the top of Safety
Break. The new line will connect
the trails better, eliminate
most of the road riding, and
extend the trail quite a bit.
We'll be meeting at the upper
lake padden parking area at 10
and leave around 10:15. Bring
water, work gloves, a snack, and
your bike. Drop in Zone is
sponsoring this trail day and
will be providing pizzas for
lunch and word is they even have
a Transition Vagrant frame to be
raffled off at the end of the
work day. See you there.
Cheers, Bill
02/25/2008 - We had a great
trail crew day last Saturday.
About 20 guys helped throughout
the day to punch in a new
reroute on Safety Break which
connects right into Meth Lab.
The new section connects and
flows better. We also had a crew
finish rebuilding the Rainbow
Skinny log ride feature on
Cheech and Chongs. The skinny
log was replaced and the big log
ride section was all decked and
blended together. We also added
an up on the corner so riders
can bypass the skinny if they
aren't feeling it and still get
some ladder riding in.
We were pretty stoked on how it
all came together. Check the
pics.





Next official build day is March
22 sponsored by DNZ.
Cheers, Bill
02/17/2008 - Specifically we
will be working on the new
approach to the rock/wood
wallride, and if there are
enough folks that show up, a
crew will cut in the reroute on
Safety Break that will drop you
in directly to the top of Meth
Lab. There will also be some
Dakine swag that they donated to
handout to volunteers.
Matt
02/15/2008 - The WMBC FR Trail
Crew will be having another
trail work day on Saturday, Feb.
23rd. The plan is to meet at the
upper Lake Padden parking area
at 10 am and drive up and work
until approx. 3 pm. The plan is
to continue working on Cheech
and Chong's Wild Ride (aka
Shawn's trail). Come on out and
boost your trail karma and give
something back to the trails you
love to ride. Bring your bike,
work gloves, water and a snack.
Cheers, Hawk
01/27/2008 - Awesome day on the
hill yesterday. We got a new
line punched in after the
rainbow skinny on Cheech and
Chongs that adds more flow and
hooks back into the trail on the
other side of the ravine. Dirt
work was surprising easy. With
one swing of the pulaski a
3-inch chuck of frozen loam
would break off exposing the
good dirt. Pretty cool stuff.
The log ride after the rainbow
skinny will get rebuilt in the
next few weeks and there's still
some buffing to do and a couple
small hits to build on the new
section. Once it's complete, its
gonna be sweet.

Thanks to the 15 or so
volunteers that braved the cold
and snow and helped out
yesterday. Good times for sure.
Our next official build day will
be Feb.23, but we'll probably
get back out before that. PM me
if you want your email added to
the list.
Cheers, Hawk
01/24/2008 - Just a reminder
we're having a trail crew day
this Saturday and will be
working on Cheech and Chong's
Wild Ride. Catch a ride up in a
truck from the upper Padden lot
at 10 or ride your bike up and
find us working on the trail.
Also, Matt D will be coming thru
the Padden lot around 10:45-11
to pick up anyone who wants to
come out but likes to sleep in.
Cheers, Hawk
A note from
Matt on Proposed new Trails for
Galbraith Mountain:
01/20/08 We proposed and
were approved for 2 freeride
routes on the Southside of galby
- we plan on dialing them in
over the next couple of years
(or less) depending on how much
help we have.
They are:
#1
- Evo./Scorp
- PT
- The Luge
- then a new trail from the
botom of the luge to the gate
(starting on the North side of
the HUGE drainage)
#2
- Trail from the lookout/12
monkeys area connecting to
Mullet
- Mullet
- New trail dropping into the
top of CCWR - replacing lower
Mullet (Trillium is going to
send in a crew to deck through
the swamp area)
- CCWR - with a couple of
reroutes(1 completed), a
wallride...
- Safety break with a reroute to
drop right to the top of meth
lab
- Meth Lab
Our goal is for connectivity, so
more single track and less road
ridin. Also, more jumps, flow
and stunts.
All of this takes volunteer
labor and we have 5 official
(and a number of unofficial)
work parties left this year. If
you are interested in helping
out, contact hawk or myself.
If you want any other
information let us know,
peace
11/17/2007 - Hey everyone,
here's the trail work report
from Saturday's session.
We had approx. 12-15 volunteers
show up and got some good
maintenance work done on the top
part of Evo. A few holes got
filled in, some drainage work
got done, the first jump and
approach got built up a bit, and
a couple berms got worked on.
The rain made everything we
worked on super mushy so it'd be
a good idea to wait until it
dries out and firms up before
checking it out.
We worked until about 2:30 and
then had some burgs and dogs
thanks to Adam from Hidden Wave,
who also handed out riding
gloves courtesy of Dakine to the
guys that stuck around until the
end.
Our next session will be Dec.
15th and we'll try and finish
maintenance work on the rest of
Evo and get started on some
projects on Scorpion.
Thanks to everyone who helped
out today, Hawk
11/12/2007 - Hey everyone, the
WMBC FR trail care crew will be
back out this coming Saturday
Nov. 17th. The plan is to meet
at the upper Padden parking area
at 10 am and drive up to the
Towers and complete some much
needed maintenance projects on
Evo and Scorpion. There will be
a BBQ for lunch and a swag
raffle for volunteers courtesy
of Adam McCoy and Hidden Wave
Board Shop in Burlington at the
end of the work session. Come on
out and help make Galby's FR
trails even better.
Cheers, Hawk
11/2/2007 - This Saturday and
Sunday the DJ Park is going to
need some diggers to help sculpt
the new lines. Ram Construction
was on the scene all day Friday
moving dirt and getting things
roughed in. It's gonna take hand
tools and volunteers to get the
rest of it dialed in. Meet time
is 9 am, but it'll probably be
going on most of the day. Show
up and help out if you're into
it.
Cheers, Bill
10/30/2007 - Darren Clark will
be leading a work crew this
Sunday and they'll be working on
Bob's trail. The first priority
will be to rebuild the
dilapidated bridge near the
bottom of the lower section and
they'll tackle other maintenance
issues after that. If you ride
that trail alot and would like
to see it in better shape, come
on out and lend a hand. Meet by
the gate at the top of Alvarado
St. (where Karma exits) at 10 am
to move bridge building supplies
up to the trail.
Cheers, Hawk
10/27/2007 - Here's the report
from the trail work party today:
We had approx. 15 volunteers
throughout the day helping buff
out the top section of Mullet.
We filled in a lot of holes with
rock and dirt and decked the log
ride in the middle. The top part
should be riding faster now.
Thanks to Fanatik Bikes and the
Salisburys for providing coffee,
bagels and work and to all the
other volunteers who showed up
and got dirty. We'll be back out
on Nov. 17 to finish off the
rest of the trail. Hope to see
the rest of you then.
Cheers, Hawk
10/23/2007 - The WMBC FR Crew
will be back at it this Saturday
with the first maintenance/build
day of the season! Our plan for
this session is to focus on
buffing out Mullet. As most of
you know, that trail has only
been around for a year and it's
seen a lot of riders and many
sections have gotten pretty
haggard. With a good turnout, we
can get all of the problem spots
fixed and that trail will be
running smooth and pumpy at the
top and fast and flowy on the
bottom.
Fanatik Bike Co. will be on hand
as the sponsor of this session
and there should be some good
eats and coffee in the morning
at the upper Padden parking area
starting around 9:30, and some
pizzas for lunch on the hill.
The weather looks like it'll be
good so come on out and throw
some dirt around with your
buddies and give some love back
to the trails. We are expecting
a good turnout so bring your
favorite tool.
See you on the trail,
Hawk
9/25/2007 - Yo, I'm heading up
to Galbraith on Saturday to deck
the rest of the Stinger. There's
already cedar rounds at the top
of the trail. They'll need to
get split up, hauled down, and
hammered into place. If that
project goes quick, we'll move
on down to Mullet and finish
building that wood kicker/table.
If you like wood work, Saturdays
the day. Should be decent
weather. Hit me back with an
email or call at 305-2518.
Cheers, Bill
9/3/2007 - Hey guys, the WMBC
leadership is meeting on Sept.
19th to review trail proposals
for the upcoming building
season. If anyone has a trail
they want to build, buff out, or
put some TTFs on, email me the
details prior to that date so
they can be considered. So far
we have Kevin from Transition
looking to put a new entrance on
Scorpion and another group of
riders looking to have a FR
connector from the Arsenio area
lead into SST. Other sections
that we didn't get to last year
include a trail below the Luge
to the gate, and something off
of Evo to connect to the top of
Mullet. Any proposal should
include who will build and
maintain it, where it will be on
the map, what kind of trail will
it be, and will there be any
man-made or enhanced natural
features on it. The more
thorough and thought out the
proposal, the better the chances
of it getting approved and
getting built.
Peace, Bill
5/31/2007 - We will be finishing
the last "major" feature on
Mullet, just below the step
down, and some other buffing if
more people show up.
Leaving from the upper padden
lot at 10:00 and working until
about 3. Feel free to catch a
ride or ride up and meet us...
Last chance to give some love to
the hill.
4/16/2007 - Hey guys, alot of
you have been calling and asking
how I'm doing so here's the deal
. My left fibia, which is the
smaller bone on the outside of
the shin, is broke right above
the ankle. I also torn some
tendon attached to the bone. I
had surgery on Sunday and spent
the night at my house. Docs say
the recovery time is typically
6-8 weeks, which sucks, but it
could be worse. I'm bummed I
didn't even get to ride all the
new killer additions to
Scorpion.
Thank you very much to all the
guys and gals that stuck around
and helped get me outta there.
And the turnout and quality of
work from Seattle guys and
Mukilteo guys was impressive. If
someone could forward this to
them that would be cool. I'm
heading back to the couch to pop
another perc and watch another
dvd.
See you soon,
Bill
4/10/2007 - It's on for this
Saturday. Come on out and take
part in the Scorpion
resurrection project. So far the
trails be cleared of obstacles
and brush, puddles drained, and
sketchy stunts removed. We'll
focus on building new TTFs and
buffing out sections to keep the
flow. There's also some work
that could be done on
neighboring trails Evolution and
PT if enough people show up.
Meet at the upper Lake Padden
parking lot at 10 am to catch a
ride up in a truck. Otherwise,
ride up and find us working on
the Scorpion. Raffle for swag
courtesy of Transition at the
end of the day and pizza
courtesy of Lil Ceasars for
lunch. There will also be a
bonus prize for anyone who dusts
off the old black rock Scorpions
T-shirt and wears it to the work
party.
04/01/2007 - Here's some before
and after shots of the work we
did yesterday.


The one with my dog Blade in it
is the natural hump which we
boxed in and built a lip off.
The other one shows the whole
approach, hit, transition area.
The big ass stump was dug out of
the tranny.
Another one is the finished
transition.
The last one is a side view of
the hit and transition.
It's still kinda rough, and
we'll need to go back in a do
some touch ups, but it's good
enough to hit if someone's
feelin it.
Peace, Hawk
PS - That's not a challenge and
I saw two people with broken
clavicles yesterday so be smart.
03/31/2007 - About 8 of us built
some cool features on Mullet
today. Look for a new skinny
near the bottom of the top
section right by where you have
to duck between that curved tree
and big rock. We also buffed and
built some jumps on the lower
section after Kaiser. A couple
small hits and pretty big jump
were built. It's still soft, so
it's not totally dialed in yet,
but should be rockin once we
finish buffing it out and it
firms up. Let me know what you
guys think once you get a chance
to ride it.
Peace, Hawk
03/29/2007 - The freeride work
crew will be back on the
mountain on Saturday, March 31
working on Mullet. We still have
a section or two left to buff
out and then that trail should
be dialed in. Meet at the upper
Lake Padden parking area at 10.
Bring your bike. We'll work
until around 2 and then do some
riding. Raffle for goodies
courtesy of Transition back at
the parking lot when we're done.
Peace, Hawk
03/11/2007 - Scorpi0n - Many of
you have expressed interest in
helping to bring Scorpion back
to life. Well there's good news.
Kevin and the guys at Transition
are stepping up to take the lead
on reopening the trail. After an
initial scouting session today
(March 10) to determine what
needs to be done, the trail was
cleared of obstructions (except
for one huge tree that blew over
in one of the storms) and some
preliminary buffing has begun.
We've scheduled a work party on
April 14th to do the majority of
the work, but Kevin will be
going up a few times between now
and then and working on some
projects. You can contact him at
kevin@transitionbikes.com if you
want to help out.
Peace, Hawk
03/10/2007 - Here's the report
from the trail work party:
10 guys, a couple gals and a few
dogs showed up for today's work
party. We worked on Mullet and
got a couple sections buffed out
that needed it. So now the
trail's pretty butter all the
way to Kaiser. Another couple
trail work parties and that
trail should be dialed in for
the summer.
Shout out to Barb at WWU Cycling
for recruiting some volunteers
who seemed pretty stoked on the
whole building scene. Thanks
also to Kevin at Transition for
supplying schwag for the raffle.
A couple newbie volunteers each
walked away with new T-shirts.
Kevin also showed up with a
couple other volunteers and did
some preliminary work on
Scorpion. We finished off with a
flow check from the top, and
were off the mountain by 3. We
almost avoided the rain. Saw
lots of riders out there today.
Everyone was stoked.
Our next trail work session that
was originally scheduled in two
weeks on the 24th is being
pushed back a week to April 1st.
No joke. We'll be in Port
Angeles on the 24-25th for the
trail work and shuttle day.
Peace, Hawk
03/07/2007 - We'll be back on
Mullet this Saturday, March 10
trying to finish cutting in the
lower section and working on
some features.
Meet at the usual upper Lake
Padden parking area at 10. Bring
your bike. We'll work until
around 2 and then do some
riding. Raffle for goodies
courtesy of Transition back at
the parking lot when we're done.
Peace, Hawk
PS - I posted on
ridegalbraith.com looking for
someone to take the lead on
overhauling the scorpion, but
instead of people stepping up to
help out, it turned into another
sarcasm vs testosterone
cyber-bitch session. so i
deleted the thread.
Let me know if anyone wants to
take charge of that project or
get in on the action, otherwise
it'll stay buried at the bottom
of our list of things to do and
most likely not get done.
02/24/2007 - Here's the trail
work report:
Rainy and 40 degrees - gnar mud
was everywhere. 5 of us showed
up and did some work on a new
feature on Mullet. It's not
finished yet, but some progress
was made. Shout out goes to
Barkley Village Starbucks for
hooking us up with a bunch of
coffee. It was appreciated. Next
trail work session will be March
10.
Peace out
02/23/2007 - The trail work
party is going ahead as
scheduled. We checked out the
trail today and there was a
little bit of slushy snow in
some spots, but mostly just wet.
Trails will be sloppy so the
riding won't be that great and
Baker will be crowded so you
might as well come out for some
killer trail building action. Be
sure to dress appropriately for
the weather.
Peace
02/20/2007 - The freeride work
crew will be back on the
mountain on Saturday, Feb. 24
working on Mullet. We have a few
sections left to buff out and a
few features to build and then
that trail should be dialed in.
Those of you who have checked
out our recent work should know
that most of that work was done
in 1 day thanks to a good
turnout of volunteers. If you're
one of those people who have
been wanting to get out, but
haven't yet, now's the time.
Meet at the upper Lake Padden
parking area at 10. Bring your
bike. We'll work until around 2
and then do some riding.
Peace, Hawk
02/10/2007 - Here's the trail
work report:
It was an awesome day to be on
the mountain. We had beautiful
weather - 60 degrees and sunny -
and a crew of about 15 guys
working on Mullet. Some of the
highlights include the new
bridge over the creek, a new
ladder over the gnarly log in
the top section, and a new log
ride feature at the end of the
top section. We also opened the
section below Kaiser that takes
you out to the Tower Rd. To get
to that section, ride Mullet to
Kaiser, go left on Kaiser for a
few turns and then break off to
the right and follow the new
trail down to the road. That
section is still pretty rough
and will be the focus of our
next work party on Feb. 24. Big
thanks to all the guys that got
out and got dirty today. We got
a hell-of-alot done.
Peace, Hawk
01/24/2007 - Matt D. will be
leading the crew this Saturday,
Jan. 27 and be working on
Mullet.
01/10/2007 - We'll be meeting at
the Upper Lake Padden parking
area across from Galbraith Ln.
at 10 am on Saturday, Jan. 13
for another freeride trail work
party. Feel free to bring your
bike and/or your favorite tool.
We'll be working on finishing
the new freeride trail after
Evolution and on the Mullet.
Layer up cuz it looks like it's
gonna be clear and cold.
See you Saturday, Hawk
12/18/2006 - The trail work
party scheduled for the 23rd has
been cancelled and it's on for
the 30th.
12/13/2006 - Yo - I need some
feedback regarding our next
trail work session. It was
originally scheduled to be Dec.
23rd, but I'm guessing alot of
people have plans or will be out
of town. We also scheduled one
for Dec. 30 as a special session
since alot of people will be on
vacation and probably be looking
for something to do. I've
decided we're not going to do
both sessions, so if you could
pick one of the dates to
volunteer at, which one would it
be? Email me back and let me
know.
Also, at the end of the session,
we'll be having on BBQ on the
mountain. That's right a BBQ on
Galbraith. Food will be courtesy
of Barbara and the WWU Cycling
Club. Plus, a raffle for some
sweet bike parts and shirts
courtesy of Transition Bikes.
Peace, Hawk
12/09/2006 - We had a great
turnout of volunteers at the
work party. Roughly 15 people
showed up so we were able to
break off into 2 groups and work
on a variety of trails that
really needed some attention.
One crew went thru and cleaned
up SST. Clearing trees, draining
puddles and raking loamy/organic
material off the trail. They
also found time to build a new
skinny log ride option off to
the side of the trail in the
middle section. The other crew
went thru Evolution and cleared
approx. 6 downed trees, raked
braches off the trail, and
unclogged drainages. The 2 crews
then met on Mullet and cleared a
couple trees, drained a bunch of
puddles, and finally built that
bridge over that big log in the
middle section. Mullet still has
a ways to go before it's in good
shape, but SST and Evo are now
dialed in.
Hawk
12/06/2006 - We'll be meeting at
the Upper Lake Padden parking
area across from Galbraith Ln.
at 10 am on Saturday, Dec. 9 for
another freeride trail work
party. We'll be focusing our
efforts on repairing damage done
by the wind/rain/snow storms on
various trails. The trails are
in bad shape and need your help.
Come on out and join the fun.
Free stuff courtesy of
Transition Bikes to be raffled
off, given out to the
volunteers.
See you Saturday, Hawk
11/21/2006 - Hawk and crew will
be back working on the mountain
Saturday, Nov. 25th. We'll be
working on Evolution fixing
drainage issues and building
some new berms. Reasons to
volunteer this Saturday:
Work off the Thanksgiving
calorie overload.
Get a break from your family (if
you need one, which I know I
will)
Up your trail karma.
Meet at the Upper Lake Padden
parking area by 10 to catch a
ride up, or ride by and find us
working on the trail.
11/20/2006 - Darren had a crew
of WWU students up on Galby
yesterday and got a bunch of
trails cleared of trees that
came down in the recent storms.
They did:
Cedar dust, Family fun,
Intestine, SST, El pollo, Rock n
roll, Candy, Upper ridge
Also Evolution, Chris's trail,
and Cheech and Chong's (Shawn's)
are clear.
11/16/2006 - This year the WMBC
has 2 crews working on 2
different days, Saturdays and
Sundays. Darren Clark will be
leading the traditional
Sunday work crew that
usually works on xc and
all-mountain trails. They meet
at the Lake Padden Softball
Fields at 10 am. Their work
dates are:
11/19/06
12/03/06
12/17/06
01/07/07
01/21/07
02/04/07
02/18/07
03/04/07
03/18/07
04/01/07
04/15/07
I'll be leading the freeride
trail crew again this year.
We'll be working on
Saturdays and we'll meet
at the Upper Lake Padden parking
lot at 10 am. Our trail work
dates are:
11/25/06 Post-Thanksgiving
Session - Work off some of the
calories you consumed.
12/09/06
12/23/06 Pre-Christmas Session -
Get some away time.
12/30/06 Winter Break Session
01/13/07
01/27/07
02/10/07
02/24/07
03/10/07
03/24/07
04/14/07
04/28/07
05/12/07
05/26/07
So there it is. Many options to
choose from. Save it. Print it
and post it. Whatever. Get out
and help out when you can. Up
your trail Karma and give
something back to the trails you
love to ride.
Peace, Hawk
11/08/2006 - The freeride work
crew is heading up on Saturday,
Nov. 11 to do trail work. We
plan on working on the new trail
that's being cut to connect
Evolution to The Sh*t. The trail
is almost complete, and with a
good turnout of volunteers we
can probably get it cut all the
way through. To find the trail
ride the Tower Rd. up past the
exit of Evolution and go another
200 ft. and look for it on the
right side of the road. If you
get to Dan's you've gone too
far. If you want to get a ride
up in a vehicle, meet us at the
Upper Lake Padden parking lot at
10 am. Bring water, a snack, and
work gloves. We've got plenty of
tools. See you there.
Hawk
10/16/2006 - Hawk and crew will
be back out on the trails
starting Saturday, Oct. 21
building and maintaining
Galbraith’s freeride trails.
Last year, with the help of
dozens of volunteers, we where
able to get quite a bit of work
done.
Some highlights from last year
included:
q Rerouting the top of Evolution
so you could ride to the view
spot, gear up, and drop in
q Adding that long skinny log
ride right off the top
q Building the new line right
after the berms section so you
approach the Stinger from a
better angle and ride that log
ride to drop in onto the Stinger
q Rerouting the line after the
Stinger to go up the other side
of that ravine to scrub speed,
and built that new ladder drop
q Adding that new section of
trail in the middle section with
the table tops, stump drops and
berms
q Building a new line after the
step-up instead of riding thru
all those puddles
q Adding the Rolling Machine and
the table top-to-rock wall ride
to Cheech & Chong’s Wild Ride
(formerly: Shawn’s) also adding
berms and rebuilding jumps
q Started building Mullet from
Keystone Rd. to Kaiser (almost
complete)
q Buffed out The Sh*t (off
Dan’s)
Some of the projects we’ll be
working on this year include:
q Finishing Mullet
o Adding pump sections, jumps,
and bridges/ladders
o Cutting the rest of the trail
from Kaiser to Blue Rock
q Rebuilding jumps and
transitions and other
maintenance on Evolution
q Building a new trail from the
bottom of Evolution to the top
of The Sh*t
q Buffing out Scorpion
q Buffing out Dan’s
q Finish building jumps and
berms on The Luge
q Buffing out Bob’s
q Planning and scouting for a
Sudden Valley side trail
So if you like to ride those
trails listed above, and can
find the time to volunteer, we
definitely could use the help.
Our regular workdays will be the
second and fourth Saturdays of
the month and we’ll work from
10am to 2pm or later. You can
either meet us in the Upper Lake
Padden parking area across from
Galbraith Ln. at 10 to catch a
ride up in a vehicle (bring your
bike too), or ride to the trail,
stop and work for however long
you can stay, and then go enjoy
the rest of your ride.
Our first session will focus on
building the new trail from the
where Evolution exits and
connects to The Sh*t. Work has
already started and a good
portion of it is already
complete. With a good turnout
the lower section could get
cleared so the whole trail will
be rideable. To find the trail,
ride up the Tower Rd., pass the
exit of Evolution, go another
200-400 ft. and look for it on
the right side of the road.
Also, let me know if you’d like
to work on any of the projects
listed above but can’t make the
regular trail workdays. I’ll try
and hook you up with others with
similar schedules and make sure
there are tools available for
you to use.
See you on the trails.
Hawk
9/109/06 - Great having you guys
over Thursday night. Here's what
we came up with as a group and
where freeriding on Galbraith is
headed.
1. Link up the trails.
A major theme that kept getting
brought up was the need for more
freeride trails to be linked up
giving us a couple different top
to bottom options. To accomplish
that we'll need to buff out a
couple of existing trails and
build a couple new ones.
To be buffed - Scorpion, Dan's,
Luge, the trail below the Luge,
and Not Shawns.
Finish building - Mullet, the
Shit, Grasshopper, and the trail
between Evolution and the Shit/Luge
Start building - trail that
would replace 12 Monkeys and go
to the top of Mullet (built
using an excavator and be A-Line
style), and a Sudden Valley side
trail (scouting to start this
winter)
2. Trail building using an
excavator.
This was a major point of
emphasis at the IMBA conference.
More and more people are using
heavy machinery whenever
possible. Jon Syre is down to
give it a try. We'll need to
rent a machine, have someone who
knows how to operate it and
permission to do so. We should
work on making it happen.
3. Freeride features that we'd
all like to see more of include:
grade reversals (using uphills
to scrub speed instead of
braking),
steep chutes and drop ins,
gap jumps using wooden box
frames (Black Rock style),
pump track flavor on Mullet,
Skills Park at Upper Lake Padden
area
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Trail work schedule is still up
in the air. It'll either be Sat.
or Sun. and we'll probably have
a flexible schedule versus one
that is set months in advance.
There's also some of us that
have flexible schedules that
will allow mid-week crews to
head up. I'll generate a trail
task list for maintenance and
building and send it out as soon
as it's ready. If you can't make
the weekend work partys then let
me know when you are available
and what you want to work on and
I'll try and get you hooked up
with others with similar
schedules and make sure there's
tools stashed on the trail or in
the soon-to-be-constructed tool
storage shed to use.
That's it for now. The little
bit of rain we just had should
have knocked the dust down
nicely. We should all go ride.
Peace, Bill
8/28/06 - We just bought a bunch
of new tools for the upcoming
trail building season. Greg Mroz
who lives at the corner on
Galbraith Ln. has offered to
allow a storage shed to be built
on his property for storing
these tools. The idea is to have
easy access to tools for anyone
who wants to go do trail work.
Email me back if anyone has a
storage shed they want to
donate, or has the experience
and time to build one, or has
materials we could use (plywood,
2x4s) so it can get built.
Thanks, Bill
8/28/06 - Hey riders - a few of
us are heading up on Wed. to do
some wood work on the new trail
from the keystone rd. to blue
rock. We'll also be trying to
open up the last section that
will connect to Kaiser. Anyone
is welcome to join. Meet at the
upper padden lot across from
galbraith ln. at 4 to catch a
ride up, or just ride by and
find us working on the trail. Oh
yeah and from here on out, the
trail shall be known as...
Mullet
8/5/06 - The International
Mountain Bicycling Association
(IMBA) is sending a crew of
Professional Trail Builders to
Bellingham August 10-13. This is
the second year in a row that
IMBA has sent a Trail Care Crew
to Bellingham thanks to the
Whimps Mt. Bike Coalition (WMBC)
and Kona. Last year, legendary
Galbraith trail builders such as
Bob Torsett, Dan Waters, Shawn
Obra, Darren Clark, Jimmy
Fricker, Bill Hawk, and others
all came together for a weekend
of trail work, riding, and good
times. Dozens of others came out
to join in the fun, and to learn
what it takes to build and
maintain Galbraith's great
trails.
Anyone interested in learning
basic and advanced trail
building techniques, finding out
more information about the WMBC
and IMBA, or just looking for
cool people to ride with should
come out and enjoy the
activities.
Here's what's on tap:
Thursday, August 10 -
Group ride from Whatcom Falls
Park. Meet by the Tennis Courts
at 5 pm.
Friday, August 11 - IMBA
slideshow presentation at
Boundary Bay Brewery in the
outdoor seating area at 6 pm.
Saturday, August 12 -
Basic Trail Building and Design.
Meet at the Lake Padden Softball
Fields parking area at 9:30 to
catch a ride up. If riding your
bike to the trail, we'll be
meeting at the bottom of the
Death Climb/Wall at 10 am.
Sunday, August 13 -
Advanced Trail Building. Same
meeting locations but different
times. Meet at 8:30 to catch a
ride up and 9 am at the work
site. BBQ @ 3pm. Site TBD.
For more info contact Darren
Clark at 360.733.3441 -
darren@clarkscycle.com
or Mark Peterson at 360.366.0951
-
mp@konaworld.com
C U There!
7/5/06 - Just a reminder that we
are gonna be working on opening
the new flowy freeride trail
this Saturday. Meet at the upper
lake padden parking lot at 10:45
or ride up the Keystone Rd. from
Red rock and find us working on
the new trail. Check out
www.ridegalbraith.com for more
info. Thanks to Kevin at
Transition for getting the site
setup.
Peace, Bill
6/16/06 Yo - We got a trail work
day planned for Saturday, July
8. This is a special session
scheduled with the BBTC, so
those guys that live down there
in the Sea-town area and ride up
here can give something back to
the trails. We'll be meeting at
the Upper Lake Padden parking
lot across from Galbraith Ln. at
11 am. We're hoping alot of
people will make it out and
we'll get some serious work
done. Hope everyone's diggin'
the new features we built on
Evolution.
Hawk
5/21/06 Yo - the second stump
drop is finished and it turned
out really f'in good. that
entire new middle section is now
dialed. have fun ridin it.
building on evo is pretty much
done for now. we'll be working
on and off throughout the summer
on the new trail that'll connect
the keystone road to blue rock.
if anyone wants to help out that
has time let me know and we'll
line something up. peace
5/17/06 We're heading up to work
on the second stump drop area on
Evo this Friday. Meet at the
Upper Padden lot around 12:45 if
you want a ride up and we'll
leave at 1 pm. See you there.
Bill
05/16/06 I was thinking it'd be
good to get the second stump
drop on Evo built this week. I'm
going up either on Thursday
around 3 or Friday around noon.
Help would be appreciated. Let
me know which day/time works
best and we'll get 'er done.
L8 - Hawk
4/23/06
We got a couple projects
accomplished Sunday thanks to a
good turnout of volunteers.
Thanks to Matt, Drew, Matt,
Douglas, Jeremy, Dan, Rob, and
all the other guys that stopped
by and helped out. We were able
to build a couple transitions on
the jumps that used to be to
flat, and we cleared out the
approach and exit lines around
the other jumps. We also got a
bunch of slats split up for the
second stump drop, which should
be getting built in the near
future. We had around 40+ riders
come by during the day and
everyone seemed really stoked on
the trail. It's in great shape.
Thanks again for everyone's
help.
Hawk
4/19/06 Trail work on Evolution
will be going on this Sunday,
April 23. We plan on rebuilding
the jumps and transitions on the
lower section so we get it
totally dialed in for the
spring/summer/fall riding
seasons. We'll be meeting at the
Galby Ln. parking lot at 10:30
and driving up. If you want a
lift up meet us there.
Otherwise, ride by the trail
after 11 and you'll find us
working.
Peace
3/23/2006 Hawk and crew will be
back up on Evo this Sunday building a 2nd table top and working on the 2
new stump drops. We'll be meeting at Galby Ln at 10:30 and driving up if
you want a ride. Otherwise, ride by the trail after 11 and find us
working. Peace
3/13/2006 We didn't quite get the
new ladder drop built yesterday, but it's close. Don't try and ride it
until it's done. We also got materials cut for the two stump drop
ladders. We should be able to get at least the first one done next time
up. We had about 14 different people show up yesterday. Thanks to all
those who did. Peace
3/11/06 We didn't
quite get the new ladder drop built yesterday, but it's
close. Don't try and ride it until it's done. We also
got materials cut for the two stump drop ladders. We
should be able to get at least the first one done next
time up. We had about 14 different people show up
yesterday. Thanks to all those who did. Peace
3/10/06
Whatup riders - In addition to the trail work session
this Sunday on Evo, we got another project in the works.
After the new features on Evo are built and the
maintenance projects completed, we're going to begin
working on connecting the bottom of Evo to the top of
Shawn's, and working on buffing out the Not Shawn's
trails so we can have a complete top to bottom freeride
run with as little time on the road as possible.
So, we are looking for help scoping out lines between
the Red Rock junction and the top of Shawn's area. And
alternate lines from the bottom of Shawn's to the gates.
If you are interested in helping find the lines, let me
know cuz we've already done some preliminary recon and
we have some ideas about where the trails should and
shouldn't go. Let me know bros. L8 - Hawk
3/8/06 Hawk and
crew will be back up on Evo this Sunday building table
tops and ladder drops. We'll be driving up from Galby Ln.
at 11. So meet us there if you want a lift up.
Otherwise, ride by the trail and find us working. Peace
3/6/06 Report -
We were back up on Evolution yesterday and got a couple