Blog
03 | Mar | '15
Bryan Rivard
It may sound like an infomercial—“this ride comes with sagebrush single track, towering basalt columns, and sunken lakes standard—all for a limited time only!”—but it’s actually true. Ancient Lake has a relatively small perfect-ride window and it’s open right now.
02 | Mar | '15
Bryan Rivard
That’s what The Nature Conservancy is considering as they decide how to manage the land they’ve just purchased from Plum Creek Timber Company. With such an opportunity for recreation and conservation, they’d like to know how you would enjoy this land.
And as mountain bikers, we could enjoy it a lot. And you may not know that some of us already do.
28 | Feb | '15
Bryan Rivard
Spokane's Evergreen East will be raising construction funds one of the best ways they know how--with beer and awesome silent auction items. Join us Friday, March 27 from 6 - 9pm at the Rocket Market for a fun fundraising evening with your fellow mountain bikers.
25 | Feb | '15
Bryan Rivard
Interested in trail building? Want to improve your existing trail building skills and knowledge? Come learn techniques and details you need to know to build awesome and sustainable mountain biking trails!
Our professional trail builders will provide the insight and technical knowledge necessary to build the best mountain bike trails.
20 | Feb | '15
Bryan Rivard
Last week Evergreen MTB presented at the 2015 Youth Bike Summit, hosted by Bike Works in Seattle. We were excited to be a part of the Summit for its first year away from its original New York location. Taking part in any conference that has 425 attendees from 28 states is something to be excited about, but the youthful energy at the conference made the day particularly special.
16 | Feb | '15
Bryan Rivard
Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance fosters collaboration. One of the most important parts of increasing mountain biking access in Washington State is creating lasting partnerships—with land managers, state agencies, and with our members. And now we’re pleased to also recognize our Partner Shops, part of a three-shop pilot program that Evergreen has started to promote local bike business.
Element Cycles in Redmond, Kirkland Cycle in Kirkland, and Trek Bicycle Store in South Center have been committed to Evergreen’s mission from early on. As Partner Shops they have dedicated time, support, and manpower to work with us and ensure that work parties have food and prizes, that their customers are aware of the work that Evergreen does, and that we work together to continue expanding mountain biking opportunities across Washington.
13 | Feb | '15
Bryan Rivard
These amazing Evergreen members deserve a shout out. While we were at Winter Stoke working the auction to raise money for the Education Program, Molly, Sierra, and Riley were secretly working the room—collecting donations for Evergreen.
At the end of the night they gave us a cup of coins and change totaling $56.30 in evening shakedowns and told us “this is for Evergreen.” It was (almost) enough to render our Communications Manager speechless. Almost.
12 | Feb | '15
Bryan Rivard
If the 60-degree winter weather in Puget Sound has caused your ski soul to sulk, grab your bike, Clif Bars, (and sunscreen!?), and check out this month’s Trail Highlight: Green Mountain.
Located on DNR land in Kitsap County, Green Mountain offers steady climbs, fast descents, and great skyline views of Bremerton, Seattle—and Mt. Rainier and Adams on clear days. The trail system offers a variety of rides like Wildcat—a good warmup climb, gaining 1100’ in 4.5 miles before a quick singletrack descent spotted with rock gardens.
11 | Feb | '15
Bryan Rivard
With snow in short supply in the Puget Sound area it’s a great time to be a mountain biker! And what better way to celebrate than with mountain bike movies, photos, and raffle prizes? Last Saturday nearly 250 people packed Gerk’s Ski and Cycle store in Issaquah for the 3rd Annual Winter Stoke Party and Dirt Junkie MTB Video & Photo Contest! Folks won sweet prizes in the silent auction and raffles, and everyone voted for their favorite photo and video.
Hosted by Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, the party was a huge success raising money for Evergreen’s Education Program. Best of all…Plenty of wintertime mountain bike stoke was generated along the way, and a stellar time was had by all! This year three of the eight videos entered took home sweet packs from Platypus--and all eight were shot by and/or starred Evergreen members!. If you didn’t make the party, you can check out this year’s winning entries below.