Stowe Mountain Bike Club

Update 09/08/10

September is here, kids are back in school and the trails are in great shape! This might be my favorite time of year to ride. I'm usually in relatively good riding shape, the days are a little cooler, air is crisper and riding just seems perfect! I hope that you have been out enjoying it!

Thanks to the Stowe Land Trust for sponsoring a ride in Sterling Valley. There were over 20 people, we broke up into two groups and rode till dark. The rain started and we all reconvened at the Skier Shop (thanks Bobbie!) for a BBQ. It was a well attended event and something we need to do more of.

The Adams Camp project is going well. I couldn't be happier about the quality of the trail being built. It will be incredibly fun for everyone. The hard part will be climbing to the top, riding down will be a breeze. With that said, I am nervous that there is still a lot of work to do and not a lot of season left. We're at a very critical time in the project and need to push hard to finish. We have three more work days scheduled this month. See below for details. We need to get a lot more folks out. If you've not been out to help yet, please try to fit it in. If you've been out, thanks and please consider coming out again, we need the help! I promise that you'll enjoy the trail more after helping to build it. Kind of funny how that works, but there is a real pride in ownership.

See you on the trail!
Rick

Adams Camp Workdays:
Saturday September 11^th and Saturday September ^25th from 9am to 1 - Meet at the Matterhorn Parking lot - upper lot closer to the mountain. Please email Dawn Smith if you plan to attend. As usual we will raffle off something of value.

Tuesday September ^14th: Skiershop is sponsoring a work day. There will be two shifts, 9-1 and 2-6, with a BBQ afterwords. Meet at the Skiershop parking lot for bagels with VT Peanut Butter and coffee between 8:30 - 8:45 for the first shift. Second shift meets at 12:30 at the trail head. The BBQ Starts at 6 in the Skiershop parking lot. Bobbie has a few items to raffle as well!

If you can't make any of these work days, but can help during the week, contact Hardy. Call him at 802 760 7972 end_of_the_skype_highlighting or email traildesign.avery@gmail.com

Volunteers needed to help the Land trust: Our partners at the Stowe Land Trust (Instrumental in bringing us Adams Camp, Kirchner Woods and more) are in need of some help. They have several volunteer opportunities coming up.

Envelope stuffing will take place on Monday, August 16^th,at the SLT office: 699 South Main St. Come for an hour or for the whole day. Start time 10:00 a.m.

Stowe Trail Race Series: August 28^th , Town Loops Stampede 5k.
Stowe Trail Race Series:September 11^th, Trapp Cabin 10k
The Land Trust will be finalizing the volunteer list this week for Town Loops. Please forward this to friends if you think they might be interested in volunteering. There is a particular need for Trail Gnomes for the Town Loops Stampede, as well as parking attendants, and food tent gurus.
Contact Heather Furman, heather@stowelandtrust.org

Fund Raising for Adams Camp: Thanks to all that have donated! We still have over $5,000 to bring in this year, so if you have not yet donated, please send a check to SMBC, PO Box 3722, Stowe, VT 05672 or hit the Paypal. Be generous! Every little bit helps!

WIN A MTN BIKE / Build a Trail!
Thanks to the Skier Shop: We are raffling off a 2011 Giant Revel 2. Tickets are $5 each and are available at local shops! Proceeds go to the Adams Camp trail network.

Dues Donations: Please pay your yearly dues and while you are at it, feel free to add a donation. You can pay by PayPal, pay at a local bike shop or send in a check. The forms only need to sent in once (unless information changes).
HELP WANTED:
If you want to help the club but can't do trail work, there are opportunities to do that. Please pick from the list below or contact me and we can be creative! Thanks Rick
mailto:rick@stowemtnbike.com/or call me 802-793-9246 end_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting end_of_the_skype_highlighting
Phone a friend - We need folks to contact fellow SMBC members to check in, see how their riding is going, what we can do better and when they would like to come out to volunteer - I need 1 person to manage this and a few to make some calls. It is actually fun! People are very receptive and fun to chat up.
Trail Advocate - Work with a small team to get landowner approval and help expand the network.