2025 April Monthly Newsletter

Apr 27th trail maintenance day

Next Trail Maintenance Day is Apr 27th. We always need volunteers for the trail maintenance days and highly encourage riders to come out and help. Trail days are typically the last Sunday of each month. We meet in the staging area around 9:30, organize into groups and then head out for around 10am. We rarely ride in to do trail work – we typically drive and hike in. Many locations will require a truck to get to. If you don’t have a 4×4/truck, you can always leave the car in staging and hop in with somebody else. Come prepared with proper clothing and footwear – the club will provide all the tools necessary.

MountainView Motorsports Trail Maintenance Day Sponsorship

MountainView Motorsports is sponsoring the next 3 trail days providing up to 20 x $20 gift cards for all volunteers who come out to help. We welcome MountainView as a new sponsor! Also, all members get 15% off parts and gear at MountainView Motorsports. Bring this email to get your 15% off.

Wednesday evening trail work

We’ll start having Wednesday evening trail work parties starting April 30th. We meet at 5:30pm and work until it’s getting dark. Meeting location will vary but either the staging area or the McNutt gate. They’ll be announced on the Facebook Group. These work parties are a way of getting extra work done on the trails to prep them for the Route of All Evil Fun Ride in June.

One way and closed trails

The club continues to experience riders going up downhill-only trails and going around closures and riding closed trails. Don’t be that guy/gal. Shame your friends who do this, it’s just unacceptable.

Great feedback from horseback riders

The club has had some really good feedback from how respectful riders have been when encountering horses – thank you to our ridership! If you encounter a horse while riding, slow down, move over, shut off your bike and let the horse(s) pass.

Chainsaw safety course

The club ran a 2-day chainsaw safety course, with Steve Telosky as the instructor. This is such a useful course, and all attendees learned a great deal from Steve.

Garbage/cans

Pack it in Pack it out. Please don’t leave garbage and/or cans. If you carried it in, you can carry it out, particularly so with a can – it’s a heck of a lot lighter on the way out and if you crush the can, it’s a lot smaller as well.

Seasonal trail closures

We’ve had some good weather recently, good enough that some of the trails that were closed for the winter have been re-opened. Please respect any existing trail closures and don’t go around the closures. Some closures will be delayed because of people riding them while they were closed, causing additional damage that will need to be fixed before they can be re-opened.

Route of All Evil Fun Ride

The ROAE will be on Jun 22^nd this year. Registration will open up about a month before the event – we highly encourage people to register early so we know how much food we need for the BBQ and get an idea of how many (and what sizes of) t-shirts to order.

North 256 Industrial Lands area Plan

The city of Maple Ridge has announced some plans for North 256. Club representatives will be attending meetings with the city to get more information and provide feedback on the plans. https://engage.mapleridge.ca/256AreaPlan

Thank you to our volunteers and paid members

Thank you to those that bought memberships or came out to volunteer! We had a great turnout for the January trail day – let’s keep up the momentum and continue to get solid attendance at the trail days. Come on out and help build the legacy that is Blue Mountain. If you do volunteer trail work (outside of regular Trail Maintenance days as time is tracked by the crew leaders), please log your time at: BMMC.ca/time