2025 August Monthly Newsletter

Next trail maintenance day is Sep 28

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, bring a snack and water – the club will provide all the tools necessary.

Club Meeting Sep 4th

The next club meeting is Thursday, Sep 4th. The location is Ricky’s Country Restaurant, Maple Ridge, 20110 Lougheed Hwy, #101. Meeting starts 6:30pm. If you want to get involved, come on out to a meeting.

Staging area

Please resist the urge to do donuts (either on your bike or in your truck) in the staging area, as it very quickly damages the expensive gravel surfacing. Anybody with equipment to re-level the gravel and willing to donate the use of it, please contact the club.

Future woodlot harvesting

BMMC has received a referral from Chartwell Resource Group on behalf of K&K. The referral is intended to outline areas where harvesting may occur on Blue Mountain in the future. The referral is large and encompasses a number of trails. BMMC has assessed the referral, discussed it with our partners at RSTBC and formulated a response. BMMC will continue to advocate for harvesting practices that are less invasive to our trail network, by attending any and all meetings that affect Blue Mountain. We will continue to forward the most recent legislation that outlines protection for recreational resources such as our trail network and its features. Please keep in mind that this process has taken years to get to this stage where BMMC has a seat at the table with woodlot representatives and is part of the process before any harvesting takes place. In years past, harvesting would occur with little or no notice or consultation with BMMC. Sometimes even for those of us on the front line of this process it still seems like we haven’t made much progress, but if we look back at how it used to happen, and if we look at the repairs done by industry, and the steps to protect trails, we’ve actually come a long way. New Holy Grail is a prime example of how we can work with woodlots to ensure trails are protected. Initially NHG was slated for complete eradication, and instead we were able to maintain trees on one side of the trail and have a completely unaffected trail bed.

Harvesting will continue and so will riding dirt bikes on Blue Mountain. BMMC is hard at work behind the scenes to ensure that.

World Supercross Nov 15

World Supercross returns to Vancouver on Nov 15. Early bird (discounted) tickets available here: https://worldsupercrosschampionship.com/events/vancouver-2025/ Last year, the club got 10% off and had a giveaway of a ticket – we’re working on putting together something similar for this year.

Fire Season

Recently we had some much needed rain, but keep in mind it’s still dry out there and will continue to be dry (and get worse) if we don’t get more rain. Please ensure your bike has a spark arrestor and be very careful in areas with low-lying bush etc.

Thank you to our volunteers and paid members

Next trail day will be Sep 28^th – the club takes some time off from scheduled trail days for the summer – mostly needing a break after all the time and work put into prepping for the ROAE. The club has logged over 1200 volunteer hours so far in 2025. 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

Also, check out the club’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/@BlueMountainMotorcycleClub