Trail Maintenance days are typically held the last Sunday of each month. The crews usually take July and August off – summer vacation etc. usually means fewer people available to volunteer and the crew leaders are usually pretty burned out after all the work to prep for the Route of All Evil Fun Ride.

We meet at the Staging Area at 9:30am, then organize into groups and head out from there.

99% of the time we will drive to the trail head and hike in from there. Very rarely will we ride in to a location – it’s much harder to ride with tools and not fair to have others carry tools in/out for you so you can ride in to the location.

The FSR’s into the trail heads are typically too rough for a low-clearance car, so it’s best to drive in with a truck or SUV. If you can only get to staging in a car, then you’ll be able to hop in with somebody in a truck/SUV.

The club will provide all necessary tools, just wear appropriate footwear and clothing.

Common questions and answers:

– how long are you doing trail maintenance?

It depends – but typically 4 hours.

– can you do it for a couple hours and leave if you need to?

Yes, as long as you drove yourself in or got a ride with somebody who also needs/wants to leave. Some locations can’t be accessed with a low-clearance car – those attending with a car will normally need to hitch a ride with somebody driving in with a truck/suv.

– can you ride in and help and then go ride after a few hours?

We try to avoid having people ride in (except for some very remote locations) because it’s hard to carry tools on your bike, which means those who are hiking in would need to carry an extra set of tools in and out for those who are riding in.

– when they said wear appropriate clothing and footwear , what do they mean?

Just whatever clothing is appropriate for the day’s weather. Hiking boots, jacket, clothing you don’t mind getting dirty. If it’s raining, then add some rain gear – although when it’s raining, it’s typically not very wet in the forest. Wear layers – it may be cool hiking in, but once you’re working you’ll warm up and want to remove a layer.

– what’s the most you have to hike in?

Rarely more than about 20 minutes of hiking in – typically much less.

– someone asked “will the club let us know which trails they want to work on before the trail day? This will help me know if I can actually hike in that far”

When we meet at 9:30, we will determine what trails we’ll be working on and figure out who will be joining which groups. It’s very hard to plan ahead of time mostly because we don’t know how many volunteers we’ll have until that morning. We’ll have some projects on our minds, but decide, based on the turnout what projects to do. We generally don’t like to announce publicly (before or after the trail day) which trail(s) we’re working on as we’ve found once a trail has been worked on if we announce it publicly, LOTS of people will go ride that trail and add extra traffic to it.

– do we bring lunch in?

We would suggest bringing a lunch or snack with you.

The 2026 Route of All Evil Fun Ride will be on June 21st this year. Event sign up will be open sometime in May.

Read the BCORMA interview “Sustaining a Year-Round Trail System” with Ryan Thom (Club President) here:
https://mailchi.mp/bcorma.ca/club-executives-are-superheros-13908635?e=2e1e95ef44

Blue Mountain Motorcycle Club was awarded the Canadian Motorcycle Association’s Environmental Award for 2025!
https://www.motorcyclingcanada.ca/post/2025-cma-awards

Environmental Award – Blue Mountain Motorcycle Club

Awarded for the successful promotion of motorcycle use through recognition of the environmental advantages of motorcycles as an effective means of powered transport or for successful use of the environmental advantages of motorcycles or for implementing measures to further reduce the environmental impact of motorcycles.

About the CMA

The Canadian Motorcycle Association was founded in 1946 and incorporated federally as a Not for Profit in 1957. We are Canada’s National Association for motorcyclists, and are proud to be celebrating 80 years of service to our community.

2026 April Monthly Newsletter

Next trail maintenance day is Apr 26

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.

Wednesday evening trail work is back on!

We’ve started up the Wednesday evening trail work again. Every Wednesday evening until the Route of All Evil June 21^st. We need to get a lot of trail work done before the ROAE, so, like in the past, we’ve started the Wed evening trail work parties for this year. Details (time and meeting place) will be posted on the Facebook page (usually meet 5-5:30 at the McNutt gate.)

Please don’t remove signage

Removing one-way trail signs and then riding up that trail doesn’t make it right, even if you hide the signs. Please respect the trail signage and only ride one-way trails the designated direction.

ORCBC raffle

Our friends at the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC are raffling off a 4-day RV rental from Fraserway RV and a $200 gas voucher from Canco Gas in Abbotsford. Get your tickets by April 30 for your chance to win: https://orcbc.rafflenexus.com/a/q54kizfcpa.

Cutting back deadfall

If cutting back deadfall from a trail, please cut it far back from the trail. Often good intentioned riders will cut back deadfall, but leave a portion sticking out onto the trail, which is very dangerous. If it’s a larger tree (particularly Cedar), try to cut it into 4 foot sections, so those sections can possibly be used for bridge planks.

ROAE/club sponsors

We’re always looking for club sponsors. Sponsorship can be cash, tools for trail work, or items to be given away at the ROAE. There are 3 tiers of sponsorship – Silver = $250, Gold = $500, Platinum = $1000. Contact the club for more information.

Thank you to our volunteers and paid members

Thank you to the volunteers and paid members. Come on out and help build the legacy that is Blue Mountain. If you do volunteer trail work outside of regular Trail Maintenance days (time is tracked by the crew leaders on trail days), please log your time at: BMMC.ca/time

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

Next trail maintenance day is Mar 29

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.

Maple Ridge Motorsports membership drive and pizza day

March 28^th, Maple Ridge Motorsports will have free pizza from 10am-2pm and will be doing a BMMC membership drive. We’ll be there to sell club memberships. Get some free pizza, browse around the store and get your 2026 membership if you don’t have it yet.

Route of all evil fun ride (ROAE)

ROAE is June 21^st this year. We are still in need of volunteers, particularly a BBQ master – somebody to head up the BBQ cooking.

ORCBC funding

The club wasn’t successful with its funding request through the annual ORCBC fund – only 21% of the applicants received funding this year. We’re hopeful that we’ll get the ORV funding this year as we have since 2018.

ROAE/club sponsors

We’re always looking for club sponsors. Sponsorship can be cash, tools for trail work, or items to be given away at the ROAE. There are 3 tiers of sponsorship – Silver = $250, Gold = $500, Platinum = $1000. Contact the club for more information.

Tree harvesting north end of Alouette FSR

Watch for logging trucks on Alouette FSR/256^th street, as they are tree harvesting on the north end of Alouette FSR.

Wet weather riding guide

See the club website (www.bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com) for the wet weather riding guide – with all the rain we’ve been having, we all need to make smart decisions about when to ride, what trails to ride to help preserve the trails.

Your mom won’t clean up after you

Pack it in pack it out. Please take your garbage and cans out with you, don’t leave them littering the trails.

Wed evening work parties

In preparation for the ROAE, we’ll be starting up the Wednesday evening work parties as soon as it’s light out until about 8:30pm or so. We typically meet at 5:30 (location may change depending on where we’re working.) There’s lots of trail prep needed before the ROAE, the Wed evening work parties are a great way to get some extra work done.

BMMC calendar

See the club website (www.bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com) for the club calendar, showing upcoming trail maintenance days, club meetings, Wed evening trail work days.

Thank you to our volunteers and paid members

Thank you to the volunteers and paid members. Come on out and help build the legacy that is Blue Mountain. If you do volunteer trail work outside of regular Trail Maintenance days (time is tracked by the crew leaders on trail days), please log your time at: BMMC.ca/time

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

Next trail maintenance day is Feb 22

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.

Canadian Motorcycle Association Environmental Award

Blue Mountain Motorcycle Club was awarded the Canadian Motorcycle Association’s Environmental Award for 2025! https://www.motorcyclingcanada.ca/post/2025-cma-awards

Environmental Award – Blue Mountain Motorcycle Club

Awarded for the successful promotion of motorcycle use through recognition of the environmental advantages of motorcycles as an effective means of powered transport or for successful use of the environmental advantages of motorcycles or for implementing measures to further reduce the environmental impact of motorcycles.

About the CMA

The Canadian Motorcycle Association was founded in 1946 and incorporated federally as a Not for Profit in 1957. We are Canada’s National Association for motorcyclists, and are proud to be celebrating 80 years of service to our community.

Route of All Evil Fun Ride

The ROAE this year has been scheduled for June 21^st. Anybody interested in volunteering to help out on the day of the event, please contact Rick Green or Ryan Thom ([email protected]). We’ll need people to help with sign-up, merchandise sales, BBQ/food prep etc.

Sign your waiver

Please remember to sign the waiver: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSeuMR7q_yuvrlIBU_l29LEcN2whppeCJVQfirSzam0q0mozQA/viewform

Club Merchandise on sale

Club merchandise (hats, shirts, hoodies, previous year ROAE shirts) are all on sale in the club’s webstore (https://bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com/store/). ROAE shirts are only $10!!! There are shipping a local pick-up options. We currently only ship within BC.

Thank you to our volunteers and paid members

The club logged over 1900 volunteer hours 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 (time is tracked by the crew leaders on trail days), please log your time at: BMMC.ca/time

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

Next trail maintenance day is Jan 25

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.

No fires in staging area

Please no fires in the staging area other than a propane fire pit.

Route of All Evil Fun Ride

The ROAE this year has been scheduled for June 21^st. Anybody interested in volunteering to help out on the day of the event, please contact Rick Green or Ryan Thom ([email protected]). We’ll need people to help with sign-up, merchandise sales, BBQ/food prep etc.

Pack it in Pack it out

Just a reminder to pack out your trash – if you bring food and/or beverages with you on your ride, pack the garbage and empty cans back out with you. Fun fact – empty cans are lighter than full ones and way smaller if you crush the can. Please don’t leave garbage in the staging area either.

Interest in Trail Maps for sale

The club is interested in finding out how much interest there is in sale of the 24”x36” colour laminated BMMC trail maps? If there’s enough interest, we’ll list them for sale on the website. Price would be around $50. Reply to the post on Facebook if you are interested.

Thank you to our volunteers and paid members

The club logged almost 1900 volunteer hours 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 (time is tracked by the crew leaders on trail days), please log your time at: BMMC.ca/time

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

Next trail maintenance day is Dec 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.

AGM results

The Annual General Meeting was held on Dec 4th. All the current executives were re-elected as follows: Ryan Thom as President, Rick Green as Vice President, Dave Sudul as Treasurer and Heather Green as Secretary. Clay Walker continues as a director at large.

Pack a hand saw

There are lots of trees down from the recent heavy winds. Pack a handsaw to clear what you can. Please do not ‘braid’ around downed trees. If it’s too big, suspended etc. and you can’t cut it or go over it, please turn around and go back, rather than riding around it. Anything too big for a handsaw, please report it (post on FB etc.)

2026 club memberships on sale in the online store

2026 Memberships are on sale in the online store (https://bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com/store).

On or around January 1^st, the gate code will change. 2026 members will receive an email with the new gate code, if you don’t get this email, check your junk mail folder, if it’s not there, then email: [email protected]

New Partnership Agreement signed

The club’s Partnership Agreement with Rec Sites and Trails BC (RSTBC) expires at the end of this year, but the club has signed a new 5 year PA with RSTBC. This enables the club to continue doing what it does to keep the trails open, legal and rideable.

Skills Development Area

Crystal Levesque has been spearheading the development of a skills development area on Blue Mountain. Progress has been made, but will need a lot more work to complete. The concept is to have an area with logs, rock garden, jersey barriers etc. where riders can practice and hone their skills.

ORV Fund, ORCBC funding

The club will be applying for funding from both the ORV Fund and the ORCBC fund this year, seeking funding to perform much needed repairs of trails and bridges.

Volunteers needed

The club is always seeking volunteers to help on trail days, but we’re also seeking volunteers to assist at the annual Route of All Evil (date not set in stone yet, but likely June 21). We could also use somebody to promote and pack/ship club merchandise. We have a lot of merch, but only really sell it on one day per year (ROAE), and would like to get the merch out to more riders during the year. In the past we haven’t had the resources to do the shipping, so we haven’t sold the merch in the web store, but we’d like to change that and start selling online and shipping the merch.

Wet weather riding guide

Check out the wet weather riding guide on the website: www.blueMountainMotorcycleClub.com With the wet winter weather, it’s important to follow this guide to minimize damage to the trails. When it’s wet out, it’s much easier to do damage to the trails.

Thank you to our volunteers and paid members

The club has logged over 1800 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 (time is tracked by the crew leaders on trail days), please log your time at: BMMC.ca/time

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

$1000 giveaway to volunteers

Luke Van Barneveld of Raider Mechanical has donated $1000 to be given away to volunteers. Every time you come out to a trail maintenance day between Oct 6 2024 and the 2025 Route of All Evil Fun Ride (Date TBD, usually mid/end Jun), you’ll get an entry into the draw. One $500 and two $250 prizes will be awarded. If you do work outside of a Trail Day it must be substantial (at least 2 hours per person) and not just cut a couple of dead falls. Contact Rick Green, Ryan Thom or Clay Walker before you start the work and have before and after pics of the work done. BMMC directors and Trail Committee members will not participate in the contest.

Nov 24th trail maintenance day

Next Trail Maintenance Day is Nov 24th. 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. Everybody who shows up gets a free ‘trail crew’ t-shirt. We always try to have a giveaway – sometimes gift cards from local motorcycle shops, sometimes tires, tools etc. When possible, we try to have coffee and donuts for all the volunteers. 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.

2025 BMMC Memberships on sale now

You can purchase your 2025 club membership from the store: https://bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com/store/  If you’re not a 2024 member, if you purchase now, you’ll get a membership for the remainder of 2024, plus all of 2025.

Your membership dollars go directly to shovels in the ground. While this is extremely important, we need volunteers to man those shovels. Less than 20% of riders purchase memberships. Further less than 2% of riders come out to volunteer. This leaves a huge burden on a small percentage of the ridership to advocate, attend meetings, organize events, manage the finances, maintain the website, and keep up the required trail work, install the signs, kiosks, etc.

AGM in December

The club’s AGM (where officers and directors are elected, club business is discussed etc.) will be held on Dec 5^th at Ricky’s Country Restaurant (#101  20110 Lougheed Highway Maple Ridge). 6:30 pm start, appetizers provided by the club.

Monthly club meetings

The first Thursday of each month the club holds a meeting to discuss club business. All are welcome. It’s typically the first Thursday of each month, held at Ricky’s Country Restaurant in Maple Ridge starting at 6:30. Usually we take a break in the summer (Jul/Aug).

Material donations

We’re almost always looking for donations of materials like expanded metal (steel or Aluminum) for bridges etc. Also, ramps (steel or aluminum) for bridges and ramps over root steps etc. Other materials that you can donate, please contact the club to find out if they are needed/useful. We have a reasonable supply of buckets but will need more before the winter is over. Please contact a club rep to check if the material you have to donate can be used by the club.

Damage in staging from donuts

Please refrain from doing donuts, burnouts etc. in the staging area, both on your bike in in your vehicle – as tempting as it is, a lot of $ was put into the topping in the parking area and donuts just destroy that work.

Damage from recent heavy rains and wind

Recent heavy rains and wind have caused damage in various places. One place of note is on the power lines road where a significant part of the roadway has washed away. In one section, the washout is about 12 feet deep. The club has put up some flagging tape to make it more visible and the woodlot has been contacted about getting it repaired. There are washouts in other areas as well.

There has been a significant number of trees that have blown down from the wind. It’s recommended that you carry a handsaw (‘Silky’) with you to clear any smaller trees/branches. Report to the club any larger trees that are down and/or trees that would be a risk to remove.

Repairs to trails from last year’s logging

We’re still working with RSTBC (Rec Sites and Trails BC) and the loggers to repair and re-open trails that were damaged or closed because of the extensive logging in 2023. We’re continue to work with RSTBC and the loggers to get these repairs done, so those trails can be repaired and re-opened. Work to reopen shotgun is underway by woodlot staff, and we are anticipating a spring reopening for that trail. A budget has been developed for ground worn repairs to Ryan187 and has been put out to tender, with contract awarding anticipated in the next month. Repairs will likely take place early 2025. This is being funded by RSTBC as part of the complaint resolution process from aggressive harvesting.

Kids riding loop

The club is in the very early stage of discussions with the City of Maple Ridge about establishing an area that can be used as a kid’s riding loop. Al Willard is spearheading this potential project – contact him with questions or to help support the project.

Ryan 187 repairs

Ryan 187 is currently closed to get some repairs done. These repairs were funded through RSTBC from a fund that is contributed to by the woodlots when they harvest. The re-establishment of this trail that was done by the woodlot requires additional drainage and hardening to make it sustainable. The repair contract was awarded to One-Trac Contracting.

Winter trail closures

Ridge, EP, KCCK, West Dr Dementos and Possum Lodge have been closed for the winter. All the trails take a beating in the wet winter, but these trails in particular receive more damage than others. We realize that this further reduces the number of trails that are open, but is a necessary evil to preserve the trails as much as possible. Once the trails affected by the 2023 woodlot operations are repaired and re-opened, the impact of the annual winter closures will have less impact. They will all re-open in the spring, timing dependant on the weather.

Thank you to our volunteers and paid members

As we head into fall/winter, please have a read over the wet weather guide (Wet Weather riding guide on the main page of the website: https://bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com/ ) and familiarize yourself with it. The choices made by riders during the wet season affect how many trails can reopen in the spring. Thank you to those that bought memberships or came out to volunteer in 2024. If you did both, know you were part of the solution! If you didn’t, ask yourself why not? Come on out and help build the legacy that is Blue Mountain.

YouTube channel

Check out the club’s YouTube channel. We’re always working on putting up more content – currently there’s the 2023 and 2024 ROAE videos and several trail work videos: https://www.youtube.com/@BlueMountainMotorcycleClub

Next trail maintenance day is Nov 30

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.

2026 club memberships on sale in the online store

2026 Memberships are on sale in the online store (https://bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com/store).

On or around January 1^st, the gate code will change. 2026 members will receive an email with the new gate code, if you don’t get this email, check your junk mail folder, if it’s not there, then email: [email protected]

Winter trail closures

A number of trails are now closed for the Winter, including Ridge, outer Dr Dementos, KCCK, Holy Grail, Barrel, Spiney Norman, Tunnel of Shove, Dojo, Possum Lodge. They are closed with a sign and typically with orange snow fence. Please do not go around the closure and ride the closed trails. They will re-open again in the spring once the weather improves. We don’t like (temporarily) closing any trails, but past experience has shown that a number of trails are particularly at risk of severe damage if ridden in the winter months.

Smokestack Lightning and Olga have been temporarily closed while a bridge is constructed. Once the bridge construction has completed, these trails will be re-opened.

Section 56 Partnership Agreement

BMMC is in the process of renewing our partnership agreement with RSTBC for another 5 years. This is made possible by the tireless efforts of volunteers displaying that BMMC has what it takes to manage a world class trail network. This valuable recreation resource isn’t possible without the ongoing boots on the ground and behind the scenes effort.

World Supercross ticket giveaway

Max Macievich was the winner of the WSX tickets give away!

AGM in December

The Annual General Meeting will be held on December 4th. It’s where the executives get elected/re-elected, and other club business is discussed. The club provides appies (free food!). If you want to know more about the club and/or are interested in getting involved, come on out! We’ll be appointing members of the Trail Committee at the meeting – if you’re interested in becoming part of the trail committee, this is your opportunity!

Thank you to our volunteers and paid members

The club has logged over 1600 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

2025 October Monthly Newsletter

Next trail maintenance day is Oct 26

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.

2026 club memberships on sale in the online store

2026 Memberships are on sale in the online store (https://bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com/store).

On or around January 1^st, the gate code will change. 2026 members will receive an email with the new gate code, if you don’t get this email, check your junk mail folder, if it’s not there, then email: [email protected]

CMA Nomination

The Blue Mountain Motorcycle Club has been informed that it has been nominated for the Canadian Motorcycle Association’s Environment award. Results of the voting are to be released in January.

Traction e-Rag/BCORMA interview

Ryan Thom, club President will be interviewed by Traction e-Rag on behalf of BCORMA this month. We’ll post the resulting article when it’s published.

Future woodlot harvesting

The club received a response to our questions re the referral for more logging at Blue Mountain. We continue to work with Chartwell Resource Group to preserve trails and minimize impact on the trail system as much as possible. There are some very old logging roads that will likely be re-established – the club is working on something of an ‘exchange’ program where trails exist on select old logging roads that will be re-established, to allow us to create new singletrack trails that somewhat parallel the old logging road, thus giving us more singletrack mileage. The club will continue to have on-site meetings with the loggers in upcoming cut-blocks to establish set backs and overall preservation of the trails.

Maple Ridge 256 North industrial lands

Ryan Thom and Rick Green (Pres and VP, respectively) attended a Phase 2 meeting of the Maple Ridge 256 North Industrial lands use program. At this point, it doesn’t appear that there will be any impact on any of the trails that are situation on Municipal lands.

Winter trail closures

In the upcoming weeks a number of trails will get closed for the winter, as they do not survive well with the winter/wet season riding. They will be closed with a sign and typically with orange snow fence. Please do not go around the closure and ride the closed trails. They will re-open again in the spring once the weather improves. We don’t like (temporarily) closing any trails, but past experience has shown that a number of trails are particularly at risk of severe damage if ridden in the winter months.

World Supercross ticket giveaway

World Supercross is in Vancouver on Nov 15^th. Go to this post on Facebook, like it and tag a friend to be entered into a draw for 2 WSX tickets – to be drawn Oct 31^st:
https://www.facebook.com/groups/105638262837982/permalink/24528105993497869
More info: https://worldsupercrosschampionship.com/events/vancouver-2025/

Wet Weather riding guide

Now that the wet/winter weather is upon us, please refer to the wet weather riding guide on the main page of the club’s website. It’s important to use riding practices that preserve the trails as much as possible during the wet winter months.

AGM in December

The Annual General Meeting will be held in December. Exact date TBD. It’s where the executives get elected/re-elected, and other club business is discussed. The club provides appies (free food!). If you want to know more about the club and/or are interested in getting involved, come on out! We’ll be appointing members of the Trail Committee at the meeting – if you’re interested in becoming part of the trail committee, this is your opportunity!

Thank you to our volunteers and paid members

Next trail day will be Oct 26^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 1400 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

2025 September 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.

ORV fund trail work extension

As a result of money from memberships, corporate sponsorships and donations, the ORV fund trail work budget on The Pit has been extended. The Pit was part of this year’s ORV Fund trail work, and the club recently approved a budget extension to build/replace some additional bridges.

CRAG meetings on hold

CRAG (Chilliwack Recreation Advisory Group) meetings have been put on hold by RSTBC. These are important meetings for the club (and other clubs and groups in the Chilliwack Forest District – which stretches from Boston Bar to Bowen Island). It’s an opportunity for various recreation user groups to have face to face contact with the District Recreation Officer to ask questions and get status updates. BMMC reps attend these meetings regularly. The club has requested reasons for the hold and when they are to resume.

AGM in December

The Annual General Meeting will be held in December. Exact date TBD. It’s where the executives get elected/re-elected, and other club business is discussed. The club provides appies (free food!). If you want to know more about the club and/or are interested in getting involved, come on out!

Tool purchases

Again, using funds from memberships, donations and corporate sponsorships, the club is purchasing a number of trail work tools, from shovels to specialized trail work tools like the ‘Rough Rake’ from MTN Metalworks. By buying bulk, the club is able to get discounts on the tools. The tools are essential for trail work and the club needs enough to provide all volunteers with tools on trail maintenance days.

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

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

2025 July Monthly Newsletter

Route of All Evil Fun Ride

The annual Route of All Evil Fun Ride was a great success with over 150 riders riding the A and B loops at the event. We had a lot of great donations for the raffle and giveaways from our sponsors, including a Gas Gas Moto1 eBike, tires, helmets, goggles, gift cards and much more. Check out the video of the event here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZXBu1OX3xrg&t=594s

Thank you to our sponsors

A big thank you to our sponsors this year: Disturbed Industries Automotive, International Motorsports, OneTrac Contracting, Maple Ridge Motorsports, Mavius Glass, Raider Mechanical Ltd, Van-Ed Equipment, Absolute Industrial, Mountainview Motorsports, Simon’s Automotive, Gnarly Parts, Prospect Equipment, PTI Graffix, MAS Cycle Services, Emperor Racing, Importations Thibault, Poire., DK Diesel Performance & Offroad, Kimpex Canada.

ORV Fund

BMMC was successful in their ORV fund application again this year. The club was awarded $24,970.47 from the fund to perform repairs and upgrades on Canterbury and The Pit. Established in 2017, the Off-Road Vehicle (ORV) Trail Fund is funded from a portion of vehicle registration fees collected by ICBC. The fund’s goal is to enhance off-road vehicle trails, providing both B.C. residents and visitors with a quality outdoor recreation experience.

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

2025 May Monthly Newsletter

May 25th trail maintenance day

Next Trail Maintenance Day is May 25th. 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 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

Wednesday evening trail work parties continue. 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.

Route of All Evil Fun Ride

The ROAE will be on Jun 22^nd this year. Online registration is open (https://bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com/store/) – 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. Registering on the day of the event will mean you’ll have to stand there and fill out some forms and pay an extra $10.

Club/ROAE sponsorship

If your company (or you personally) is interested in sponsoring the club, please reach out to Rick Green, Clay Walker or Ryan Thom. There are several levels of sponsorship. Anything $250 or above gets your (company) name on the ROAE event shirt, mention on a sheet on the kiosks and on the website and a shout-out at the ROAE event.

Repairs to trails affected by the logging in 2023

Trails damaged in 2023 have been repaired in alignment with repair prescriptions set out by the BMMC trail committee. A big thank you to Tolsons, K&K, Chartwell, Probyn and One Trac for the work. This is why advocation and process is so important. We stuck to our guns and were successful in attaining the repairs at zero cost to BMMC.

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 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

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

2025 March Monthly Newsletter

Mar 30th trail maintenance day

Next Trail Maintenance Day is Mar 30th. 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. Everybody who shows up gets a free ‘trail crew’ t-shirt. We always try to have a giveaway – sometimes gift cards from local motorcycle shops, sometimes tires, tools etc. When possible, we try to have coffee and donuts for all the volunteers. 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.

Wednesday evening trail work

Once it’s light enough until about 8:30pm or so, we’ll start having Wednesday evening trail work parties. 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.

$1000 giveaway to volunteers

Every time you come out to a trail maintenance day between Oct 6 2024 and the 2025 Route of All Evil Fun Ride (Jun 22), you’ll get an entry into the draw. One $500 and two $250 prizes will be awarded. If you do work outside of a Trail Day it must be substantial (at least 2 hours per person) and not just cut a couple of dead falls. Contact Rick Green, Ryan Thom or Clay Walker before you start the work and have before and after pics of the work done. BMMC directors and Trail Committee members will not participate in the contest.

Pristine re-route

The trail Pristine used to be the primary trail to access the mountain and has seen a ton use over the years as a result. Due to hydrology issues, being ridden in adverse weather conditions, and the terrain it’s in, it’s no longer serviceable in its current location. We’ve done some work to keep it rideable while a re-route is worked on. The re-route will be a very significant project – likely a year to complete. The club will be hoping to get volunteers out to help with this massive project. The primary focus until June is preparing the trails for Route of All Evil, but when we have spare resources in that time period, we’ll be working on this re-route, and then hitting it hard after the ROAE.

Logging repairs

The process is ongoing to repair the damage to the trails as a result of the 2023 harvest. The woodlot has completed some of the repairs – The Line and Express Lane have been re-opened. Part of the work on Future Trail is done and the repairs on the remainder of Future Trail and Barrel Trail will commence soon – once the weather dries up a little.

Wet Weather

We’re still experiencing some very wet weather – a reminder to consider the condition of the trails before going out and riding. Please see the wet weather riding guide on the website.

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

2025 February Monthly Newsletter

Feb 23rd trail maintenance day

Next Trail Maintenance Day is Feb 23rd. 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. Everybody who shows up gets a free ‘trail crew’ t-shirt. We always try to have a giveaway – sometimes gift cards from local motorcycle shops, sometimes tires, tools etc. When possible, we try to have coffee and donuts for all the volunteers. 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.

$1000 giveaway to volunteers

Every time you come out to a trail maintenance day between Oct 6 2024 and the 2025 Route of All Evil Fun Ride (Jun 22), you’ll get an entry into the draw. One $500 and two $250 prizes will be awarded. If you do work outside of a Trail Day it must be substantial (at least 2 hours per person) and not just cut a couple of dead falls. Contact Rick Green, Ryan Thom or Clay Walker before you start the work and have before and after pics of the work done. BMMC directors and Trail Committee members will not participate in the contest.

2025 Route of All Evil Fun Ride

The 2025 Route of All Evil Fun Ride (ROAE) will be held on Jun 22^nd this year. The ROAE is a fun ride held by the club. To participate, you need to have a current paid membership and pay the $40 fee for the ride. You’ll get a lunch (burger, hot dot, chips, drink) and an ROAE T-Shirt.) Note that t-shirts are only guaranteed to those to pre-register for the event – we have no way of knowing the turnout and what sizes riders will want, so we purchase based on the quantities from the previous year, which isn’t always correct for the next year and we run out of some sizes and have leftovers of others. The only way to be sure to get your shirt is to pre-register – pre-registration will open up about 1 month before the event. We have to order the shirts about 2 weeks before the event, so registering in that 2 week period is important – it also helps us figure out the # of attendees so we can get the right amount of food for the lunch etc. More info to follow.

Membership price going up Jun 22

On the day of the ROAE (see above), the membership price will be going up from $50/year to $60/year. By delaying the increase until the day of the ROAE, we hope to encourage more riders to pre-register for the event (and they save $10 on the membership price).

ORV Fund

In 2018 the ORV fund was established in BC. A portion of the fees you pay when you register your Off Road Vehicle goes into a fund, and clubs can apply for money from this fund each year. BMMC has applied for and received funds for 6 years and have just submitted our 2025 application. The funds go towards repairing trails and bridges at Blue Mountain. Did you realize that there are over 150 bridges that the club maintains – many of them built in 2010 (so a lot of them are getting to the point where they require replacement or major repairs now.)

2025 BMMC Memberships on sale now

You can purchase your 2025 club membership from the store: https://bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com/store/  Your membership helps provide the club with funds to maintain the trails. We encourage everyone to also purchase a BCORMA (BC Off Road Motorcycle Association) Trail Supporter – BCORMA is our ‘voice’ with the government to help promote and support off-road motorcycling in BC. The funding for BCORMA was recently reduced to 0 by Moto Canada, so their only source of funding now is the Trail Supporter passes (More info here: https://bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com/what-is-bcorma-and-why-should-i-purchase-a-bcorma-trail-supporter/ )

Monthly club meetings

The first Thursday of each month the club holds a meeting to discuss club business. All are welcome. It’s typically the first Thursday of each month, held at Ricky’s Country Restaurant in Maple Ridge starting at 6:30. Usually we take a break in the summer (Jul/Aug). Next meeting is on Mar 7th.

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

2025 January Monthly Newsletter

Jan 26th trail maintenance day

Next Trail Maintenance Day is Jan 26th. 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. Everybody who shows up gets a free ‘trail crew’ t-shirt. We always try to have a giveaway – sometimes gift cards from local motorcycle shops, sometimes tires, tools etc. When possible, we try to have coffee and donuts for all the volunteers. 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.

$1000 giveaway to volunteers

Luke Van Barneveld of Raider Mechanical has donated $1000 to be given away to volunteers. Every time you come out to a trail maintenance day between Oct 6 2024 and the 2025 Route of All Evil Fun Ride (Jun 22), you’ll get an entry into the draw. One $500 and two $250 prizes will be awarded. If you do work outside of a Trail Day it must be substantial (at least 2 hours per person) and not just cut a couple of dead falls. Contact Rick Green, Ryan Thom or Clay Walker before you start the work and have before and after pics of the work done. BMMC directors and Trail Committee members will not participate in the contest.

Logging repairs update

The club has prepared a ‘prescription’ of required repairs (restoration of the trail, installation of culverts, drainage etc.) to restore the trails that were closed as a result of the 2023 logging operations that has been provided to RSTBC for the woodlot operator. The ‘prescription’ for repairs was posted to the club’s Facebook group if you’re interested in reading it.

Ryan 187

Work continues on Ryan 187 to improve drainage and harden sections of the trail as a result of the logging that was done on Ryan 187. The trail will be closed until the repairs are completed, which should be in the next month or so.

2025 BMMC Memberships on sale now

You can purchase your 2025 club membership from the store: https://bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com/store/  Your membership helps provide the club with funds to maintain the trails. We encourage everyone to also purchase a BCORMA (BC Off Road Motorcycle Association) Trail Supporter – BCORMA is our ‘voice’ with the government to help promote and support off-road motorcycling in BC. The funding for BCORMA was recently reduced to 0 by Moto Canada, so their only source of funding now is the Trail Supporter passes (More info here: https://bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com/what-is-bcorma-and-why-should-i-purchase-a-bcorma-trail-supporter/ )

Monthly club meetings

The first Thursday of each month the club holds a meeting to discuss club business. All are welcome. It’s typically the first Thursday of each month, held at Ricky’s Country Restaurant in Maple Ridge starting at 6:30. Usually we take a break in the summer (Jul/Aug). Next meeting is on Feb 6th.

Thank you to our volunteers and paid members

Thank you to those that bought memberships or came out to volunteer in 2024. For 2024, we had a total of 1876 volunteer hours – our highest yet! 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

2024 December Monthly Newsletter

$1000 giveaway to volunteers

Luke Van Barneveld of Raider Mechanical has donated $1000 to be given away to volunteers. Every time you come out to a trail maintenance day between Oct 6 2024 and the 2025 Route of All Evil Fun Ride (Jun 22), you’ll get an entry into the draw. One $500 and two $250 prizes will be awarded. If you do work outside of a Trail Day it must be substantial (at least 2 hours per person) and not just cut a couple of dead falls. Contact Rick Green, Ryan Thom or Clay Walker before you start the work and have before and after pics of the work done. BMMC directors and Trail Committee members will not participate in the contest.

Dec 29th trail maintenance day

Next Trail Maintenance Day is Dec 29th. 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. Everybody who shows up gets a free ‘trail crew’ t-shirt. We always try to have a giveaway – sometimes gift cards from local motorcycle shops, sometimes tires, tools etc. When possible, we try to have coffee and donuts for all the volunteers. 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.

Riding up Downhill Only marked trails

There have been a number of incidents recently with riders riding up trails marked as downhill only. Please respect the signage and don’t go up downhill only trails. Some trails just won’t sustain uphill traffic, some are designated downhill only because they were designed that way. Beyond that, riders aren’t expecting somebody to be coming up a trail that’s downhill only.

2025 BMMC Memberships on sale now

You can purchase your 2025 club membership from the store: https://bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com/store/  If you’re not a 2024 member, if you purchase now, you’ll get a membership for the remainder of 2024, plus all of 2025.

Monthly club meetings

The first Thursday of each month the club holds a meeting to discuss club business. All are welcome. It’s typically the first Thursday of each month, held at Ricky’s Country Restaurant in Maple Ridge starting at 6:30. Usually we take a break in the summer (Jul/Aug). Next meeting is on Jan 2^nd.

Chainsaw safety course

The club is considering putting on another chainsaw safety course with Steve Telosky (an exceptional teacher) as the instructor. We want to find out if there will be enough interest in people attending. Note that this course is required before you can operate a saw to clear deadfall etc. on the mountain. We haven’t determined a date yet – we just want to see if there’s enough interest first, with the date likely in the early spring. The club pays for the course. If there’s lots of interest, we might hold 2 consecutive days (Saturday and Sunday). Message Rick Green or Ryan Thom to let us know if you’re interested in attending and would likely have a Saturday or Sunday free to attend in the early spring.

Kids riding loop

Some bad news on the proposed location for the kid’s loop – the area we were looking at using is still in an environmental assessment since the gravel operation was shut down and this will last for another 12-24 months. Once the city of Maple Ridge completes their required environmental assessment, we’ll be able to resume talks about using this area for a kid’s loop. In the meantime, we’ll look for other possible locations. Talk to Al Willard if you have any ideas etc.

Thank you to our volunteers and paid members

As we head into fall/winter, please have a read over the wet weather guide (Wet Weather riding guide on the main page of the website: https://bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com/ ) and familiarize yourself with it. The choices made by riders during the wet season affect how many trails can reopen in the spring. Thank you to those that bought memberships or came out to volunteer in 2024. If you did both, know you were part of the solution! If you didn’t, ask yourself why not? Come on out and help build the legacy that is Blue Mountain.

YouTube channel

Check out the club’s YouTube channel. We’re always working on putting up more content – currently there’s the 2023 and 2024 ROAE videos and several trail work videos, including some bridge construction videos that are very interesting to watch: https://www.youtube.com/@BlueMountainMotorcycleClub

2024 October Monthly Newsletter

This will be the first Monthly Newsletter for the Blue Mountain Motorcycle Club. We hope you like it. We wanted to ensure that there was a flow of information about what’s going on with the club to the riders.

2025 BMMC Memberships on sale now.

You can purchase your 2025 club membership from the store: https://bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com/store/ If you’re not a 2024 member, if you purchase now, you’ll get a membership for the remainder of 2024, plus all of 2025.

Your membership dollars go directly to shovels in the ground. While this is extremely important, we need volunteers to man those shovels. Less than 20% of riders purchase memberships. Further less than 2% of riders come out to volunteer. This leaves a huge burden on a small percentage of the ridership to advocate, attend meetings, organize events, manage the finances, maintain the website, and keep up the required trail work, install the signs, kiosks, etc.

Oct 27th trail maintenance day.

Next Trail Maintenance day is Oct 27th. One crew will be finishing up the Kokanee Crossing bridge on Joe Poke that was started on the Oct 6th trail day. Depending on turnout, we’ll have other crews working on other projects. 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. Everybody who shows up gets a free ‘trail crew’ t-shirt. We always try to have a giveaway – sometimes gift cards from local motorcycle shops, sometimes tires, tools etc. When possible, we try to have coffee and donuts for all the volunteers. 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.

Holy Grail logging.

We are pleased with the outcome of the logging on and around Holy Grail. The trail was untouched by machinery – which is one of the most destructive things that can happen to the trail, as the trail bed compaction is lost after machinery rides over the trail. Most of the trail had at least 5M setbacks. Some sections were ‘high stumped’ – mostly areas where wind would just blow down the trees anyway. This has been the most successful result we’ve seen ever with regards to preservation of the trail after logging operations.

Future logging.

We don’t have a timeline, but the next cutblock is likely to be around the south of E.P. and east of Big Log. We’ve been working with the loggers to ensure that the trails are preserved to the same extent as Holy Grail was.

Repairs to trails from last year’s logging.

We’re working with RSTBC (Rec Sites and Trails BC) and the loggers to repair and re-open trails that were damaged or closed because of the extensive logging in 2023. We’re continue to work with RSTBC and the loggers to get these repairs done, so those trails can be repaired and re-opened. Work to reopen shotgun is underway by woodlot staff, and we are anticipating a spring reopening for that trail. A budget has been developed for ground worn repairs to Ryan187 and has been put out to tender, with contract awarding anticipated in the next month. Repairs will likely take place early 2025. This is being funded by RSTBC as part of the complaint resolution process from aggressive harvesting.

Winter closures.

Some trails (Ridge, KCCK, EP, west Dr Dementos, Possum) will be closed for the winter. These are trails that have proven in the past to not handle the wet winter weather well if they are left open. It’s unfortunate, but with the amount of volunteers coming to trail days, we can’t keep up with all the maintenance, so some trails just need to be closed during the period when they would experience the most damage.

Kiosk installs.

We recently installed 3 trail-side kiosks (Ryan 187 at the picnic table, The Museum and Joe Poke where it meets With God). These kiosks will have information about the club, a map (with a ‘you are here arrow’) and other useful information to riders.

BCORMA.

The British Columbia Off Road Motorcycle Association (BCORMA) is our Provincial Off-Road Motorcycle advocacy group for Off Road Motorcycle (ORM) recreation in BC. Over 30 ORM clubs from all across BC make up the Federation.  BCORMA’s primary role is to advocate and work with our Provincial Government to make sure the BC ORM community continues to have access to world class trail networks and the ability to participate in the sport we all cherish.

In recent years, BCORMA had received a Sustaining Grant from the Motorcycle and Moped Industry Council (MMIC, now called Moto Canada) of $35,000.  This provided basic core operating funding for an Executive Director to work 2-3 days per week on behalf of the ORM community, supplemented by BCORMA Trail Supporter sales. In 2024, this grant was cut by 25%.  For 2025, we understand this grant will be cut entirely, leaving BCORMA to only be supported through the BCORMA Trail Supporter sales.

BMMC asks that all riders purchase a club membership ($50/year) to help support the club – the monies from the membership sales go directly towards trail work – to keep the trails in good condition. We also ask that you purchase a BCORMA Trail Supporter ($45/year) with your membership to ensure that dirt bikers have representation with the government via BCORMA.

Without BCORMA, dirt bikers won’t have a ‘voice’ with the government. We wouldn’t have the ORV fund. We wouldn’t have received National Trails Coalition (NTC) funds (over $2 million across BC for ORM) in 2009-2010.  BMMC specifically got our ~$120,000 “Hydrology Report” funded that is used to this day to get more trail funding and guides our trail works.  That was topped up with another $100,000 for trail works over the years.  All this due to BCORMA advocacy and hard work on behalf of the ORM community.

We have very broad spectrum of issues BCORMA currently advocates on that directly effect the ORM community in BC, including:

• First Nations co-management of lands Policy/Regulation/Legislation
• 30×30 Conservation Zones and where ORM fits
• Chapter 10 Regulations rewrite that will define all ORM trail design, skill ratings, construction and maintenance in BC for the next 20+ years
• Working with Government to fix across Province and sectors systemic problems with trail maintenance and construction authorizations not being approved in any sort of timely manner for our volunteer trail stewards
• Safety and education programming to reach new/re-entering riders
• Electric two wheel, aka higher powered class 2 & 3 E-bikes and E-ORM policy between the ORM & MTB sectors, plus within BC Provincial Government Regulations
• Interfacing with all of our other BC back-country recreation communities, particularly single-track recreation, either through the Outdoor Recreation Council of BC( ORCBC) or directly
• Continue working with Rec Sites and Trails BC (RSTBC) , ATVBC and the BC Snowmobile Federation to deliver the $400,000 per year Off Road Vehicle (ORV) Trails Fund program out to trail stewards all across BC to make sure we all have great places to ride
• Building up rider and dealer supported sustainable funding for our trails, clubs, BCORMA and our National body Moto Canada . This is particularly important as Moto Canada has completely dissolved the former MMIC Sustaining Grant Program for all two wheeled motorized Provincial Federations across Canada for 2025. This program was funded by a levy on new bike sales, i.e. the riders.

BCORMA has a number of programs they are directly involved in for the betterment of dirt biking in BC.  These include:

BCORMA was instrumental in the RSTBC managed BC ORV Trails Fund being created over eight years ago. Last year, $400,000 was made available through the ORV fund to powersports (Dirt bike, ATV and Snowmobile) clubs in BC. For 2024 trail works Blue Mountain received $24,900 in funds. BMMC has been a recipient of ORV Funds since it started. When you register an ORV a portion (~$12) of that registration fee comes back to powersports clubs in BC.

BCORMA has offered the BCORMA Trail Supporter Insured program with Oasis Insurance to provide riders with rider-based liability insurance for a number of years. This liability insurance differs from what ICBC (and others) offer, where it covers the rider (no matter what you’re riding) and not the bike. So, if you have multiple bikes, you only need to purchase liability insurance once.  This will continue in 2025, with riders purchasing their Trail Supporter decal through clubs, and then getting the BCORMA discounted insurance. The discount and rider-based coverage are only available from Oasis with the decal purchase.

Thank you to our volunteers and paid members.

As we wind down the summer riding season and head into fall/winter, please have a read over the wet weather guide (Wet Weather riding guide on the main page of the website: https://bluemountainmotorcycleclub.com/) and familiarize yourself with it. The choices made by riders during the wet season affect how many trails can reopen in the spring. Thank you to those that bought memberships or came out to volunteer in 2024. If you did both, know you were part of the solution! If you didn’t, ask yourself why not? Come on out and help build the legacy that is Blue Mountain.