Cancelled – Town Hall Meeting This Saturday Jan. 26
By Mark Langton The trail user community, and mountain bikers in particular, have a unique opportunity to get involved with our open space trails on the ground floor this Saturday. Whether you’ve been using the trails for years or are new to our open space, you can meet the newly appointed Santa Monica Mountains National […]
Q & A With New Nat’l Recreation Area Superintendent Jan. 26
Newly appointed Superintendent of the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation Area (SMMNRA) David Szymanski, along with several National Park Service and State Park representatives, will be available for a question and answer session this January 26 from 2:00-4:00pm at Paramount Ranch in Agoura Hills. Presented by CORBA, this will be an opportunity to ask questions […]
Resolve to Solve in 2013
How many of you have New Year’s Resolutions that you are hoping to keep? There is one you can make and keep, guaranteed. It will help you, the mountain bike community, and the trail community at large. Ready? Slow down when passing others! How many things in life can you do that actually solve a […]
Sullivan Canyon Closed to Public Until End of December
The Southern California Gas Company recently released information regarding the closing of Sullivan Canyon to the public (see below for the press release). A comment was made on our blog alleging that the area had been closed due to an incident involving a mountain biker being seriously injured. According to Public Affairs Manager Krista Phipps, […]
Ride Safely: Your Access to Trails Depends On It
The below press release was issued today by the National Park Service (NPS) in conjunction with CORBA. CORBA has learned that NPS administrators were ready and willing to temporarily close trails in reaction to the issues of increased complaints and collisions listed in the press release. However, due to the trust and reputation that has […]
Ride And Mingle (RAM) Nov 17 Building Momentum
In celebration of CORBA’s 25th Anniversary, on November 17 we will Ride up to The Hub in Topanga State Park and Mingle for a photo opportunity to show land managers and the trail user community that mountain bikers can and do coexist on the trails. We are hoping for 250 (or more) riders. Save the […]
It’s not Strava’s Fault Mountain Bikers are Ignorant
By Mark Langton It has come to our attention that it is possible that small group of mountain bikers is using the web site Strava to have “competitions” in various locations around the Santa Monica Mountains National Recreation area. Strava allows you to track and upload your outings onto their web site via a GPS […]
Donation Stations Installed at Trailheads September 2012
Donation boxes and info kiosks have been installed at the PCH entrances to Sycamore and and La Jolla Canyons, and at Chumash trail head. We have been informed that any and all donations collected at these stations will go directly to trail maintenance and resource projects in the state park where the money was collected. The […]