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Pictured on Redwood Glen Trailhead are 29 Team Members from the Oakland Tech HS The Oakland Tech High School mountain bike team worked hard and smart on 1/28/23.  They improved drainage on trails in Joaquin Miller Park.  This was coordinated by their head coach, Bill Carson.  In attendance were…

Bill Hasenjaeger of Trail Boss gives a great tutorial on basic drains.   These are the backbone of volunteer trail maintenance and are the most common thing we work on.   Managing water off the trail keeps it from flowing down the trail and creating rills or ruts along with preventing puddling and…

Our women’s series is heading West for January.

By Sally Aldridge, Head Coach, Piedmont High School Mountain Bike Team  Hikers and mountain bikers often love the same trails. But sometimes that love can lead to tension, like when a biker approaches without warning and a collision is narrowly avoided.  The Crew at the Meadow photo:  L to…

BTCEB volunteer trail maintenance at Crockett Hills completed our most successful year yet. This program is possible through the partnership with and support from the EBRPD park and trails program staff. Over 100 different volunteers were able to give back to the trails. 650 volunteer hours in total at a…

Be sure to close gates to prevent cattle from unexpectedly damaging trails during wet weather.

If you’re a regular user of Briones and can take a minute to provide some input here it may help shape where the Park District is heading.

Passionate about mountain biking?🚵 Interested in making change happen in your community?🤝 Want to be part of a community of mountain bikers passionate about advocacy, education, trail work, and expanding access for mountain bikers in the East Bay?🤙Then come join our Board! 🤩 The Bicycle Trails Council of the…

The Piedmont High School Mountain Bike Team used their regular practice time on Sunday Dec 11 to perform trail maintenance in Joaquin Miller Park. 

One of the systems used by California State Parks is the Roads and Trails Master Plan (RTMP).  These provide an overall description of the current condition of the roads and trail system of a state park or recreation area and documents future plans.  RTMPs are a public planning document…

The East Bay Regional Park District board held a Trail Study Session on December 2nd.  The first half of the session was a summary highlighting some of the parks trails projects.  “Trails” include both paved and natural surface trails and width ranging from roads to narrower paths.  Paved regional…

Trail EAffect is great podcast that ‘dives into the stories behind trails, the communities that embrace trails, and the people who rely on trails as a way of life by interviewing the personalities involved with the world of Trails and Mountain Biking.’ In episode 104 Josh Blum talks…