Next trailbuilding day over the hill at Living Springs is Sunday 20 July.
With the help of many helpers, we have been building a network of XC trails there during the last 2 years. We are currently working on a sweet trail called Zanes in a couple of indigenous forest gullies with spring-fed streams.
This is a project completely reliant on community grant funding and volunteer labour - our team have spent over 850 hours on the project so far! We're always keen for more helpers so if you are willing to help out next time or just want to be on our email trailbuilding notification list, then please let us know by sending me a PM or emailing Craig & Rebekah on xc[at]paradise.net.nz . We will email you details of where to meet, when we will be there etc.
Tools are provided and we work as a team so there is plenty of opportunity for instruction and chatting 
We aim to go over at least one weekend a month and try to alternate between Saturdays and Sundays. During the winter and spring months we may fit in the occasional extra day to make the most of the good digging conditions.
For those who don't know much about the project, we are building a network of mostly forested trails that are open to the public to ride and will eventually provide a fantastic race venue that allows for a variety of race formats. Living Springs is 450 ha of native forest and farmland located just past Governors Bay and goes from the harbour foreshore to the Summit Rd. There is currently a small gap between the Port Hills network and the Living Springs trails but we are hoping to eventually span this gap with singletrack.
There is a diary of what we have done so far and a list of our great volunteer crew  on the Trailbuilding page of our website  www.mountainbike.orcon.net.nz. Once we have the signage in place (this winter/spring) we will provide a map and more trail information on our website.
If the trails are too wet to ride it's a good time to consider coming trailbuilding!
We'd love your help!  |
