Dec 02
The Bay Trail organization (http://www.baytrail.org/) could use letters of support for their effort to close the Bay Trail gap at Moffett Field. I’m asking ROMP, the Cities of Santa Clara, Mountain View, Sunnyvale, San Jose, the VTA and individual members to put their support behind this project. It would be a major connection between the …
Nov 21
Please attend upcoming open house public meeting for La Honda Creek open space preserve scheduled for Dec 4th, 4-7pm @ The Mountain Terrace. Located across Skyline blvd from Alice’s Resturaunt at 17285 Skyline blvd, 94062 Presently the “plan” has 0 access for bicycles on this 5,759 acre preserve,with a very open ended “once a safe …
Nov 13
There’s a lot of misinformation about the Wilderness Act of 1964 out there. It’s understandable because the law is complicated. In fact the Wilderness Act of 1964 has been amended only once since its inception, and the amendment had nothing to do with bicycle access to federal Wilderness. Properly read, the Wilderness Act does not …
Nov 13
The November – January issue of ROMP’s Newsletter, The Mountain Cyclist is now available on line: Download PDF Inside this issue: Coe Park After The Lick Fire Switchback Basics Celebrate ROMP Ride and Club Care IMBA California Berry Samples Dirt Meet Joe Breeze � Designer of the World�s First Mountain Bike You Are Invited ! …
Nov 11
State parks has been holdong public workshops for the Empire Mine trail system located in Grass Valley. The event was very positive and super exciting; generally speaking, State Parks has some great plans for new trail and restored trails in the Osborne Hill area of the park. The truly amazing thing is that all user …
Nov 06
Santa Cruz County Roads will be putting a K-RAIL (concrete barrier) on Highland Way at the slide about 4 miles past Burrell Fire Station on Thursday, November 8th at about 09:30. The road has been closed to CAL FIRE vehicles since April, 2007. Now it will be closed to all traffic. County roads said that …
Oct 30
The fire in Coe, and much more disastrous, the fires in SOCAL, have been devastating for many. In Coe, trails in the fire zone remain closed to the public. While this consequence is a minor inconvenience for a handful of recreationists, the fire has resulted in the death of many plants and animals. They will …
