DONATE $215 to MWBA to get your Black Camo 14L Hauser Hydration Backpack with an MWBA Patch! PRE-ORDER CLOSED ACRE/Mission Workshop has generously offered to build MWBA donors custom Hauser backpacks with our MWBA patches. These limited edition Black Camo packs will have our MWBA patches sewn on during assembly and will retain the excellent weatherproofing the bags … [Read more...] about PRE-ORDER a Custom Mission Workshop 14L Hauser Backpack
Be Prepared – Surviving your MTB Adventure
"Be Prepared," the Boy Scout Motto has been used by millions of Scouts around the world since 1907. It is a great mantra and an essential one to follow when you venture into our forest. The San Gabriel Mountains are rugged, unstable, and unforgiving. In Los Angeles, man has a checkered history of trying to control nature and the mountains always win. Before you head out on the … [Read more...] about Be Prepared – Surviving your MTB Adventure
Ken Burton Trail Work Update
Trail Work Day Number 7: January 17 ,2016 on the Ken Burton Trail Restoration project. MWBA teamed up with CORBA for another great day of trail work in the San Gabriels. All volunteers have to make the 7.5 mile climb up Brown Mountain to reach the next section of trail needing work. We can't drive up the mountain and nobody we know has a helicopter, so pedal we must. Just the … [Read more...] about Ken Burton Trail Work Update
Photographer Alex Thompson and MWBA Trail Work
Proof is in the pudding: MWBA in action! In 2015, photographer Alex Thompson contacted MWBA about including our trail work volunteers in his photo project, Builders. The Builders project is an ongoing series of photo essays; each one focusing on a different Builder. The project started out of my curiosity of how things are made and my desire to learn about and examine the … [Read more...] about Photographer Alex Thompson and MWBA Trail Work
IMBA Summit in Mammoth – Jenny Johnson
Earlier this year, MWBA sent a few Board Directors to the California IMBA Summit at Mammoth Mountain. Of course we meant to post a report about it right away, but we got distracted with trail work and riding. So I asked Jenny Johnson a few questions about her experience at the summit to share with members... Why did you want to attend the IMBA Summit? I wanted … [Read more...] about IMBA Summit in Mammoth – Jenny Johnson
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