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...]

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...]

If you haven't visited The Radavist, you are missing out. John Watson's website is a great resource for all things bicycle. New products, honest reviews, and features that span interests from bike packing trips, gravel grinders, cross racing, cargo bikes, and mountain biking. Truly a well rounded source for all things with pedals. Not only does The Radavist provide quality … [Read more...]

MWBA's Dec 2014 Sunset Trail work was a BIG SUCCESS 17 volunteers worked to repair water damage from the recent heavy rains in the Angeles.  Many new drainages were created to keep water from flowing down the center of Sunset Trail and a number of older drainages were cleared and prepped for the next storm.  As always, there is plenty more work to do, but the volunteers made a … [Read more...]

To encourage trail courtesy and with permission from the USFS, MWBA installed "Share the Trail" signs at a few of the busiest trail junctions in our local San Gabriel mountains.  This week we installed a sign at Eaton Saddle where many riders start their descent into Altadena.  Signs were also put up at the start of Sunset Trail and along the popular El Prieto single … [Read more...]