IMBA Trail Care Crew -- Trailbuilding school, Auburn, April 4/5

IMBA Trailbuilding School will be in Auburn April 4th and 5th

Help create new mountain biking trails such as the North Fork American Trail

Improve your favorite local trails.

Learn trailbuilding techniques and have fun!

The Subaru-IMBA Trail Care Crew will be in town to teach us all about designing & building sustainable trails. All area staff and trail enthusiasts are invited!

Friday, April 4, 2008, OR Saturday, April 5, 2008; 9 am to 5 pm
Friday’s class is targeted for Land Mangers, Saturday’s class is for volunteers, but attend whichever you can

WHERE: Old Planning Commission Chambers, Placer County Center (DeWitt) in North Auburn, here is a link for a map: http://tinyurl.com/yrtebl
On Richardson Drive between B and C ave. (Hwy 49 north, Left on Bell Road, Left on Richardson, then left into parking lot)

TIMES: 9:00 am to noon, classroom trail building school, lunch
1:00 pm to 5 pm, in-field training

WHY: With many new miles of trails being planned, staff and volunteers can benefit from this training opportunity! Come understand various planning/design issues, and state of the art construction techniques. Meet others interested in area trails. Support land managers in their efforts to maintain our existing trail system with limited budgets.

After the school on Saturday, there will be pizza and beverages at Auburn Bike Works, 350 Grass Valley Hwy (hwy 49), Auburn at 5:30 PM (just up the road from In and Out Burger)

Ride on Sunday at 10 AM, FDLT, Drivers Flat trail head. Wrap up the weekend with a 10 to 20 mile ride for most all riding abilities, riding and swapping a few stories with Anna and Jason from IMBA.

Thanks for the support of our local sponsors, Bicycle Emporium and Auburn Bike Works

Please RSVP at http://go.imba.com/fatrac

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Contact: Jim & Cathy Haagen-Smit (916) 663-4626

More details will be posted before the school.