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The 2^nd annual Clunker Hunt will be on April 27^th 2013 during the Fruita Fat Tire Festival.

This fun and challenging scavenger hunt will begin at 2pm, on Saturday at the Fruita Civic center. Sign up with a teammate and join in the task of completing crazy stunts at selected checkpoints and finish the event with the fastest time.

Bring your favorite bike, helmet and costume and be prepared for some fat tire fun.

Entry fees are $25.00 per team and will include a free beer for everyone over 21 plus some other great stuff.

After the hunt enjoy music and brews at the festival headquarters. There will be cool trophies for the first three places. Your contributions to participate in this event will help support  COPMOBA and more trails!


Register Today!

April 13-14 is the date for this training!

Get details at the VOC website

There is also an ecological restoration skills training on Friday, the 12th.  More details can be found at 
https://fw.civicore.com/voc/index.php?section=opportunities&action=view2&fwID=20777

The more crew leaders we have, the better able we are to schedule and accomodate all of our trail building needs.  If this appeals to you, please consider going through this training.  COPMOBA is able to offer some reimbursement for this training if you'd like to participate, but can't pay for the course.

Please contact Amy at coordinator@copmoba.org for more information!

The Ridgway Area Trails Chapter of COPMOBA is now officially known as COPMOBA/RAT.  We have begun planning and prioritizing the various elements we’ll need to coordinate for our Third Annual RAT FEST fundraiser.  This year’s event is scheduled for Town Park on June 7, 8 and 9, 2013.  The agenda tentatively includes live music, trail building, live auction, silent auction skills clinic.  We again expect to dispense both Fat Tire products and treats from Ridgway’s own award-winning brewer, the Colorado Boy. 
 
We’d like to thank all COPMOBA members, friends and supporters who have submitted comments to the BLM’s Uncompahgre Field Office concerning the Draft EA and TMP the BLM has created for the Ridgway Trails Project. 
 
RAT hosted a fundraiser at the historic Sherbino Theatre in Ridgway on January 26.  The Sherbino provided an open bar and dispensed some of Fat Tire Brewery’s finest products.  Thanks to the [more...]

Greetings fellow trail enthusiasts.  Ridgway Area Trails (RAT), the local action arm in Ridgway for Colorado Mountain Bike Trail Association (COPMOBA) asks for your support concerning the BLM's pending plan to create a comprehensive recreational trail system near Ridgway. BLM has drafted an Environmental Assessment (EA) and a Travel Management Plan (TMP) for that trail system.   BLM has invited public comment on its EA and TMP.  RAT/COPMOBA urges anyone interested in outdoor recreation to consider commenting.  Interested parties can take a look at the draft EA/TMP and the related maps by pasting the following  link into your web browser:
 
        http://www.blm.gov/co/st/en/BLM_Information/nepa/ufo.html
 
There you will find links to the EA/TMP and relate maps. 
 
Whether you review that information or not, COPMOBA/RAT urges everyone interested in sensible, sustainable recreational development in Ouray County to make their opinions known to BLM.  In doing so, COPMOBA/RAT asks that you consider [more...]

TO: All Grand Valley region COPMOBA Members
RE: Grand Valley Trails Alliance call for Board Members

Hello COPMOBA members. Some of you may be familiar with the relatively newly formed organization in the area - the Grand Valley Trails Alliance. This group was created at the behest of the BLM - Grand Junction Field Office, as an instrument to help organize, consolidate, and improve trail creation and maintenance activities among various user groups in the area. Federal dollars and manpower are already stretched thin, and the ability of the BLM to respond to requests and take action on projects is limited.

The goal was to create a structure to help user groups not only cooperate on planning and trail development, but also to gather and build broad support and consensus from the various user groups, municipalities, and other community stakeholders for proposed projects. With broader backing for projects, [more...]