After 25 years of delays, multiple public processes over the years and substantial studying of feasibility, the trail connection between Eldorado Canyon State Park and Walker Ranch has been put on hold yet again while the government works on solving unrelated problems caused by automobiles.

2018 was a great year for BMA! Check out our annual report below, or View as pdf.

(submitted to POSAC on Jan 22, 2019) The three-agency working group under the leadership of Boulder County staff recommended a multi-use, regional trail to connect Eldorado Canyon State Park to Walker Ranch — the Eldo-to-Walker trail.

On Nov. 27, 2018, a three-agency working group recommended a new, multi-use, regional trail be built to connect Eldorado Canyon State Park to Walker Ranch — the Eldo-to-Walker trail.

Mountain bikers have helped protect open space for recreation and public enjoyment for decades.

YES! The three agency group that has been studying the Eldo-to-Walker trail concept concluded in their feasibility study that the north route is their preferred alignment.

1. As we develop an Open Space and Mountain Parks Master Plan, tell us how would you like to enjoy Boulder's public land into the future?

The beautiful, wild, and refreshing scenery of our spectacular Colorado Front Range with the Rocky Mountain backdrop and our predictable weather has drawn a population to Boulder that is very focused on outdoor recreation.

At the last meeting of Boulder Open Space Board of Trustees, one of the Trustees, Kevin Bracy Knight, presented a summary of the City’s public outreach survey about what the public would like to see in a potential Eldo to Walker Connection.

Any way you count it, this has been a landmark year for BMA trail crews, who turned out in HUGE numbers.

In September and October, the Boulder Mountainbike Alliance completed trail area improvements to West Magnolia Trail System with the help of a National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance grant and generous donations to our trail fund.

On Labor Day Weekend, 25 members of the Brute Squad headed north to Spearfish, South Dakota to represent BMA at our end-of-season race, the Dakota Five-O, a fun and challenging 50-mile course through the Black Hills.

In 2017 BMA obtained an anonymous grant to provide Cal-Wood with the tools and venue to offer mountain biking opportunities to participants in the Latino Family Camp Program and other Cal-wood programs.

On September 15, BMA and City of Boulder Open Space and Mountain Parks (OSMP) led a trail work day resulting in a rerouted trail section featuring tight turns, berms and bumps, and grade reversals.

BMA has been advocating for a multi-use trail from Eldorado Springs to Walker Ranch for almost two decades, and we are grateful that the City, County, and State have teamed up to study possible trail alignments in terms of feasibility, sustainability, habitat and wildlife concerns, and economic responsibility.

Some of these projects have been in the works for over a decade.

Imagine being able to roll out your door and ride all the way to Winter Park.

We’re excited to announce that BMA, working in cooperation with Arapahoe Roosevelt National Forest, has received a significant grant from The National Wilderness Stewardship Alliance (NWSA) for its work improving multi-use trails in Boulder County.

You’ve probably heard just enough about what is happening at the Magnolia trails area up around Nederland to generate many questions.

2018 will see a Re-root extension and an intersection clean up for Hobbit 1, Hobbit 2 and Schoolbus trails.