Trail News & Updates

Gratitude for You, Our Trails Community

Thank you volunteers, members, donors, and supporters for another incredible trail season!  We are very grateful for all ...
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The Scoop on Poop in the Backcountry

Here in the Vail Valley we are blessed to live at the doorstep of three pristine Wilderness areas ...
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Rails to Trails – Tennessee Pass Rail Line

Did you know that in 1996 the Tennessee Pass rail line was oh so close to turning into ...
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The Gift of Fall: Gratitude

It’s the most wonderful time of the year.  No, not the 1963 Andy Williams Christmas jingle.  It’s fall ...
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Trail Feature of the Month-Corridor Clearing

We have Cyndi Lauper to thank for bangers like “Girls Just Wanna Have Fun” and “Time After Time.” ...
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Soul Dirt in the Wild: Celebrating 60 Years of Wilderness

In a today’s go-go-go world where the likes, shares and clicks of our fingertip-tech lives dominate, there is ...
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Trail Conservation Crew – Mid Summer Update

Just like the monarch butterflies, or the humpback whales the Trail Conservation Crew takes part in a great ...
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Grateful for Wilderness

September 3rd marks the 60th anniversary of the Wilderness Act.  President Lyndon B. Johnson signed it into law ...
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Trails for Forever Fundraiser A Huge Success!

We are again humbled by the overwhelming support of our local community. The success of this event makes ...
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Trail Feature of the Month-Water Crossings

In our last newsletter, our “Featured Trail Feature” was drainage. In the vein of drains, we turn our ...
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Trail Ambassadors-Stories from the Trails

Imagine: It’s a Saturday morning in Vail and you’ve rallied your friends for an EPIC few days of ...
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Soul Dirt So Far: Mid-Season Reflections

As we hit the halfway mark of the 2024 Soul Dirt season, it seems like the perfect time ...
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EagleVail Trail Extension Update

Read the original article in the Vail Daily Here A proposed extension to the EagleVail Trail that would ...
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Why Trails Matter

I was recently asked why trails matter.  My gut response was, “well, that’s a loaded question! How long ...
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Soul Dirt: A Trail for Everbody

Launched in 2022 Soul Dirt is the VVMTA’s program to encourage sustainable, accessible recreation for the health of ...
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Trail Conservation Crew Projects – June

Trails are the literal and figurative ground upon which we built VVMTA. We have designed, created, and maintained ...
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Check out the most current trail conditions before heading out this Spring. We do our best to update trail conditions but we need your help to let our community know what you see out there.  Please provide any trail condition beta to the sources below:

All three of these are only successful with you, the trails community letting others know what you are seeing out there!

Please join us on a photo and map tour of the impact the we had on our community’s trails in 2023.

None of our trail successes would be possible without you; our volunteers, donors, partners and supporters. You make our trails great and our community a great place to live.

Between the Trail Conservation Crew, Adopt A Trail teams, Trail Ambassadors, volunteer trail crews, and Soul Dirt…we had a pretty busy and successful year!  Please check out our StoryMap from the 2023 trail season and celebrate our collective successes together.

Looking to join in on the fun and help out our trails?  Check out our calendar to see upcoming volunteer events.  Registration and details are located in the event on the calendar.  The VVMTA Volunteer Trail Crew meets every Wednesday night and the HTC Volunteer Trail Crew meets the first and third Tuesday of every month.  Stay tuned to our calendar, social media, and newsletter for updated information.

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