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Wildlife Trail Ambassador Volunteers Needed

Local wildlife enthusiasts who want to help wintering wildlife in the Eagle Valley are encouraged participate in a virtual information and training session about becoming a Wildlife Trail Ambassador. The session will be held Dec. 9 from 6 to 7 p.m. The Eagle-Holy Cross Ranger District since 2017 has partnered with the Vail Valley Mountain

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West Avon Trails Preserve Trail Rebuild is Underway!

We are very excited to announce that after much coordination, collaboration, and planning the re-build of the trails impacted by Holy Cross Energy’s maintenance project is finally beginning.  You can read about the background of this project from our post back in May. Over the summer, the VVMTA has had numerous site visits and meetings

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Berlaimont Estates Objections

Berlaimont Estates Final Environmental Impact Statement & Draft Decision Memo The VVMTA is against the approved plan for the developers to build a paved road with massive retaining walls in order to build 19 luxury residential homes with year round access.  The road will have lasting impacts on elk and deer populations and critical habitat. 

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Minturn Bike Park Opening: ‘A Free & New Community Asset’

Four years of planning and hard work was realized in Minturn on Friday when dozens of locals celebrated the opening of the Minturn Bike Park. With mountains looming large in the background, and the park’s enormous jumps also towering above the crowd, a large group of stakeholders spaced themselves out around the pump track and

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West Avon Preserve Trails Map

West Avon Preserve Trails Impact – Holy Cross Energy

West Avon Preserve Update: What is happening? Holy Cross Energy is pulling new overhead power lines to improve the system resiliency to accommodate increased electrical load carrying capacity.  In order to do this, they must clear the old existing access road that crosses many of the trails in the WAP.  This road was there well before

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How You Can Support Our Community & Trails Now

Dear Trail Supporter, Our community, local businesses, and nonprofits are all being hit hard financially during this pandemic. Stimulus checks and CARE Act funds are thankfully helping many of our businesses and bank accounts. We understand these are tough times and you may need to use this money for your basic needs. Many of us

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Respect Wildlife Closures and Use Proper Etiquette

During this unprecedented time of the coronavirus pandemic, we are all trying to find connections that make us happy such as Zoom meetings with friends and family, Netflix, and many home projects. One outlet that we are fortunate to have in beautiful Eagle County is access to trails and public lands.  With ski resorts being closed

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Fat Biking Options in the Vail Valley

Fat biking is a great way to get out and pedal during the winter.  It can definitely be challenging, sometimes cold & wet, and sometimes you might not have the best trail conditions.  But the more you do it, the better you get at mitigating all of these and have one heck of a time

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Minturn bike park campaign exceeds goal

Money has poured in from all corners of the valley to support a new bike park in Minturn.  Vail Valley residents, businesses and nonprofits have raised about $40,000 toward the effort in the past few weeks.  “The support has been unbelievable,” said Ernest Saeger, executive director of the Vail Valley Mountain Trails Alliance, which is

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Minturn bike park campaign kicks off Thursday

Local trail advocates have built many miles of new singletrack in the last 10 years.  Now they have a new vision: A bike park filled with trails, jumps, a pump track and a race course where riders of all abilities and families can gather — a new kind of recreational amenity for the upper valley.

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