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Fall Party Saturday Nov. 4th

Celebrate another great year of mountain biking and trail building with the Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association and a premiere of MSP Films Drop Everything! We'll be at Heavenly's Cal Base Lodge with a pasta dinner, drinks, raffle prizes, swag, membership drive.…

Drew BrayOctober 22, 2017

Trail Work Days

Trail Work Continues

The new Upper Angora Ridge Trail is open! This one mile trail starts where the Mule Deer Connector ends near the lookout on Angora Lakes Road and connects to theAngora Lakes parking lot. Snow is minimal on Upper Angora Ridge and the…

Jenna LangerAugust 26, 2017

TAMBA sawyer clears a log on the Rim Trail

Trail Conditions

Toad’s is Clear!

TAMBA cleared 13 trees from the Armstrong Pass Trail, the Tahoe Rim Trail, and down Toad's Wild Ride on Monday, July 17th. There remain a couple patches of snow, but the trails are now free of obstructing logs! Thanks go…

Jenna LangerJuly 19, 2017

Events Trail Work Days

Angora Ridge Trail and 10th Anniversary of the Fire

Please join us on Saturday, June 24th to commemorate the 10 Year Anniversary of the devastating Angora Ridge wildfire that destroyed 242 residences. We will build a trail along Angora Ridge that will connect Tahoe Mountain communities with Angora Lakes…

Jenna LangerJune 21, 2017

Trail Work Days

Weekday Trail Team Accomplishments

Led by Scott Brown and Bob Ward, the weekday trail team stays under the radar, but quietly accomplishes big things with only a few people. Trail obstructing logs mysteriously disappear?...probably the weekday team. Nasty erosion from the record precip this…

Jenna LangerJune 16, 2017

Trail Work Days

Lower Corral Trail Day Recap

On Sunday, June 11th, more than 60 volunteers braved the threat of snow to help build new table tops jumps, roller and berms on the Lower Corral Trail (and do some maintenance on Railroad Grade and upper Corral). It…

Jenna LangerJune 12, 2017

Trail Work Days

Valley View Reroute Completed!

In less than 6 weeks after being identified as having a detrimental impact on natural resources, the lower section of the Valley View Trail, part of the Tahoe Mountain Complex, has been rerouted. On 4 June, 30 volunteers moved boulders,…

Jenna LangerJune 4, 2017

Events

Spring Party

Join us on Friday May 19th at 6pm at the Heavenly California Base Lodge to celebrate the upcoming Tahoe mountain biking season. As always our annual spring party is free to attend and is an all ages, family friendly event.…

adminMay 7, 2017

Trail Work Training

Crew Leader Training

TAMBA will be hosting a U.S. Forest Service-approved 2 day crew leader training course on Sunday, May 7 and Saturday, May 13 in the Tahoe area. The Forest Service has stringent training requirements for volunteer crew leaders, and this training…

adminApril 17, 2017

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Fallen Leaf Lake/Angora Ridge Trail Project

The Tahoe Area Mountain Bike Assn. (TAMBA) and the Forest Service are building new world-class trails around one of the most beautiful places in Tahoe: Angora Ridge and Fallen Leaf Lake. Three miles are funded – we’re raising money for…

adminApril 17, 2017

flyer for big walls, base jumps, new trails

Events

New Trails this Summer

Help fund new trails this summer at Fallen Leaf Lake and Angora Ridge. Let's build some trails! Every $1 raised will build one foot of trail at Fallen Leaf Lake and Angora Ridge. Chris McNamara will show videos from some…

adminApril 17, 2017

Promotions

Are You Ready to Ski??

Heavenly Lift Ticket Give Away TAMBA will give away a SECOND pair Heavenly Lift Tickets to a lucky winner on 11 Feb. These are single day, adult lift tickets for the 2016/2017 ski season. The sweepstakes will run from February…

adminDecember 30, 2016

Trail Conditions

Winter Trail Conditions

Winter on the Flume Trail As of February 9, 2015 – It's been a solid winter and the trails are snowed in top to bottom right now. The Bijou Bike Park is closed and will remain closed until it dries out this spring. Some…

adminFebruary 9, 2016

Advocacy

Comments needed by January 15, 2016

The U.S. Forest Service - Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit is seeking input (meaning your comments) on a proposal for the management of trails, roads and facilities on FS land - this includes the potential to permit guiding services, events and…

adminDecember 14, 2015

Events

Fall Party – November 20

Celebrate an amazing year at TAMBA's Fall Party and membership drive. We'll have some new TAMBA goods for sale, a raffle, and updates on trail projects. 2015 has been the best and busiest year - we got the Bijou Bike…

adminNovember 5, 2015

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2015 Accomplishments, So Far!

Whoa! it’s been a busy summer so far, TAMBA’s biggest year so far in terms of building and events. We finished the Lower Corral Trail enhancements, completed the Snapdragon Trail, building the Bijou Bike Park, started a reroute on Stanford Rock,…

adminAugust 25, 2015

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What's going on in 2015?

So you’re sitting on the chairlift and someone asks you what's going on with TAMBA. Here’s our chairlift update – quick and dirty (just like this winter): This spring we will start building the 4 acre Bijou Bike Park in…

adminFebruary 20, 2015

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Canoe Hill Trails Public Scoping

The Bureau of Land Management is reviewing a trail proposal that would adopt the "Zipper" Trail out of Golden Eagle Park in Sparks, NV as a managed system trail and construct up to 13.4 miles of new trail to create…

adminFebruary 16, 2015

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Trail Build Days

Clear your calendar for June 14th Corral Party and volunteer trail building. We have a big day planned partnering with the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship again. They'll be bringing the party trailer, beers, BBQ and tunes. We'll also be joined…

adminMay 21, 2014

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Corral Volunteer Build Days May 17 and June 14

Help us build some of the 30 new features being added to Lower Corral Trail and see what our trail crew has been building. Please wear long sleeves, pants and sturdy shoes. Bring bikes for post work "test riding" Meet at…

adminMay 15, 2014

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