April 2025 - Article published on Pinkbike.com
We put a article together for Pinkbike, and they published it!
“The LRE is a community event, and it's one of the best parts of the event. Each year, local businesses come forward to support the event, many of them from the start of the event in 2022, continuing every year since. The event simply wouldn’t happen without them. The local MTB Association, the West Coast Cycling Association (WCCA), and trail builders work hard all summer leading up to the event to get the trails in top shape while also expanding the local network more and more each summer. If there is one saying that stands out for the LRE, it is the classic “It takes a village,” and this village is made up of the small but extremely dedicated group of volunteers from WCCA, LRE, the trail builders, race organizers, volunteers, and community sponsors.”
Friday July 19th - Maintenance update
One of our builders/maintenance crews favorite tools, the Prohoe Rouge hoe.. At the view point before dropping into the Axemate pit, a favorite view for a lot of riders.
The team here at WCCA would like to give our trail pass holders an update on our 2024 Maintenance season! Our maintenance crew has been putting in some long hard hours in this heat and tropical weather we’ve been having (Huge thanks Marcus, Evan, Ben, Reed, and Faith). Before listing a highlight list of what has been happening, we’d like to take a second to say that passes are still available! (Wccanl.ca/Donate) The number of pass sales and the amount of work completed directly correlate, huge thanks to everyone who has already supported the 2024 WCCA Maintenance and Build season!
So far this season, our team has completed:
TWSG : Raked top/bottom, fixed spring run off damage, fixed drainage
Ginger Route: Clean up and tune up
Curry: Clean up and tune up
Cub Mtn general area: Greenery cut back and cleared
GOLDMINE : Huge amount of work top-bottom, widened, cut back, tons of fresh dirt, everything tuned up, and returned back to a fast, flowy state
Moose Knuckle: Greenery cut back and cleared, bottom half tuned up
Yogi: Field portion greenery cutback and cleared
Our team is still working through the network, the upcoming Long Range Enduro is taking maintenance priority, our crew is currently working in the valley trails.
We have a maintenance survey posted on our IG Highlights ( https://forms.gle/vAetvDVnis4KrqLcA ). Please fill it out if you have any concerns or anything you’d like to see done, we are working on getting all trails in our network covered. Thanks for reading through this and supporting the WCCA. Safe riding!
RFP - Ridgeline Trail Construction, Rocky Harbour
The West Coast Cycling Association is issuing the following RFP for all Professional and Technical Services, including the Supply of Equipment, Labor and Supervision required to build the Ridgeline Trail, a 6.0 km-long cycling-preferred multi-use trail, near Rocky Harbour, Newfoundland and Labrador.
Posted: July 8, 2024
Send inquiries and submissions to: West Coast Cycling Association (Projects@wccanl.ca)
Solicitation closes: 12:00 h (Newfoundland Standard Time) on July 22, 2024.
Note that this RFP is anticipatory pending final approval of funding to the West Coast Cycling Association.