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Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Trail Restoration Plans LEA DING THE PARTI CIPATION OF MOUNTAIN CYCLISTS IN THE TRAI L COMMUNITY MAY—JUNE 2006 Short-Term Pain, Long-Term Gain Midpeninsula Regional Open Space District Trail Restoration Plans By Meredith Manning Road and Trail Erosion Project Manager/ Inventory of the Preserve. Open Space Planner Both trails are located on former logging skid and haul Midpeninsula Regional Open roads that were not meant Space District (MROSD) for year-round use. expects to perform major Construction is planned to restoration work on two very occur from July 15 through popular multi-use trails October 15, pending permit within the El Corte de authorization from CA Dept Madera (ECdM) Creek Open of Fish and Game, San Space Preserve (Preserve) Francisco Bay Area Regional this summer. The purpose of Water Quality Control the proposed work is to help Board, San Mateo County protect a downstream Planning, and San Mateo population of steelhead trout, County Building Departments. a federally threatened coastal species, by improving water Giant Salamander Trail quality, reducing trail Giant Salamander Trail erosion, and reducing suffered erosion during this sedimentation to the aquatic heavy rain season. A culvert environment. The two trails became clogged with debris, scheduled for improvements water diverted down the are Giant Salamander (in the trail, and finally drained off interior of the Preserve) and the road, taking about 100 El Corte de Madera Creek cubic yards of saturated fill Trail (from Gate CM01). material with it to the creek Last year, MROSD benefited below. Improvements to this from ROMP members’ input trail will provide a long-term on improving the Giant solution to the drainage Salamander Trail for both erosion We hope that this advance notice problems and enable the popular control and rideability. We look will help us cooperate with you so trail to remain open to users while forward to continuing to solicit help that we can successfully complete reducing the potential for future from ROMP during the construction restoration work in the Preserve. creek sedimentation. MROSD staff, phase of this project and beyond. El Corte de Madera Creek and Giant with assistance from ROMP This project will not be successful Salamander Trails were identified as members, reviewed all options for without mountain bikers continuing high priority treatment areas for restoration work, including extensive to remain patient and finding other their potential to deliver sediment to scouting for new trail realignments. trails to ride during and immediately the aquatic environment in a 2002 (Continued on page 4) after construction. R OMP MOUNT AIN CYCLIST 1 Fear and Loathing in Woodside By Josh Moore with a public workshop. County The next opportunity for public Presid ent of ROMP parks worked with numerous input was Public Trail User Focus equestrian groups, and some other Group Meeting #2, on January 31, We are extremely disappointed by the stakeholders. It is not clear whether 2006 from 7:00 - 8:30 pm, at Huddart and Wunderlich master mountain biking interests were well Independence Hall, 2955 Woodside planning process. We have been represented prior to the Parks and Road, in Woodside. At that meeting, slandered and called terrorists. Recreation Commission Meeting to held in a room way too small, the We have heard a large number of consider the draft master plan in equestrian lobby out-numbered misconceptions repeated over and August of 2005. At that time, a few mountain bikers by a factor of five or over, and that does not make them of us began writing and addressing more. They spoke out of turn, booed true. The current re commendations the commission, even though the and generally made asses of disregard the desires of a large process seemed biased against us themselves. The meeting was a number of responsible and respectful from the very start. disaster, and many cyclists felt cyclists in San Mateo County, threatened afterwards. and do not adequately anticipate demographics The prevailing attitude that over the next 20 years. was screamed at us cyclists by the attending equines, There is a rich history of was "go somewhere else" - mountain biking in the Dirt Alpine, and Windy Hill San Francisco Bay Area, were stated as viable the birthplace of alternatives for us bicycle mountain biking. ROMP riders to get from valley to was formed in the early skyline, then ride north eighties, and the along Skyline (State International Mountain Highway 35) to access Biking Association was ECDM or Purisima. spun out of ROMP in It is doubtful any cyclist 1988. None of this rich would opt for this 10+ mile history has taken place ride and report having had in San Mateo County, an enjoyable-safe excursion and judging by the once on hwy 35. In addition, current state of the the equestrian bigots Huddart Wunderlich reviled again and again Master Plan, it is not at all things bicycle. On going to happen soon. Despite the seemingly impossible multiple occasions we were Huddart Wunderlich Master odds, Commissioner Bern Smith referred to as "teenaged terrorists". Plan History made a motion at the end of all the We were taken to task as prone to The mission of the County Parks presentations and discussion, to urinating at the front of resident's Division is stated as: "Through forward the Draft Master Plan to the homes, hogging paved roads with stewardship, the San Mateo County Board of Supervisors with the rude-boorish packs of verbally Park and Recreation Division condition that staff identify a route abusive malcontents, not paying preserves our County's natural and for bicycles up through the parks to taxes, etc. So, in the view of cultural treasures, and provides safe, the ridge. The motion was seconded equestrians in Woodside, not only accessible parks, recreation and by Chair Richard Biederman. There are we unwelcome in the County learning opportunities to enhance the was discussion about whether a route Parks, but we should be removed community's quality of life". We are should be specified, such as a trail or from paved roads too. concerned that the current proposed perhaps Bear Gulch Road, and the This meeting really precipitated the master plan with no bike access on motion was amended to simply state fear and loathing of the equestrian dirt in any of San Mateo County's "a route." There was discussion about community. They rallied, and put parks is not providing access, nor safe whether this represented a together a Not-in-My-Back-Yard, recreation for anyone. The proposed recommendation to lift the ban on anti-tourism, anti-growth web site, master plan will guide the parks' bikes system wide, and Chair keepwoodsiderural.org. The web site stewardship for the next twenty Biederman said that times change bemoans out-of-towners taking all the years. and maybe it's time to re-evaluate parking, running on trails, scaring this restriction and start with this The process began in July of 2004 (Continued on page 10) one Park. R OMP MOUNT AIN CYCLIST 2 Boggs Mountain State Demonstration Forest By Peter P. Donohue providing accessibility to multiple use groups. I was first introduced to Boggs In addition, logging through a series of mountain bike pays the bills for the races that were held there called the park, so there are no Boggs Mountain Bashes. The races use fees for the public. are no longer run, but that didn't stop me from returning to the trails Note: there is another last summer on a long weekend. Demonstration Forest located closer to the Boggs Mountain is located north of SF Bay Area, and that Napa County, next to the small town is "the Demo" (Soquel of Cobb, CA. Boggs Mountain is one Demonstration State of eight State Demonstration Forest), between San Forests. It is controlled by the State Jose and Santa Cruz, (specifically the California which has many good Department of Forestry) and is trails, as well. managed as a multi-use resource. Normally when a mountain biker Boggs Mountain says multi-use, they are talking contains 22 miles of about trail users such as hikers, fire roads and 14 miles horseback riders, and bikers, but in of single track in this case it also includes uses such as nearly 3500 acres. logging and hunting. These trails explore a variety of terrain, from The "demonstration" part of the forest to brush. Although the forest needed at the CDF station and then name refers to the balance between is located on Boggs Mountain, there take the road to Houghton Creek sustainability and use upheld by the is not as much climbing as one would Trail and back to the campsite. parks resource management: the expect, but don't get me wrong - the If you are riding during blackberry forest stays healthy and living while terrain isn't flat. For most people, season, there is a huge blackberry 2 or 3 days is enough to cover patch at the creek crossing on the whole park. Pick up a map at Houghton that you can snack on. the kiosk as you enter and start For a shorter loop, just take Scout, to exploring. The trails are pretty Karen's to Hobergs's Loop. This also well marked though the map is would be a good route for hotter getting a bit out of date, as some days, as these trails are well shaded of the newer trails weren't and offer some relief from the sun. marked. The single track trails are generally well groomed and Boggs Mountain is a bit of a trek while challenging aren't overly from the Bay Area, but conveniently technical. there is camping on site.
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