In what we hope to be a new & lasting iteration of JORBA’s presence at Round Valley, we have begun efforts to get the park into amore user-friendly state.
Category: County
Join Us for BIKEPassaicCounty’s Public Meeting: 5/11 (Wed) at 6pm
Mercer County Park Trail Maintenance April 16th, 2022
Round Valley Comes Alive!
Tourne Trail Build March 20
Sunday March 20, 2022 9:00 a.m. We have a few exciting Tourne trail projects in the works for 2022. To start, MCPC just gave us the green light to start construction on the final 0.5 mile section of the orange loop. This section will be just as amazing as the last section. Meet at the…
Palisades MTB Spring Update
Trail building training starts this March in Sterling Forest. (See below) Completion of the Upper Dwarskill Crossing in Alpine, NJ. Continuing our work on Augusta Mine in Sterling Forest. Work on Redback Connector in Sterling starts in April. (We need funds for this project, see below). Start of Takamak Long Path Bridge rebuilding in Blauvelt, NY. …
2022 Somerset County Parks Trail Work Days Announced
The Somerset County Park Commission has published their “Volunteer Park Patrol” schedule for 2022. JORBA and the Park Rangers partner closely on trail maintenance projects and all are welcome to join and lend a hand. Official events will be posted here on the site as we get closer but for now, save these dates! Washington…
Sourland Mountain Preserve Park Report 2021
2021 was a slower than normal year for trail work at the Sourlands due to the on-going pandemic, but also because all of the good sustainable work put in during prior years. The big project this year was a complete re-blazing of all the trails within the park. JORBA was not involved in this process…
Hell Mountain Preserve, Tewksbury
Update May 9, 2022 the project is dead, too much resistance from local equestrians. We are exploring the idea of building new trails and upgrading the existing trails in Hell Mountain Preserve.
New Bridgewater Twp. Park Optimized for MTB
Bridgewater’s new park to be developed with pro trail builders, JORBA providing ongoing maintenance.