Ringwood Ramapo Reroute Returns
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Dirty Thursdays Are Back Starting 5/5 at 4 pm. We will be working on the Ringwood Ramapo trail Reroute that we started last winter. Meet trail side anytime up till dusk. Heavy steady rain cancels, all tools will be provided. Trail Building 5/8 at 9 am. We will be back at it this Sunday 5/8…
Trail Run at Jungle Habitat May 14, 2022
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There will be a trail run at Jungle Habitat all day Saturday May 14th. Plan accordingly.
3rd Party Jungle Events
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Heads up, Saturday 4/2 there is a trail run and the following weekend there is a mountain bike race. Plan accordingly.
Round Valley Comes Alive!
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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.
The Sterling Trail System is Expanding – We Need Your Help
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The JORBA Chapter is Funding a New MTB Trail in Sterling Forest Did you know that Palisades MTB is a chapter of both IMBA and JORBA? Well, they are! They formed the organization in 2015 and advocate for mountain bike access in Bergen, Rockland and Orange Counties. Right now, they’re about to begin Phase 3…
CR/WVP Updates: Ida-Over, High Tech Support, & Yellow Tweaks
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Improvements on blue, white, and yellow have been creeping in over the past few weeks. Read the full article to see what’s been going on at The Rock, the start of Monday rides, and to sign up for future CR-specific TM days.
2022 Trail Maintenance, Stephens State Park
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Hello to the Stephens State Park users and enthusiastic fresh air doers! Below is a tentative J.O.R.B.A. Trail Maintenance Schedule for Stephens State Park for 2022. The effort this year is to get organized sessions going since this stuff is way more fun with a group! Stay tuned! We’ll keep you posted. March (If the…
Tourne Trail Build March 20
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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…
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Palisades MTB Spring Update
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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. …
Allamuchy Trail Crew Tentative Trail Maintenance Schedule 2022
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Location TBD, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Click the links below for more details or to volunteer. Sunday March 27th Saturday April 23rd Saturday May 14th Saturday June 25th Saturday July 23rd Sunday August 21st Saturday September 24th Sunday October 9th Nov. & Dec. TBD More volunteer events are posted in our upcoming events page.
Black Run Preserve Poker Run
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Come out and experience some of South Jersey’s JORBA work, which is part of the (JAR) Jersey Action Riders/Cherry Hill Chapter. Click the link for more details.
High Mountain Meeting Update
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Trail counts: University Drive Trailhead: 4/7/21 to 3/2/22 Total: 14,932 Daily Average: 45 Reservoir Drive Red Trailhead: 4/2/21 to 3/2/22 Total: 5,767 Daily Average: 17 Here are the Highlights from Mondays meeting: Updates: New trail signs being made New trail map is being made to include mt bike trails, shared draft We agreed that e…
Cooper Union North Reroute
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A reroute of the Cooper Union North Trail was completed in 2021 by the Ringwood Trail Crew. The reroute moves the trail off old woods roads and provides a flowy sustainable route West of Shepherd Pond.
Paiute Trail Section of Tapawingo
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In October 2021, we started work on the Paiute Trout Trail, part of the Tapawingo Project. In consideration of our hiking partners, we set aside that project to prioritize the re-route of the old Hewitt-Butler Trail and connections to Jungle Habitat.
The Next Section of Tapawingo is Half Baked
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Moving north along the old Hewitt-Butler trail just past Stags we encounter several unsustainable sections of trail. One way or the other they are unrideable. We are collaborating with our partners at the Trail Conference to come up with a plan to address this next.
2022 Somerset County Parks Trail Work Days Announced
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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
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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…
Ryno Connection
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Work on the Ryno connection to Tapawingo from Rhino, was completed in 2021. This is a slow speed technical expert trail with plenty of rock features. Pure Jungle riding.
Ringwood Ramapo Reroute
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Work started on the Ringwood Ramapo Reroute in the winter of 2021 and is ongoing as weather permits.
Hippo Reroute
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We will be finishing a small reroute around the perennially wet section at the bottom of Hippo. Work starts ASAP.
Tapawingo Project
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A joint project with JORBA and NYNJTC the Tapawingo project will improve connectivity with Long Pond Ironworks State Park and Norvin Green State Forest. Work has completed Ryno, the first connection from Rhino in Jungle to Tapawingo. The next connection will be Stags, NJ’s first adaptive mountain bike trail.
