MARK YOUR CALENDARS! 📣
2026 Dates are here. This year we're focused on announcing the first 6 months worth of trail work. 🗓️
We rely on you, our trusted volunteers to help us steward OUR amazing trail system in our backyards. We can't wait to see each and every one of you this year, and would love to make some new friends too. Don't be selfish... tag a buddy who needs to know about these dates! ⚡️
MAY VOLUNTEER RECRUITMENT:
Chip chip chippin away at the Gab. We're making great progress and this trail will be pristine for summer. ☀️
We need YOUR help 🫵 this Sunday, May 17th. Meet us at 8am at the JPL lot for a ride, run, or hike up over the dam to continue brushing and treadwork.
Full details and RSVP at the link below
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MWBA is working with Bellfree Contractors and the USFS to stabilize and widen the tread on a lower section of the Sunset Ridge Trail. This section of trail is narrow and prone to washing out. This work should decrease future wash outs and make the tread more comfortable for all trail users.
This work will continue for the next few weeks. Please slow down and use extra caution while navigating the trail.
TREAD WORKED! 💪
26 volunteers of all ages and backgrounds made it up over the damn for a day of tremendous progress. We debenched, cleared tons of overgrowth, handled a slide and did a SURPRISE new project that you'll have to go read all about on our full recap post on our website. 👻
Linkinbio🔗
🌱APRIL VOLUNTEER DAY IS HERE
🚴♀️ We're continuing our way up over the damn on the Gabrielino Trail and making our way into the wash. Join us on April 19th at 8am for a day of brushing and benching.
🆕 Never done trail work before? No problem! This is the PERFECT first timer's day. We will provide the tools and guidance for a fun, safe, and productive day in the forest. Join us by bike, hike, or run up to location.
🔗 Full details and RSVP at the linkinbio
A small but mighty crew of 6 forged through the deep creek crossings of the Lower Gabrielino and up over the dam last weekend. 🚣
Our ultimate goal is to get over into the wash and reconstruct a washed away section of the Gabrielino. So in preparation to move volunteers up trail we got to brushing the switchbacks and benching to allow users to stay away from the edge. 🔀
Arroyo Seco? More like Arroyo Mojado ;) 💦
Read the full recap by @tediseasy at the MWBA.org (linkinbio) 🔗
CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS 📞
A few spots are left for our March trail work day. It's going to start to cool off finally this weekend. What better way to spend it than hanging with some good friends, bikes, tools, and nature? No really... I dare you to comment below something better. 👀
Hi up our website MWBA.org to RSVP! Please register so we can get an accurate headcount for that free lunch we provide too :) 🌯
📣 MARCH VOLUNTEER DAY - Sat March 21st
Saddle up and ride with us over to the switchbacks on Gabrielino Trail above the damn. We're going to get a lot of brushing and tread work done on the switch backs! Plain and simple. 🌀
No experience needed, this is a perfect first timer's trail day. Tag a buddy who should join you. 🧑🤝🧑👭
Meet at the JPL Bridge at 8am for briefing and to make your way up trail. Hike, run, or bike in is 3miles each way. 🏃🚵🚶
Register and more details at the linkinbio 🔗
#TBT
Since first building it in the 90's, MWBA has continued to steward Ken Burton Memorial Trail. February, with the help of 16 amazing volunteers, we have finished brushing the trail from top to bottom. 😎
After pedaling 7 miles up the steep road, we ✂️ whitethorn and prickly scrub oak brushing the top three switchbacks. Thanks to the dedication of our ardent and capable volunteers, the trail is currently brushed top-to-bottom and is running as good as the day it was restored!
Read the full recap at our new website linked in bio. 🔗
FEBRUARY 💘 VOLUNTEER DAY:
We're gonna' continue to show our love for this trail! It's running great but could use a little tune up. 🎵 Our focus will be on general brushing.
Volunteers will head out from JPL on Sunday, Feb 15th up to the Upper Brown Mountain Saddle and down to the Memorial. This is a bike-in only day due to distance. 🚵 Riders should be able to climb 2,000 feet over 6 miles - followed by the epic descent we all love and know after provided lunch on the trail to return home.🥪
Click LinkInBio to RSVP!! 🔗
First of the Year! 🎉
Our Saturday volunteers climbed a mountain before moving mountains (of dirt). 15 amazing people came out to help us restore trail on the Echo Mountain Connector. We debermed, rebuilt drains, cleared slides, and did overall tread maintenance. ⚒️ We hope this trail will reopen soon, but for now it remains closed. 🚷
Beyond that - 4 of our certified MWBA sawyers made it out to Upper Gabrielino to clear the trail between Red Box and Switzer of fallen trees. Thanks to our friends at @lowelifesrcc who cleared Colby Canyon this weekend, we’ve collectively gotten the whole Strawberry Loop running flush. 🍓
Read the full detail at mwba.org by clicking the link in bio. 🔗
MWBA always appreciates reports of downed trees and other trail mishaps on the trails we steward. When you're out enjoying the trails and come across an issue, take a picture of it and note where you are on the trail. Then just shoot us an email ([email protected]) and/or hit us up on FB or IG when you're back in range. We'll get on it ASAP! 📱
WHAT ARE YOU DOING THIS WEEKEND⁉️
Head up to Mt Lowe Railway Connector with us for our first volunteer day of 2026. We got a good start on this trail at the end of last year and will start making our way up to Middle Sam Merrill. Benching, tread work, drain restoration, and general fire restoration are all in the cards for the day. We'll supply the tools, just pick your favorite one! 🚂
We will be rendezvousing (thats Fringlish) at the Cape of Good Hope at 8:30am which is just shy of 3 miles up - so chose to access our work site by bike or boot. 🥾🚴
More details at the link in bio. 🔗
