Nov. 6 AMA Trail Work Day is a Wrap

It was cold, wet and snowing! Yet 23 people that love to ride these trails, came anyway and helped us buff out the “Lower Missing Links” Trail. We were very challanged just getting to 4 corners. With 4-5 inches of snow for more than a mile from 4 corners, we were slipping and sliding on the way there!
But we got all the people and tools there and they got busy!
We worked on the lower section of the Missing Links trail and got it Buffed back into better than ever shape! We even added rollers into most of the bermed sections to reduce breaking bumps and add to riders enjoyment.
At the end of 3.5 hours we were done with the trail and ready to move on back to the shop for Pizza, beverage and a Raffle!
Everyone went home stoked to give back to the trails and have a fun time doing it!
Thanks to everyone that came to help out and my Trail boss’s, RC and Jake, you guys rock!

Next Sunday, same Bat Channel, same Bat Time!

AMA Trail Work Dayz!

November 6th and 13 Ashland Mountain Adventures will agin be hosting Trail work Days on Mt. Ashland.
Meet at our shop at 9am for a continental breakfast, then departing at 9:30ish, location TBD day of. We will repair trail for 3-4 hours then ride back to shop for Food and Beverage and a raffle.
So please set a day aside to give back to the trails we love to ride and have a great time doing it!

Trails Clear… With a Twist!

6 Teenagers wanted Sponsorship… They had no Idea!

After 6 hours of shoveling these kids and I have the Lower Bull Gap Trail Open for riding and the race this weekend! Mt Ashland Ski Plowed 2 miles of the Upper Bull Gap rd to get ready for the Ashland Mountain Challenges Super D Race happening this next weekend June 18th. However, there was the Lower Bull Gap Trail. A singletrack trail that climbs from 5200′ back up to 5800′. It had snow drifts about half the way across it in 20′ and 30′ sections that were up to 3′ deep!

Those Kids were Troopers!

If your here to ride or race in the next week, you will experience a tunnel of snow that will blow your mind! A very different sensation of riding that you just can’t find. While the trail is wet in sections, it’s pure singletrack with out interuption of Flow!

So, Get here, Don’t miss this short window of opportunity to experience something so very different, riding that will challenge your imagination and ability…

Shuttles Back to the Top!

Finally!

After a long, what seemed to be never ending winter, No Spring, Summer is here and the snow has melted! At least enough, along with 15+ hours of plowing the upper Bull Gap rd.. There are 7 foot tall snow wall’s at the beginning of Bull Gap rd! It is impressive to say the least.

We just did our first shuttle to the top today at 4pm and while it’s a little wet for the first half mile, There’s 12 Miles of awesome riding to be had!

The Super D Race will be the full course, from top to bottom. So if you haven’t registered yet, times running out! Were almost full! Get registered and get up here for an awesome weekend of killer riding and good times. Even if you aren’t here for the race, you wouldn’t want to miss these conditions! The trails are in perfect shape and moisture is still in the dirt!

Ashland Mountain Challenge

Well… it Snows, it Rains, the Sun comes out… It rains some more!

This must have many of you wondering, what will happen with this race. IT’S ON!

We had the Upper Bull Gap road Plowed and yet it snowed another foot on it! But it’s warm and it’s raining! The snow is melting fast below 5500′ and we are clearing the lower Bull Gap Trail of debreis and dead fall trees. The descent is rolling great! All the trails below that are in incredible shape due to some great work from Local riders pitching in after the “Spring Thaw” Race.

The forest Service and Mt. Ashland Ski have our backs and we will be making every effort to see that all competitors have an awesome experiance this year as every year!

Our spsonsor’s have come through with some great prizing as always and we just added “Sanding Stone Brewing” as the beer Provider, or what ever you like at the establisment with a $5 coupon for every racer.

So… get registered if you haven’t already, make you plans, prep your bike and get to Ashland for a funfilled weekend of riding, racing and

Ashland Mountain Challenge

REGISTRATION for the SRAM Super D and Avid Chain less Race Registration is open and we are over half full as of 5/20/2011!   All the details our on the Race Page here on this web site.

We would like to thank “Standing Stone Brewing” for joining us as the “Official Beer Sponsor”  of the Ashland Mountain Challenge!

So don’t miss out!  Get Registered and get on your Bike!

Shuttles and Bike Rentals

Ashland Mountain Adventures is open for it’s 2011 Mountain bike season! We are currently shuttling to the 4 corners lot in the middle of the mountain. This offers Access to most of the trails on Mt. Ashland.

We have Bike rentals also and are offering the Specialized Pitch comp at $45! and it comes with one free shuttle! We also have helmets, pads and gloves for rent.

So don’t miss out on some of the best riding of the season, get in our shop and then get on the Mountain!

Southern Oregon Bike Rentals

Ashland Mountain Adventures is Offering $45 per bike on all Bike rentals through the end of August. You also get one free shuttle with each bike rental.

Fall brings the rains & prime trails

The temps have fallen and the rains are coming! The dirt here on Mt Ashland does well with the rais, the dirt tacks up and the dust will be gone.

So don’t miss out on some of the best riding of the season before the season is over. We are running shuttles at our regular scheduled times and have been adding to those during the week!

Bringing The Thunder!

“Those Boys in Chico sure know what there do’en!” Thats a saying the HYW 68 Hillbilly’s use when refering to Sierra Nevada Beer, it goes the same for the Thunderbringers MTBers from Chico too!

Scoot Fellers, “Wookie” had his bachelor party here in Ashland this last weekend and brought up 19 Thunderbringers with him! These boys weren’t fool’en around when the got here! After 2 runs on the “ENTERTAINER” at Shasta they rolled into Ashland on Friday afternoon and banged out 2 more runs here! Then the night time activities began and didn’t end,from what I was told, until 3:30am for most, and not till the sun came up for one Mr. Erik Barten!

All but Erik made the 10:30am shuttle and road another later in the day, still no sign of Erik… Iwas told he was sleeping off his WWE debut!

Night 2 was no different! But the morning brought something more special though. It was the day of the Mt Ashland Hill Climb, 18.5 miles, 4200′ of ele gain and when Aren Timmell cought wind I was doing it, he crawled out of bed with only4ish hrs of sleep, pounded down some 20 donuts and a couple of red bulls and signed up for the race. After the firts 4 minutes he road away with the lead group and I didn’t see him again till I got to the top and found out he won the MTB Overall with a time of 1:38! He only beet me by 25 min! He then did the last run of the weekend with the group out to Time Warp! I have a new hero, move over Weir!

After a few beers for the non drivers, the Tunderbringers packed up and headed back to there normal lives. I just wounder how they will explain the bite marks?? Blame Erik I say!

Thanks for the fun guys, Scott,Shawn,Jared,Kevin,Nick,B.J.,Marty,Joe,Danny,Rust,Erik Tim, Chad Aren,Mike, Ethan,Tim and Kyle.

Rain=Prime Dirt!

It’s dumping rain here today and the trails should be awesome this coming week. Some of use will head out and do some trail grooming with the perfect conditions. So don’t miss out! Call in sick, load up and get on the mountain and shred some perfect DURT!

Happy B day HWY 68 Hillbilly’s

This last weekend we were visited by 18 of the HWY 68 Hillbilly’s that were here celebrating Sonja’s 40th and Jeff’s 41st Birthdays. Some rolled in late Wednesday and road on Thursday and got to cut into some still moist dirt. Pizza and Nicaski Total Domination were on tap after the ride!

Friday brought more of the group that had come in late Thursday night and we started with a Time Warp to Horn Gap, Mystical, Hitt Rd run. We collected at the Water Street Cafe for some food and recovery drinks/Sierra Nevada on tap! Then loaded up for run#2. This was a shorter Super D run with the Links trails thrown in for good measure.

Friday night was greeted with the remainder of the crew rolling in around 8pm and the party kicked into high gear! I don’t think there’s and SKY Vodka left in Ashland!  From what I heard, it went late and had it’s damages.

Saturday and 10am came a little to soon for most. Still they rallied and got on shuttle #1 and road another Time Warp! A right turn on 2060 got them back soon enough for a second run and the final run for most.

Saturday night saw more spectacular BBQ and side dishes fit for an army! Then the GO PRO video cam footage on a big screen TV was super cool! getting to watch everyone ride was a real treat! Then Vodka Smoothies and I can’t remember anything else!

Sunday was allot of good by’s, but not for 5! Jeff, Rick, Dave, Timmy and Boyed all needed alittle more Ashland dirt in there teeth before going back to Salinas.

As usual, this was one of my favorite weekend of the year, Beer Bikes and Bro’s! Thanks for the good times, two more fingers, HYF, make me a sammiewinch!

AMA Trail Work Days

We have got our dates set with the Forest Service for November 6th Saturday and the 14th Sunday.  We will get started at our shop at 9am with coffee, juice, Cliff bars, Marionberry Muffens and Bananas.

We will be working on the upper half of the Mountain if the snow hold off. We will split up groups on Lower Bull Gap Trail and Missing Links. If we can get enough people, we will send a group out to Time Warp as well.

We have a BBQ and beverages planed for after as well as a raffle with prizing from SRAM, Rockshox, Truvative, Avid, WTB, Crank Bros, Specialized and Kali Protectives so far.

So plan a day, come out and give back, hang out with some other fun rides and get some goods to take home!

See you there!

AMA Trail Work Dayz

We’ve had a great season of riding here on Mt. Ashland and now the weather, temps and  dirt are starting to change. AMA host’s several Trail Work Days every year and the first this winter season was last Saturday. We had people from not only Ashland and the surrounding area, but Chico Ca., Portland, Missouri , North Carolina and Bend attend. 32 in all and when we were all done 4 hours later, Time Warp and the Missing Links trails we better than new!

Of coarse after the work a ride to check it out was in order and then a party with food beverages and lots of great comradery.

We would like to thank everyone who came out to help out, all the locals, the Thunderbringers, the UBI students and the group leaders, Marty, Duncan and Nathan.

We would also like to thank our sponsors that donated raffle prizes for our trail workers, WTB, SRAM, SPECIALIZED, IBIS, CRANK BROS and the U.S.F.S.

Our next trail work day is this next Sunday the 14 and we look forward to more great people digging more great trails.

Trail Work Day Nov 14

Hey folks,

AMA is hosting our second trail work day this Sunday @9am from our shop. Tools will be provided along with snacks for the trail and food after. Bring a bike if you would like to ride after. See ya there!

Ski and Snowboard Shuttle Canceled for the 2012 Season

We are sorry to announce that we will not be running the shuttle for this 2012 ski and snowboard season. We hope to serve the Ski and Snowboard community again next winter should the conditions allow.
Thank you for your understanding.

Ski & Snowboard Shuttle

Ashland Mountain Adventures will again run a shuttle to Mt. Ashland for the Ski season. Our van will begin it’s route in Medford at the NorthWest Outdoor Store parking lot  980 Biddle rd in the Bear Creek Plaza next to Bi Mart 541 245 4000 at 7;30am. then we pick up at our shop, 700 Mistletoe rd in Ashland at 8am. We arrive on the mountain at approximately 8:45. We ask our riders to be back to the van by 4:15 so we can start our return then. We can only transport 14 people, so you must call for a reservation 541 499 2298. we answer the phone until 6pm, after that, we will return your message at 7am the next day.
Our cost is $15 per person per round trip. We do have 10 pack tickets for $125. these can be purchased from our driver. We only except cash.
For all questions concerning weather and ski conditions please visit www.mtashlandski.com

Sea Otter Downhill Gets a Huge Makeover!

Truvative partnered with the Sea Otter Classic to bring a much needed face lift to the Downhill coarse. Hiring on Momentum Trail Concepts, Matt Tompson, Mihai, Steve and Phil. They have brought a wealth of knowledge, experience and motivation to the coarse.
While we are not quite done, here is a teaser of most of the coarse… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnnR1SV2J-o&feature=channel_video_title

Ashland Woodland Trails “Master Plan” Meetings

AWTA is hosting 2 meetings to inform the Public of a “Master Trails Plan” that we are working on with the City and U.S.F.S.
February 2 and 22 at the Ashland Public Library from 6-9pm. Everyone that uses the Ashland Trail System is encouraged to attend! A map of the trail system proposed changes will be the Topic of discussion.