Carrabassett Valley Outdoors Association

Outdoor Center - You want new single-track with flow and excitement?? We are ready to bring it to you. We just need a little help!

CR NEMBA will be hosting two day trail work weekend at the Outdoor Center Sat. Aug 13 and Sun. Aug 14. We will be meeting at the ODC at 9:00 am and working until 3:00 pm each day. There will be short 30-45 min mini trail building school at the beginning of each day, demonstrating the tasks to be performed. We hope to have 20 - 30 people attend and will split into crews of 5 or 6 each with a foreman that completed training at the IMBA/NEMBA trail building school this spring. Besides a ride each day we are planning an after work/ride social event so stay tuned for details on that.

We will be completing "finish" work on the single-track re-routes on trails 7, 29 and 32 at the ODC. (See highlighted area on attached map.) Town & Sugarloaf employees, and CR NEMBA volunteers  have been working hard for the first half of summer to put a real dent in our goals of completing the first phase of Hardy Avery's design work by the end of this building season and we are within reach.

This is a very important work weekend! When construction of phase 1 was approved by the town selectman and residents, the town agreed to spend $17,000 cash and the club greed to contribute $7,000 in labor and in-kind donations . Much of the towns work is complete and hand finishing (buffing) the single track tread is now up to the CR NEMBA crew.

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Update:                               

The inaugural running of the Carrabassett Backcountry Cycle Challenge (CBCC) was a tremendous success! We had more than 100 racers brave the 60 mile endurance course and over 45 racers participate in the shorter 28 mile course. This was a huge undertaking by the town of Carrabassett Valley (race sponsor) and CR NEMBA. It was only possible because of the community support it received. There were over 50 volunteers most coming to us looking for a way to help! Truly remarkable!

On behalf of the CBCC race committee, I want to send a heart felt thanks to everyone who participated, volunteered, and or allowed the race to be run across their land!  Here's another big thank you to our many sponsors! I don't have a complete sponsor list as I sit here composing this message, and don't want to leave anyone out, so I will be listing each one in my news letter next week. THANK YOU!

The feedback we have solicited and received from race participants ("survivors") has been overwhelmingly positive, all saying they are looking forward to next years event. This is the start of a new tradition in "the valley"!