Wild Coast Trails Association

We inducted three new board members into WRCMBA at our Monday meeting in Gold Beach. We wanted to take a moment and welcome the new boardeez. Also, please note the board minutes will be posted in our Forum in case you want to know all the fun things we discussed and voted on in our November Meeting. Next meeting is set for December 11th in Brookings.

Adam DeMarzo hails from the Coos Bay area and is an avid rider, participating in races across Oregon, guiding at Mountain Bike Oregon, and trail volunteering around the Coos County region and beyond.

David Hernandez, also from the Bay Area, is an avid trail volunteer and has been out helping complete the Whiskey Run Trail System during his summer break. He is also a veteran guide for MBO, enjoys riding fat bikes up and down the beach and dunes, and looks forward to helping grow the mountain biking community on the coast.

Mike Simpson (he’s a hard man to capture on camera), is our representative from Langlois, OR. Mike has spent decades in the woods of California scratching in mountain bike trails, racing bikes across the nation, riding an insane amount of miles around the world, and being a general bad ass. Mike, also a bike mechanic himself, has recently joined Ptarmigan Ptrails to build trails here on the Southern Oregon Coast.

Here’s a basic GPS of the Whiskey Run Trails that you can view on RideWithGPS. These trails can be riden either direction, but hopefully this will give folks a better understanding of the system so far.

Coos County Forest is working on graveling the parking lot and putting up trail signs this week.

https://ridewithgps.com/routes/26462869

 

 

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
November 7, 2017

WHISKEY RUN MOUNTAIN BIKING TRAILS TO OPEN

Coos County is pleased to announce that the Whiskey Run Mountain Biking Trails will be open to the public effective November 18, 2017. Approximately eight miles of the initial ten mile trail are complete for public use. The trails are located on the Coos County forest, west of Highway 101 between Coos Bay and Bandon.
Coos County is one of Oregon’s hardest hit economic counties and has suffered greatly from reduced timber harvests. Consequently, the county does not have extra money to build recreational trails. These trails are made possible through grants from Oregon State Parks Recreational Trails Program, Business Oregon, and the Southern Oregon Workforce Investment Board. It provides an opportunity for tourists and locals alike to visit a well-managed forest while also enjoying recreational opportunities on the Oregon Coast.
“This project just proves how much we can do when we work together,” stated Board of Commissioners Chair Melissa Cribbins. “This partnership combined the efforts of Coos County, Wild Rivers Coast Alliance, Jon-Paul Bowles, Chris Barnhart of Sentieros Consulting, Eddie Kessler of Ptarmigan Trails, Travel Oregon and its regional steering committees, and the efforts of the Wild River Coast Mountain Biking Club.”
The initial opening will be celebrated on November 18, 2017 at 11 am with free hot dogs and opportunities to enjoy the trail. The trail can be accessed by taking West Beaver Hill Road to Whiskey Run road adjacent to Highway 101. This trail is open to non-motorized use only.
For questions, please contact Board Chair Melissa Cribbins at [email protected] or 541-217-0272.