Wild Coast Trails Association

Join us for our Annual Holiday Mountain Bike Shuttle and Party in Agness!

Date: Saturday, December 9th, 2023

10am – Club ride on the Pine Grove Trail w/ shuttle

4pm – Christmas Party at Agness RV Park Event Center

Party Info: following our club ride and shuttles we will be at the Agness RV Park event center ready to party at about 4pm. EVERYONE WELCOME! Potluck style meal (please bring some to share), BYOB, bring some games, and come have a good time in the event center and around the campfire. If you want to party with us but don’t want to drive home from Agness at night, then stay the night! **You can rent a cabin at the Agness RV Park, a room at Cougar Lane Lodge, or reserve a Van/RV/Camp spot.

Ride Info: Meet at Cougar Lane at 10am to load the shuttle rigs to Pine Grove. It takes about 30 minutes to get to the top of the Pine Grove Trail. It’s a little over 6 mile downhill trail with 3,134 feet of descending. This is a difficult(black) rated trail with many roots, rocks, and some narrow exposure. The ride ends at the confluence of Illinois and Rogue Rivers. We will plan on running two shuttles for those that are back in time. Please bring $5 donation for fuel for the shuttle driver.

We will have our awesome Huckwagon (LINK to their awesome products!) to haul the bikes up to the trailhead.

Please RSVP by emailing [email protected]

For booking a room at Cougar Lane Lodge: https://www.cougarlane.com/

For RV/van camping or cabins: https://www.agnessrvpark.com/sites.html

We have TWO fun Trail Work Parties coming up!! See below for the announcements, which we also shared on our Facebook, Instagram and Newsletter!

Whiskey Run Trail Work Party

We are hosting a Trail Work Party at Whiskey Run on Sunday, October 8th at 9am, starting at the main parking lot.  Plan to arrive early so we can start at 9.

Our primary objective will be to clear needles from the trail as the wet season is fast approaching, and also clearing drainages!

The club tool trailer will be on site with rakes and blowers – but if you have your own rake and blower, please bring those as we’ll need as many as we can get!  Also, bring sturdy shoes, comfortable clothes for changing conditions, gloves and snacks/water.  Bring your bike if you want to ride!

Blue Ridge Trail Work Party – Public Lands Day

Join us for some trail work at the Blue Ridge trail system on Saturday, September 23rd at 9am! Arrive a bit early to make sure we’re ready to start working at 9.

Our BLM partners will be on site as well.

We will be working on various parts of the trail system. Bring sturdy shoes, gloves, water & snacks. We will have the club tool trailer on site. Also bring your bike if you would like to ride afterwards.

Follow this link for a pin in Google Maps to the trail system: https://goo.gl/maps/NrFtKJyxzRkcNLMMA

Hello friends! Unfortunately, this is a sad update. The wonderful communities of Agness, Oak Flat and surrounding areas are currently dealing with a rapidly growing forest fire. To be clear, this is not a naturally occurring “wildfire” – this was human caused. There is some speculation on the cause of the fire, which fire investigators will ultimately reveal once a complete investigation has been conducted.

Our trails coordinator, Eddie Kessler from Ptarmigan Ptrails, was in the area at the time with a couple of other board members, some family, and one of his trail crew, riding and enjoying this beautiful area when the fire erupted and was able to witness first-hand the start of what has grown to thousands of acres.

Multiple fire agencies are doing their best to contain the fire and most importantly, protect human life and critical structures in the area. However, as your trail advocacy group – we did want to share our perspective on the situation and give some updates on the trails in the area which could be affected, or have already been.

Please see the PDF document found at this link for a message from Eddie.