A history of regulation and planning, 1970–present When Chugach State Park was established in 1970, mountain biking didn’t exist. The Specialized Stumpjumper — one of the first production mountain bikes — didn’t arrive until 1983. RockShox introduced the first suspension fork in 1989. For the first fifteen years of the park’s existence, bicycles simply weren’t […]
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Thanks to everyone who came out last night, we had a great time! We had a few chips that didn’t read, and have updated the results with our paper timing backup. Let us know if anything else needs to be corrected. Hope to see you all at the ICY RIVER RAMPAGE in February! 2025 Merry
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Friday Dec 26th, 7pm. Join us for the Merry Masher fat bike race, a fundraiser for Chugach Mountain Bike Riders. MORE INFO HERE. We’ve got a new course for you this year using “Lemon Squeezy” a new connector for the green trails at Mirror Lake. This allows us to loop Easy Peasy and take advantage
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The expansion of the Chugiak-Eagle River trail system and the growth of Southcentral Alaska’s mountain bike community depends on donations from our trail users. Historically, CMBR has been able to match $10 to every one dollar you have donated. (Many employers have also doubled your donations, thank you!) Please consider an end of year donation
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Race 1 of 3 of the TREK WINTER FAT BIKE SERIES! Register here: 25-26 Trek Winter Fat Bike Series We’re going AFTER DARK for the 9th annual Mirror Lake Merry Masher winter bike race, a fundraiser for the Mirror Lake Singletrack. About this event * Registration ends Thurs 12-25-25 11:59 pm. There is NO IN-PERSON registration*
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PLEASE SIGN BOTH FORMS: CMBR 2025 WAIVER: CMBR Waiver | Chugach Mountain Bike Riders EL JEFE VOLUNTEER CHECK IN: https://portal.goldenvolunteer.com/opportunities/unw1VNHvjA Let’s get the El Jefe JUMP LINE ready for opening! We have a tons of roots to lop, some dirt and gravel to haul, branches to pull back, and tread to smooth. We’ll also do
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This past week ProTrails has been building the alternate line on the new EL JEFE jump line at Mirror Lake, Alaska. The intent is to make this alternate route a black-diamond adaptive MTB line, but also to allow ride-arounds for the larger jumps on the main trail. Once the machine work is done and the trails dry
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THE 300 MILE CHUGACH MOUNTAIN BIKE TRAIL Chugach Mountain Bike Riders (CMBR), Singletrack Advocates (STA), and Valley Mountain Bikers and Hikers (VMBaH), working together as the Alaska Off-Road Cycling Alliance (ORCA) are proposing the 300-mile Chugach Mountain Bike Trail: starting in Anchorage, continuing to Seward and ending in Hope. BIKING ON LONG TRAILS (BOLT) This
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A Vision for Chugiak-Eagle River Trails and Pathways Please go to Recreational Trails Plan – PublicInput and give a thumbs up on our proposed Chugiak-Eagle River trail projects. Feel free to add your own comments as well. Public Input is Needed While the proposed update to the Recreational Trails plan includes two high-priority trails: the
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Anchorage and the Mat-Su Valley have over 200 miles of trails open to mountain biking; nearly 120 miles of those have been built specifically for bikes. Local Southcentral trail clubs Chugach Mountain Bike Riders, Singletrack Advocates and Valley Mountain Bikers and Hikers spent over a year working with national trail building nonprofit IMBA Trail Solutions
Anchorage & Mat-Su Strategic MTB Trails Plan. Read More »