Mark your calendars! April 28th is the return of the ever-popular CVCS Gear Swap! Hosted at the new Columbia Valley Centre, this event always brings out a great crowd. With the added space, we’ve decided to expand the scope of the swap to include all well cared-for outdoor gear! The […]
Andrew Hill
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The Columbia Valley Cycling Society is extremely excited to announce that we have been awarded a significant grant of $115,300 from the Columbia Basin Trust, to perform a number of long-awaited upgrades to the Mount Swansea Recreation Site. Funding is being granted through the Columbia Basin Trust Recreation Infrastructure Grant. […]
March is here, and so is the snow! For those of you with Fat Bikes, it’s safe to say the winter has been pretty fantastic! For those of you without, you should probably fix that for next season. With ample snowfall, (mostly) reasonable temperatures, great group rides, Nipika’s Cross River […]
Somewhere deep under the snow, our trails are enjoying their winter slumber – dreaming of hooting and hollering riders. By now, many of you are starting to have that familiar “itch” to get out on the trails – so here are a few things to look forward to for the […]
Groomed Fat Bike Trails? Pardon my Drooling… Snow, snow everywhere, and not a trail to ride! We’ve been blessed with abundant snowfall so far this year, and with snow, comes fat biking. Fat bikes have exploded in popularity, with many residents and visitors alike hitting the trails all winter long. Historically, we […]
The Columbia Valley Cycling Society is actively looking for a few good AMAZING volunteers to help positively impact the cycling scene in the Columbia Valley. If you like bikes, event planning, trail development, maintenance and beer – we should talk. The CVCS has a very busy few years coming up, full of […]
In case you’ve been out of the loop (or living under a rock), the Crown Land access closure has been rescinded as of 1pm on Friday, September 15th! This means that ALL of the CVCS’ managed trails (Lake Lillian, Kloosifier, Mt. Swansea) have now re-opened to the public! Conditions are […]
As of 1pm MST, all crown land in the Rocky Mountain Forest District is closed to public access – this includes the Lake Lillian, Kloosifier and Mt. Swansea trail networks. For more information, refer to the press release from FLNRO below: In the interest of public safety, effective at noon […]
On Tuesday, July 11th, the CVCS held their 2017 Annual General Meeting, at Lions Hall. Topics included a review of the 2016 AGM Minutes, financial statements, and reviews of the membership base, and volunteer work performed over the past year. 2016 was a record year for memberships, and over 1000 […]
In the struggle to secure long term, sustainable access for mountain biking, a common criticism is that “mountain bikes destroy the land”. It is a very legitimate concern – if bikes cause irreparable and sustained damage to trails, there is really no way for trail access to be sustainable at […]