Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, June 14, 2005. Hugo Martín A new trailhead will provide access to trails in the lush, rolling hills of the former Ahmanson Ranch just west of Woodland Hills. At noon on July 2, the Santa Monica Mountains Conservancy will open a trailhead Read more…
Rescue team hijacks helicopter for own use The St George Spectrum, May 7, 2005. Washington County Search and Rescue did get called out Friday to rescue a mountain biker who had broken a leg, Cox said. The accident occurred at Little Creek Mountain, southwest of Apple Valley. Cox did not know Read more…
Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, May 3, 2005, and the IMBA web site Joe Robinson Mountain bikers may soon put knobby rubber on unpaved park roads under an agreement announced Monday between the National Park Service and the International Mountain Biking Assn. The deal would let mountain Read more…
Christopher Reynolds takes the wild ride into Copper Canyon. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, April 12, 2005. By Christopher Reynolds, Times Staff Writer The shrine of the Virgin Mary is the tip-off: It’s all diabolical from here. My bike and I have been skidding and sliding for Read more…
Conflicts among hikers, bikers and horse riders cause dust-ups on the ground. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, March 22, 2005. By CHARLES DUHIGG, Times Staff Writer THE rain stopped, and scores of day hikers, mountain bikers and horse riders converged on the Mulholland Scenic Overlook trail, one Read more…
A letter to the editor Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, Letters to the Editor, February 26, 2005. Re “Lost Coast Finds New Guardians,” Feb. 20: As a mountain bike advocate and environmentalist, I have spent more than 18 years trying to build a coalition between mountain bicyclists Read more…
Rolling in agony and ecstasy: The path to Shangri-La in the Santa Anas pushes bikes and muscles to the thigh-burning limit. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 22, 2005. By ROY M. WALLACK, Special to The Times THE Santiago Truck Trail is no longer passable by trucks Read more…
Natural forces have limited man’s intrusion in the rugged landscape. Now a federal bill aims to keep it untrammeled. Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, February 20, 2005. By JULIE CART, Times Staff Writer BLACK SANDS BEACH, Calif. — Pounding waves scour these jutting headlands, dredging rock and Read more…
Battle of wheels Source of this article – Los Angeles Times, January 25, 2005. ByJim Rossi, Special to The Times LOGGERS ravaged the Santa Cruz Mountains in a redwood-slashing frenzy a century ago before a Northern California family acquired a piece of the scarred slopes near Aptos. Intent on healing Read more…
The rider: Mehran Moghtader, a 37-year-old family-practice physician from Hollywood The credentials: Primarily a street rider, he had cranked on a mountain bike about a dozen times. The feat: A run down Mammoth Mountain’s Bullet, a five-diamond chute in winter The hype: “Six-foot drops, huge boulders and tight turns have Read more…