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06/04/2026

repost: “🔥Prescribed Burn Planned in Soquel Demonstration State Forest🌲

Today, Thursday, June 4, 2026, CAL FIRE’s San Mateo-Santa Cruz Unit will conduct an approximately 8-acre prescribed burn near Sulphur Springs Road between 9AM and 5 PM!

⛔️Temporary closure: Sulphur Springs Road will be closed to vehicles, hikers, and cyclists during operations and may remain closed for several days afterward for public and firefighter safety.

This prescribed burn is designed to:
• Reduce wildfire fuel buildup
• Promote native plant regeneration
• Support the long-term health of the Coast Redwood ecosystem

Residents and visitors may see or smell smoke in the
area. Please follow all posted signs and closures.”

Thank you for doing this challenging work to promote healthy forests 🙏

06/03/2026

We’re back out at Calabazas Bike Park for a few more days of improvements.🪏

We just finished splitting the beginner jump line so one side now offers double rollers that are beginner-friendly, and the other side offers a tabletop jump for those looking to progress their riding (see pictured).

We’re currently working on some updates to the expert zone of the park and will have some more photos to share later this week.

🟢 We’ll be wrapped up by the end of the week, and the park is expected to be back open to the public this weekend! Stay tuned.

Thanks again to for bringing us in to support this project and to for helping make it happen.

06/01/2026

Last chance to sign up for National Trails Day…sign-ups close tomorrow. ⏳➡️ sign up at santacruztrails.org/ntd

🗓️ Saturday, June 6, 2026
☕️ Coffee and breakfast treats provided
⚒️ Trail work from 9am-1pm
🍻 Afterparty from 2-5pm with a free drink and meal for all volunteers at

🙌 Presenting sponsor (2 years running) =

📸 some favorites from National Trails Day over the years by .lotus

05/28/2026

Welp, this rain came in a bit stronger than we thought. 🌧️ Looking like our work day is getting cut short at the Felton Pump Track, but we’ll take a late May rain. This amount should give the trails a nice soak—let’s all wait until tomorrow to ride.

📊 We’ve already got .73” in our gauge here at HQ in town and looks like there’s still some more on the way. is forecasting upwards for .88”.

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05/27/2026

We’re making good progress on Trail 30 in Fort Ord and have officially reopened the lower segment. It’s been great to hear all of the positive feedback from trail users on the rerouting and tread repairs.

We’re cruising right along to the upper section. Huge thanks to the crew for the continued help out there! It’s coming together really nicely and this trail is going to hold up super well against the elements and amount of traffic it gets.

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05/26/2026

National Trails Day 2026 is less than 2 weeks out and a handful of locations are already filling up. Stop procrastinating, grab a friend (or 2 or 5), and get signed up. ➡️➡️➡️ santacruztrails.org/ntd

🗓️ Saturday, June 6, 2026
⚒️ 9am-1pm = trail work
🪩 2-5pm = afterparty at

🎥 National Trails Day 2025 recap by

05/21/2026

We’ve been back out at tuning up the dirt jumps and slopestyle lines. 🔥🌀 Thank you for respecting the closure while we’ve been hammering this out! Both areas of the park will reopen by Saturday, 5/30, at the latest.

We’re nearly done with this work and can’t wait for y’all to check out the new features and surfacing we’ve added. Our crew’s test riding right now and locking in the final details – the early report is that the new lines are running smooooooth. 🧈

We’ll share updates on our stories as the park reopens. Thanks to for bringing us on again to make more improvements at Cunningham! We love doing this work for the community.

05/20/2026

Monday night golden hour at Cotoni-Coast Dairies. 🌄

1. Wildcat (Toróma) Trail descent
2. Healthy Northern Pacific Rattlesnake
3. Can you spot the Rainbow Trout?

📸 killer photos by

05/06/2026

Update on the Felton Pump Track build. has Phase 1 grading underway and we’re hoping to wrap up as early as this week. & are helping us move things along super fast—we can’t thank those crews enough.

Tomorrrow is dropping off a huge donation of drainage materials and is getting us started on the plumbing.

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05/05/2026

Temporary trail closure on TRAIL 30 in Fort Ord National Monument for maintenance, drainage and route improvement efforts with & ⚒️

🗓️ Est. reopening = Early June 2026

Major thanks to John and Ralph from the crew for coming out every day to help out 🤝💪

Thank you for respecting this closure for the safety of you and others. 🙌

📸 Some snaps of the work so far by

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