Wilton, NH, September 28, 2008 - Join a Society for the Protection of
New Hampshire Forests work party at the Heald Tract in Wilton, NH on
Saturday, October 17. Forest Society staff, land stewards, and other
volunteers will clear, reroute, and mark trails; build bog bridges; and
complete other trail maintenance tasks on this 400-plus-acre
reservation.
Donated to the Forest [...]

I don’t usually blog about things so far afield, but this one is too cool to pass it up. The northern branch of the NH state prison is putting inmates to work trail building in Berlin. BTW, did you know that the United States incarcerates a higher percentage of its population than any other nation on [...]

As reported in the Lowell Sun, and previously on these pages, there’s a new rail trail a comin’ round the bend, the Bruce Freeman trail. The first 6.8 mile section officially opens on Saturday.  The trail will run south through Chelmsford and beyond. The north end is near the Lowell/Chelmsford border (and the junction of 495 and [...]

As I mentioned recently, I had come upon some ruins of the old settlement of Monson while exploring around the Granite Town Rail Trail. Last night, I revisited some other trails in the area, around Federal Hill in Hollis and Milford, and off the Monson Center site…
Some of the old trails west of Federal Hill Road [...]

Much as I enjoy hill climbing (and descents), sometimes I like to ride the rails, too. A recent note from reader Gerry Kemske reminded me that I still hadn’t visited the Granite Town Rail Trail, so I remedied that this last weekend. (See also this map).
 
I’m glad I did: it’s a good area, with enough [...]

If you like a bit of challenge with your mountain biking, and you haven’t been lately to the Yudicky Fields and Lovewell Pond trails, it’s time for another visit.

For one, the field around the old dirt bike track is in glorious bloom, and better yet, the trail-smiths of the New England Mountain Bike Association have [...]

The Society for the Protection of NH Forests writes:

Concord, NH, June 15, 2009—One of New Hampshire’s most well-loved mountains needs your help. Mount Monadnock’s trails were heavily damaged during the December 2008 ice storm, and the Society for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests is organizing a clean-up effort. Forest Society staff and volunteers will [...]

Of all the local mountain bike trails, I think Hazeltine is my favorite (although I admit, more often than not, my favorite is whichever trail I am riding at the moment). The area off Austin Road in Amherst has terrific variety, from double-track to single track to where-did-the-trail-go track, loads of fun natural obstacles, and [...]

Last Chance to Register for NEMBA’s Trail Building & Advocacy School
 
The deadline to mail in your registration is over, however, we are extending the “phone-in” deadline until tomorrow, May 5th.  Call 800-576-3622 to register.
 
This weekend trail building and advocacy weekend will offer instruction on designing and caring for multi-use trails and topics taught by experts from [...]

There are still an awful lot of extra obstacles on an awful lot of trails as a result of last winter’s ice storm, and various groups will be getting together to do something about it.
This coming Sunday morning, a group from the Wilton Lyndeborough Winter Wanders snowmobile club will be working on the rail trail through [...]