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Ride Report: Greensfelder


The DeClue reroute at Greensfelder is finished, so 7 of us decided to ride it on Sunday. We started at the Roundhouse parking lot and began by riding Dogwood counterclockwise. Dogwood is in great shape, even after taking a pounding during the Spring freeze-thaw cycle. The climb out of the... Read more

Tags: Greensfelder, new trail, Dogwood, DeClue

Greensfelder Workday Saturday 5/20


We're going to try and finish the re-route this weekend, but there are several somewhat complicated sections left to build, so we'll need help from all the experienced GORC trailbuilding experts we can get out there.
The map shows what's been done to this point, and what we hope to... Read more

Tags: workday, Greensfelder, singletrack, Trail Building

SIUE Connector Trail


Here's a detail of the newly constructed connector trail between Trails 1 & 3 at SIUE. Previously, you went to the first intersection with the cross-country trail and followed it down to the bottom of the hill, made a left, then a right on the asphalt. Now, the connector branches off... Read more

Tags: connector, SIUE, trail, illinois

Ozark Trail on the TeeVee


Not everybody gets the Ozark Trail Association's weekly email updates so I'll post this up here. John Roth of the OTA (and GORC, but he keeps that on the DL) just had a really big weekend with the Middle Fork / 200 mile grand opening celebration.... Read more

Tags: ozark trail, OTA, TV, John Roth, Interview

SIUE Workday- Saturday, April 29 + Other Happenings


We'll be cutting a short connector trail between the 1st and 3rd sections of trail out there, and doing some maintenance leftover from the construction of the 3rd section last fall. You might even learn the (im)proper way to carry tools. The fun starts at 8:45 am.

SMBA is also... Read more

Tags: ozark, trail, SIUE

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