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BICYCLING SEPTEMBER 2023 11 Upstate Mountain Bike Boom ▶ WRITER JOSH CLEVENSTINE AND TRAVIS BARNES ON NOOB(EE) TRAIL AT DANIELS ROAD. ▼ MBA TRAIL DIRECTOR DAVE WALTERS, KIRBY VAN VLEET AND STEVE WINKLER BENCH CUTTING THE HORNET TRAIL AT DANIELS ROAD. JOSH CLEVENSTINE ▶ SMBA PRESIDENT ART PICARD AND VOLUNTEERS MAKING A MUCH-NEEDED ROCK BRIDGE ON THE MAIN TRAIL AT DANIELS ROAD. JOSH CLEVENSTINE ▲ SMBA DANIELS LADIES RIDE WITH ASHLEY CLEVENSTINE, ERIN LASKY, JEN, MARY MARCINKO, AND BECKY LUSIGNAN. By Josh Clevenstine Whether you’ve been pedaling in the woods for decades, months, or just started riding, there has never been a better time to be a mountain biker in upstate New York. There is quality riding for ALL levels everywhere. I live across the street from Round Lake and whether I want to drive to the trailhead to be five minutes, three hours, or anything in between, a wealth of riding options is waiting for me. Twenty minutes north lies my personal go to, Daniels Road State Forest. The 523-acre area features designated mountain bike trails under the volunteer stewardship of Saratoga Mountain Bike Association. Daniels Road info: dec.ny.gov/ lands/104708.html. Under the leadership of president Art Picard, SMBA has added over five miles of sanctioned trail to Daniels as well as addressed problematic spots with some quality stone work. Art leads by example and the club has seen tremendous turnouts on trailwork days and outstanding snow tracking efforts for winter fat biking, which I’ve been involved with for two years. SMBA continues to grow and attract new riders and group members: saratogamtb.org. A few minutes north of Daniels on US Route 9 lies a plot of land that was once a graphite mine, a driving range, and is COMING SOON as a beauty of new intermediate flow network, Graphite Range Community Forest in Wilton – on trails built by Steve and Sylvia Ovitt’s Wilderness Property Management. It’s a multiuse, community-managed forest which will be owned by Saratoga County. Stretching across 200 acres, this will be a recreational hub for the surrounding communities and a space for environmental education and economic opportunity – all while helping to protect the ecological value and resilience in an area vital for regional natural resource connectivity. I got a chance to ask Ethan Winter, the current land owner with the drive to make this network happen, for his thoughts on the project so far. “As this project has developed, we focused on the concept of communities building trails and trails building communities. This project has been such a fun experience for my family and me because every time we take people out on the land, we make new friends. I tell people, it’s a community forest, and it’s also a friend factory. This project has been a way to engage the community in trail building and hopefully create a model for the Adirondack foothills, Saratoga and the Capital Region.” More info: saratogaplan.org. Just west of Graphite lies another network featuring Wilderness Property Management’s signature flow trails, Tupelo Community Forest in Greenfield Center. Tupelo opened briefly in 2022 but is temporarily closed while they secure a permit from the Town of Greenfield. Part of growing a mountain biking region is learning how to work well with local entities and this has been a learning experience for all, as the mission of Saratoga PLAN continues to move toward the goal of linking Daniels Road State Forest to Moreau State Park. “The team behind Tupelo is actively in the process of getting the permit.” says Will Aldrich, the current land owner of Tupelo Community Forest – which will be owned by Saratoga County, “Tupelo is a much mellower ride than Daniels Road and will be a great way for kids and families to get started on adventures in the woods on bikes.” It’s a 145-acre forest with three miles of narrow trails created to provide a welcoming forest recreation experience to be fun for beginner and intermediate mountain bikers, as well as hikers, cross-country skiers and snowshoers. It also has access to a grove of 800-year-old tupelo trees in adjacent Lincoln Mountain State Forest. More info: tupelocf.org. See BICYCLING 13 ▶
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