Knapsack Downhill Open for Riders!

If you have been following the BMORC Facebook page, you would probably have guessed that the Knapsack Downhill Track has been given the all clear by the Blue Mountains Council to be ridden!

The required signage has been installed and can be seen here if you want to see what they look like before visiting.

http://bmorc.com/node/43572

http://bmorc.com/node/43573

BMCC have done a final walk with Dirt Art and with IMBA today looking at the last details that need to be ticked off. They are also working on a forward action plan for maintenance issues to be handled on volunteer days.

Further there is a tentative plan for an official opening of the trail on the Saturday 21st September. This is yet to be confirmed and I know Kingy wants to do a good ceremonial BBQ that day as well! Hopefully we can show some of the councillors in person what this project has all been about.

The first video is in from Kingy here, quality of filming could be better so lets hope lots more videos and pics appear.

http://youtu.be/7IVZsd8fD5A.be

Finally a big thanks for the efforts of the people at BMCC who have worked with us on this project from Trish Kidd, Matthew Chambers, Michael Hensen and a few years back Soren Mortensen. Obviously Simon French from Dirt Art for his constructions and Nick Bowman from IMBA. Also the people involved recently from BMCS who may certainly not support the project but have been able to work with council to produce a strong solution meeting sustainable requirements. Also the councillors involved from the beginning to get original approval that include Brendon Luchetti and Mark Greenhill's efforts for riders to have somewhere to ride.

So lets now get lots of tracks down the trail!

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