Help Open Singletrack at Minnewaska State Park
Minnewaska State Park's scenic vistas have made it a destination for New York mountain bikers, but bicycles have always been confined to wide carriage roads. As New York State Parks solicits comments on its draft master trails plan, your input is needed to create new singletrack experiences.
This is your opportunity to help shape the future of mountain biking at this wonderful park. Please write a brief letter in your own words using the following talking points to respectfully request access to singletrack trails.
Take Action!
Request singletrack open to mountain biking at Minnewaska State Park. Create your own letter from the talking points below and send the park an email: Mark.hohengasser@oprhp.state.ny.us
The deadline for comments is August 11.
Talking Points
Please provide singletrack trail opportunities for mountain bicyclists in Minnewaska State Park, including the recently acquired Awosting property.
Narrow, singletrack trails provide a high-quality experience desired by most mountain bikers. They bring us closer to nature and also help reduce speeds.
Mountain biking is a quiet, human-powered activity and scientific research has shown its environmental impacts are similar to those of hiking and far less than other uses.
Getting more people out to appreciate nature creates a broader volunteer base to draw upon when help is needed to maintain trails or preserve habitats from invasive plants or other threats.
If you are willing to volunteer for trailwork events, bike patrol, or other services at Minnewaska, please mention that in your letter.
Additional Information
Check out a slideshow from the Concerned Long Island Mountain Bicyclists' (CLIMB) group ride at Minnewaska. http://www.climbonline.org/new_paltz_2004_01.html
The Minnewaska State Park website:
http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkId=78
If your from out of state, please mention the tourism benefits that many miles of singletrack trails will provide. A few days of riding, hotel, camping and restaurants etc.
Thanx!
Mike Vitti
NY IMBA Rep
Minnewaska State Park's scenic vistas have made it a destination for New York mountain bikers, but bicycles have always been confined to wide carriage roads. As New York State Parks solicits comments on its draft master trails plan, your input is needed to create new singletrack experiences.
This is your opportunity to help shape the future of mountain biking at this wonderful park. Please write a brief letter in your own words using the following talking points to respectfully request access to singletrack trails.
Take Action!
Request singletrack open to mountain biking at Minnewaska State Park. Create your own letter from the talking points below and send the park an email: Mark.hohengasser@oprhp.state.ny.us
The deadline for comments is August 11.
Talking Points
Please provide singletrack trail opportunities for mountain bicyclists in Minnewaska State Park, including the recently acquired Awosting property.
Narrow, singletrack trails provide a high-quality experience desired by most mountain bikers. They bring us closer to nature and also help reduce speeds.
Mountain biking is a quiet, human-powered activity and scientific research has shown its environmental impacts are similar to those of hiking and far less than other uses.
Getting more people out to appreciate nature creates a broader volunteer base to draw upon when help is needed to maintain trails or preserve habitats from invasive plants or other threats.
If you are willing to volunteer for trailwork events, bike patrol, or other services at Minnewaska, please mention that in your letter.
Additional Information
Check out a slideshow from the Concerned Long Island Mountain Bicyclists' (CLIMB) group ride at Minnewaska. http://www.climbonline.org/new_paltz_2004_01.html
The Minnewaska State Park website:
http://nysparks.state.ny.us/parks/info.asp?parkId=78
If your from out of state, please mention the tourism benefits that many miles of singletrack trails will provide. A few days of riding, hotel, camping and restaurants etc.
Thanx!
Mike Vitti
NY IMBA Rep