The Monterey Off-Road Cycling Association (MORCA) is the non-profit organization that serves as the voice of responsible mountain bicyclists in Monterey County. We support the County RMA staff’s recommendation to have a multi-user trail system at Toro Park similar to the Fort Ord National Monument, which has a culture of proper trail etiquette and friendly, read more…
Hey folks, take a look at the notes from our January Board Meeting. There are important meetings that affect us, upcoming events and volunteer opportunities. Also note the calendar items so you can save the date. Get involved and volunteer! MORCA_BoardSummary_20180108 Upcoming events…. January 13 – 9 AM to 1 PM, director’s review of SWOT read more…
Starting Thursday November 9th and continuing as late as November 17th, PG&E will be performing vegetation clearing around select transmission towers for tower maintenance (see the map below). Adjacent trails will still be open but signage along the trails will alert users of these activities. For additional information please contact: Evan Mulch PG&E Natural Resource Management (831) read more…
Hey folks. Night ride season is upon us and starting tomorrow (Wednesday October 25th, 2017 we will be operating under our Night Ride permit with BLM. Please RSVP at the following link and pay the permit fee via the paypal link on the web page. This week we ride at 8th and G. As in read more…
MORCANs!! Do you want to take more of a leadership role in the club? Nominations are open for directors for year 2018. Five of the six current directors have committed for another year if you feel they are doing a good job. One director is stepping down which means a seat on the board is read more…
This month the MORCA trail work day will be in conjunction with National Public Lands. MORCA will lead a “Ride and Trim” from the Public Lands day site on the Fort Ord National Monument starting at 9 AM on Saturday October 28th. Bring your bike and some trimming tools you can carry safely. Please sign read more…
Continuing our celebration of #NationalVolunteerMonth!
The Monterey Off Road Cycling Association (MORCA) has been actively volunteering at Fort Ord National Monument since 2009. They currently have around 30 active members, and 20 of them regularly participate in monthly trail work days. At one of these monthly trail days they reached out to local mountain bike teams and had 41 volunteers, many of whom were from the Salinas High School Mountain Bike Team. Throughout the year BLM works with Salinas High, Palma School and the Monterey Lightfighters mountain bike teams. These opportunities for local student athletes give them a chance to learn what it takes to build and maintain magnificent trails that they get to ride and race on throughout the year.
Over the past year MORCA volunteers have completed 1,020 hours of trail work at Fort Ord, and this total does not include the time spent planning and coordinating trail work. This work was done during monthly days with 88 different individuals. The have rerouted, restored and maintained 18 of BLM's 72 trails, or 25% of the single track trails, making them more sustainable for riders at Fort Ord.
It is very safe to say that without the work of MORCA the trails at Fort Ord would not be what they are today! Happy riding.
Stop by and say “hello” at Booth 243. Enter raffle for either a bike rack or a fox fork. 100% proceeds go to our Take a Kid Mountain Biking Day event.
MORCA preserves a little piece of history.
Protecting Trails for Monterey and Sea Otter | IMBA
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How IMBA and the local chapter protected places to ride in the Fort Ord National Monument
