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2026 CMBR Youth Bike Check

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Free youth bike checks Thurday June 18th, 6:30-8:30pm at Mirror Lake Park.
Bring your kids, helmets and bikes! We will have a line of coach volunteers to safety check bikes and helmets, as well as a mechanic from the Trek Bicycle Store of Anchorage there to make simple adjustments.
Youth participating in CMBR kids are required to have their bikes safety checked before riding with the club. If you are unable to bring your child, their bike and their helmet to this Tuesday’s free safety checks you will need to bring it to a shop for a safety check, this usually runs $50-$100.
Youth from the community are also invited to bring their bikes for a free safety check.
THIS IS NOT A DROP-OFF EVENT. A responsible adult must supervise your child(ren) for the entire evening.
CHECK IN: First, check in and pick up your Bike Safety Checklist.
SAFETY CHECKS: Next, your youth will work with a volunteer coach to check helmet fit as well as bike size, tires, wheels, brakes, headset, chain, and derailleur/shifting. If they pass all the checks they will receive a safety check medallion for their bike and you’re done!
SAFETY ADJUSTMENTS: If your child’s bike needs brake or derailleur adjustments they will proceed to a second station where a volunteer mechanic will assess and adjust their bike so it shifts and brakes properly.
BIKE REPAIRS: If your child’s bike needs repairs, and not just adjustments, you will need to bring it to a bike shop before riding with the club. Most shops are booked out one to two weeks for repairs.
We always recommend bringing your youth and their bike to the nonprofit Off the Chain Bicycle Collective. Off the Chain is not a drop-off bike shop, but rather a volunteer run bike collective that will teach you and your child to repair their own bike. Off the Chain runs by donation, so this is a very affordable option for families that cannot make the bike checks. See less

2022 Muddy Masher Downcountry MTB Race

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Need an excuse to ride the NEW TRAILS at Mirror Lake? Check out Ben’s Bike Playground? Join us for the MUDDY MASHER mountain bike race!

About this event

* Registration ends Sat 09-10-22 11:59 pm. There is NO IN-PERSON registration*

We are pleased to announce Trek Bicycle Store of Anchorage as the sponsor for the first annual Mirror Lake MUDDY Masher DOWNCOUNTRY bike race!

What does downcountry mean? Welp, it’s your standard multi-lap XC MTB race with the new downhill lines in the loop. These are all rollable, but should put a little excitement into your flow! (as well as some climbs to get your heart racing.)

This is not a cyclocross race. 2.2″ width tires minimum to protect the trails.

The race course is dependent on conditions, but expect a short course (6+ miles) and a long course (12+ mile) options that can be finished within the 2-hour time limit. There will be a youth single-lap race starting at the same time.

This event fundraiser for Chugach Mountain Bike Riders and proceeds will go to support the improvement of the Mirror Lake Singletrack.

When: Sunday, Sept 11th. Bib Pick-Up 2pm. Race Start 3pm.

Where: Mirror Lake Park, Mile 24 Glenn Hwy, Chugiak, Alaska.

Cost: $35 adults/$15 youth

Merry Masher 21 Course Map

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The 2021 Merry Masher course is groomed and ready to ride! Course is counter-clockwise starting at the beach and then around Mirror Lake. Cut up at the Lakeside bench, out Easy Peasy, around Raven’s Ridge to Edmonds Lake, around the lake and up Red Bog trail to the clockwise entrance to Hot Tamale, cut left at the northern part of the 5k Multiuse and head back and take Wilson’s Way to the finish.

REGISTRATION INFORMATION AT: https://cmbralaska.org/2021/11/27/merry-masher-2021/

Trail Building Starts July 16th!

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We are happy to announce that phase two trail construction will begin July 16th!

This year we have new TRAIL CREW hats to recognize folks who volunteer at least 10 hours on phase two trail building crews.

We hope to see you all sporting one!

VOLUNTEER TRAIL CREWS MEET THURSDAYS 6:30-8:30pm!

NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY!

1. Thursday July 19th 6:30-8:30pm

2. Thursday July 26th 6:30-8:30pm

3. Thursday Aug 2nd 6:30-8:30pm

4. More dates to be announced.

We meet at the Mirror Lake Singletrack Trailhead at the north end of the parking lot, the far end away from the lake.Come out and join us!

Public Notice – Recreational Trails Grant Program

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Public Notice – Recreational Trails Grant Program

The Recreational Trails Program grant applicant listed below provides this courtesy notice. If you have any questions or comments about the proposed project, please contact the grant applicant. Grant applicants should post this notice for at least four weeks prior to the application deadline.

Posting Date: September 15th, 2017

1. Grant Applicant Contact Information:

Name of Organization or Agency: Alaska Trails

Contact Person: Steve Cleary

Mailing Address: P.O. Box 100627, Anchorage, AK 99510

Phone: (907) 334-8049

Fax: None

Email: steve.cleary@alaska-trails.org

2. Project Title: Mirror Lake Singletrack – Phase 2

3. Project Description Summary:

Alaska Trails and the Chugach Mountain Bike Riders will collaborate to design and build 3 miles of designed use singletrack mountain biking trails. The trails will be located on the Edmonds and Mirror Lake Municipal Park Land in Chugiak. The singletrack trails will be integrated with the current nordic ski trails that are located adjacent to the Glenn Highway. Phase 2 of the project will build on Phase 1, which was made possible by a previous RTP grant.

The Chugach Mountain Bike Riders have been working on this project for more than four years and have received unanimous approval for the project from the Eagle River Parks and Recreation Board of Supervisors and the surrounding community councils. The groups plan to use both professional and volunteer labor for Phase 2 of the project.

4. Project Location:

A. Identify the nearest community(ies): Chugiak, Peters Creek, Mirror Lake

B. Attach a map showing the location of your proposed project (page two of this notice).

– Attached below – PROPOSED TRAILS ARE IN WHITE

C. Provide the meridian, township(s), range(s) and sections from a USGS topographical map.

– Anchorage B-7

CMBR Phase 2

PLEASE NOTE: PROPOSED TRAILS ARE IN WHITE

Public Notice RTP Mirror Singletrack Phase 2 2018 PDF for POSTING

Late September Work Parties.

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edmondstrails_9_14layersWe’ve got about 1/2 mile of trail left to cut, and also need to clears hazards along the entire system.  Join us at the second trail crossing on Camp Gorsuch Rd for our semi-weekly trail building sessions!

WEDS SEP 21st 6-8pm

SUN SEP 25th 1-4pm

WEDS SEP 28th 6-8pm

Bring work gloves and a lopper if you have one.  Youth under 18 will need a parent signature.

If you have a group that would like to come out and help, you may join us on our regular work days, or we can schedule a special session for you.

Thanks!

Weekend Mirror Lake MTB Trail Building Volunteer Work Parties

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cmbr4Hooray! We’ve got a few weekend work parties for you all!

Sunday Sep 11th, Saturday Sep 17th, and Sunday Sep 25th all from 1-4pm. Meet on Camp Gorsuch Rd at the 2nd trail crossing (before the Boy Scout Camps – the link on the map is a little too far down the road).

We have a lot more root cutting, trail raking and slope smoothing to do. Bring work gloves, a lopper or hand pruner if you have one, and youth under 18 will neeed a parent signature.

Goal: Hand/Tool work for finishing sections of newly cut trails.

We will continue to need volunteers every Wednesday 6-8:30pm, and either Saturday or Sunday from 1-4pm until the trails are completed or we reach our termination date in late September or early October.

CMBR Featured in Anchorage Dispatch!

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http://www.adn.com/outdoors-adventure/2016/09/04/mirror-lake-singletrack-provides-mountain-biking-trail-close-to-home/

Thanks Alaska Dispatch News for the positive coverage! We’re really pleased how the new trails are coming along. Next work party Weds Sep 7th, 6:30pm. Yes, we’ll be working even if it’s drizzling!

MTB trail building at Mirror Lake #4

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Join Chugach Mountain Bike Riders, Alaska Trails and Ptarmigan Ptrails for our weekly Wednesday night trail building work parties! We are putting in the first 3 miles of mountain bike flow trails at Mirror Lake Park before the snow flies! Bring work gloves. Youth need a parent signature on their waiver form. Thanks!

We have had dozens of volunteers turn out for the first three workdays and have been able get almost half of the trails completed, but we can still use all the help we can get!

WHERE: Mirror Lake Park, Mirror Lake Spur, Chugiak, AK (Take the Mirror Lake exit off the Glenn Hwy. Meet at the Alaska Trails tool trailer in the parking lot furthest from the lake.)

WHEN: Wednesday, September 7th, 6:30-8:30pm – Rain or Shine!