March 13, 2024, 6:55 a.m. -  Adrian Bostock

last spring there were a couple people regularly riding the legal non motorized trails on dirt bikes, to the point of occasionally running a few people I know off trails. kind of weird considering that there is a large and exceptional moto area across the valley. One trail night we pulled up to a trailhead in my truck to do some work and out pop 5 kids on dirt bikes. I called them over and talked to them. It was a funny chat.  you know you are not permitted on these trails? I know! then what are you doing? How do we get back to X? which went pretty well. I suspect these kids are not the folks who are regularly riding the trails but they were actually just a bit lost looking for a way home. pretty impressive considering these kids come over the mountain on an evening ride. having worked with a bunch is user groups in the last few years. dirt bikers are the closest kin to mountain bikers. we have very similar values. and mostly we are happy to respect each others zones. mountain bikers tend to be a little extra entitled, moto riders are a bit more friendly. but we are very similar.