2015 Year End Review1Genesee Regional Off-Road Cyclists G.R.O.C. PO BOX 25674 Rochester NY 1462505/01/23

Agenda

– Welcome– State of the Trails Presentation– GROC Survey– Awards Presentation– Bike Festival Announcement

Wrap Up

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About GROC

GROC’s Mission:

To be an inclusive community designing, building, maintaining and riding sustainable shared-use trails

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Volunteers Do It All View of volunteer hours – 11,668 hours since 2008 in over 11 local Parks

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Our Core ParksGROC’s core parks – 10,361 hours in these 4 parks alone

Averaging over 2,590 hours per park since 2008

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Value Of Volunteers

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Value of GROC Volunteer Hours$313,394 Source independentsector.org

GROC’s Major Volunteer Contributors

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Park Presentations

Tryon Park

Tryon North Exit to West BayCounty Property

North Tryon

Issue :The north side is split by City Owned Property

Still Waiting on County Approval

We have decided to move ahead and start north exit and create loop back to existing double track

Potential for adding a new lower loop in north that would create a significant size loop

Tryon North Exit to West Bay

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Tryon North Exit

Side Walk

Cross Walk

Orchard Park BlvdWest Bay

OCP 2015 Peter Landre, GROC Trail Manager

By the Numbers…

• 400+ hours of volunteer time, plus 10 days of mini-excavator time

• Completed construction of Black Trail

• Added technical features on Green, Violet, Brown, Purple, Black

• De-bermed and added drainage features to all trails

• Cleared leaves spring and fall on all trails (multiple times!)

• Cleared dozens of downed trees throughout the year

• Posted the park boundaries before hunting season!

• Park hosted HC24, Mountaineer and several trail running races

• Usage appears to have increased significantly

About the Park• Owned and managed by Ontario County

Park-Anthony Roberge-Park Manager

• 400 acres of land

• Camping and picknicking amenities, lodges, ADA accessible

• Heated bathroom and showers

• 2200’, about 6 degrees cooler on hot days

• 17 miles of shared use trails

• Channery silt loam soils that generally compact and drain well

Excavator at Work on Black• 4 people plus operator

• Average about ~500 feet/hr of “finished” trail

• 10 days ~ 200 hours

• Finish back cut, bench raking and shaping, initial rock install on corners and low areas, removing debris including axing roots, and naturalizing

2016• Maintain what we have!• Small re-route for HC24• Black trail small projects-benching,

more banked turns, more technical features

• Rock garden trail• Scouting future opportunities

Dryer Road Park2015

• Work Parties and Volunteer Hours

• Projects Completed• Goals for 2016

Work Parties and Volunteer Hours Even before the snow melted and the

ground thawed, we began flagging and building new trails

12 large work parties, mostly on weekends, occasionally weeknights, with 8-52 volunteers

28 small work parties, mostly on weekday early morning

Innumerable contribution by individuals on their own

916 total volunteer hours (recorded)

Projects CompletedNew Trails

o Big Easy- Novice level. Least technical way to get to top of hill

o Stormy- Using part of the decommissioned Pinball, this was created to be a one-way up trail. Slightly technical (roots). Good grind.

o Jasper- Similarly, using part of the decommissioned Humpty Dumpty trail, we made a more flowy, longer and sustainable intermediate trail

Projects Completed (cont’d)Trail Reroutes and Improvements

o Eye of the Snake- bypass of an eroded section, adds length and interest

o Eagle Trail -long reroute of lower sectiono Owl’s Maze- fairly technical new turn to

bypass a badly eroded section. Added pavers to repair an eroded spot

o Bone-A-Part- rebuilt dropo Tree Beard- added pavers and reshaped

an eroded S-curve o Ribbon Candy- Reshaped an eroded turn

and added a drop o Ipod- Added pavers and filled in eroded

spots in two spots

Projects Completed (cont’d)o Eagle- added pavers and fill to correct an

eroded sectiono Moon Valley- added a large, crushed-

stone water catch basin, added some grade reversals and repaired rutted spots

o Juicy Bacon- reshaped first major dropping turn

o Ziggy- added log and dirt grade reversals to repair an eroded spot

o Den- reroute after first drop near Kaleidoscope

o Chutes and Ladders- added pavers to repair eroded section and redefine the correct line

o VHT- used fill and pavers to correct a badly eroded section

Other Accomplishments Signage- Mary Lee has hand painted

dozens of new signs, some to mark the new trails and others to replace aging, broken and faded ones

Mapping- Scott Page laid out all the trails including the newest additions and major reroutes of others for an up-to-date version. He has done this while creating a digital file that has been sent for posting by GROC and Victor Parks and Recreation, which allows for easy updating as changes are made

Permanent bike repair stand with air pump and attached tools, donated and maintained by Victor Parks and Rec

Goals for 2016 Trails:

o Elevator- we have closed it off and started reshaping the climb to include steps and pavers to correct erosion and improve drainage. This should be completed as first project of 2016

o Epping Forest- we flagged an added section to be built in 2016

o CMP- we would like to see a major revision to be sustainable and yet very technical and challenging

General goals:o Improve volunteer involvement. Broaden

the participation by the mtn biking communityo Add features to the trails, some as optionso Increase grade reversals on existing trails

Thanks!! Many thanks to all our dedicated volunteers.

You not only make it possible to accomplish so much, but you also keep us excited and motivated to keep improving this wonderful gift of a park that we all enjoy.

Thanks to Brian Emelson (and the Town of Victor) for all his encouragement, emotional and material support and friendship. He not only started legal mtn biking in our area but also has worked tirelessly to make Dryer the most used trail for riding in our system.

Thanks to Jeff Rader and his staff. Even though they are incredibly busy throughout the season, he graciously and promptly responds to our various requests for materials, tree removals and access road repairs

IrondequoitBay Park West

2015 Projects

• 767 Hours in 2015• 34 Work Parties• Averaged about 8 volunteers per

event• Events on Monday, Tuesday,

Wednesday evenings• Some weekend sessions• Worked on Orange, Blue, Green,

Purple

Trails at beginning of 2015 season…

Green• 8) First project of the season• Fixed eroding downhill edge by

use of 6x6 timbers and rebar• Lumber provided by MCP• Added anchor rocks to define

shape of preceding turn• Armored approach to boardwalk

Orange• 1) Finished Orange Extension and

opened mid-spring!• 400 hours total (2014-2015)• Unique character for network• Unsustainable trail being taken

offline (help from MC forestry)

Blue• 2) Re-route as part of Orange

Extension project• Added length to trail• Used outslope on edge of plateau• Split rail fence provided by MCP

• 3) Giant S replaced scramble up from big bench

• Cribbing material provided by MCP

• 4) Re-routed unsustainable climb/descent below tennis court

Blue, Orange, Red• Reroute of sweeping curve that had

been widening• New line is more rolling and

incorporates anchor rocks• Added anchor rocks across gully to

define corner• Re-route of intersection above big

bench leading up from trolley bed• Eliminated a dangerous approach to

the descent down to the trolley bed • Project led by new leaders• Closed down a fall-line trail that was

not part of the official network

Purple• 6 & 7) Many adjustments to

benching and shape• Projects defined and work led by

up and coming Trail Crew leaders

Network at end of 2015 season

GOALS• Continually improve sustainability • More trail diversity – primitive to MTB-optimized• Maintain friendly, shared-use atmosphere with less trail

density (low mileage)• New expert-only features and flow trail lines• Improve trail building skills and employ new techniques• Update and improve accessibility – signage and mapping

(name trails for colorblind?)

2016 Projects

Overlook Trail• Project nearing completion (mid-spring opening)• Less predictable shape for different character

(diversity)• Will likely be a favorite for all user groups

• Decommission “Middle Orange”• Create connectivity to make Red a

through-trail• Design and build expert-only features on

Red loop (possible new color)

• Thank you all volunteers!• Thank you Monroe County Parks• Open to suggestions and

collaboration: adam@mygroc.com• Looking forward to 2016 season!

Thank You!

• We need your help to plan ahead!

• Let’s talk about how to take this thingThere are 2 pages to the survey

First page asks about your thoughts on the trails in the parks you ride (OCP, Tryon, BPW, DRP). If you ride in more than one park, please fill out additional pages

Second page asks about volunteering, you only do one of these

You don’t need to put your name unless you want more info about volunteering

• We will be having an informational meeting on Feb. 20 for anyone interested in learning more about volunteering with GROC

GROC Survey

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GROC 2015 Awards Presentation

The 411 on Fat Tire!No more Fat Tire Festival

What:

New Festival!

Who:

For everyone that loves bikes

Where:

Dryer Rd. Park

When:

June 5 – 6

Why:

Because we LOVE bikes!

Reminders…

• Volunteer Committee Meeting Feb. 20 @ 1pm back here in Hazelwood Lodge

• Keep up to date with GROC info on our webpage www.mygroc.com and like us on FB if you haven’t already!

• If you ever have questions, comments, or ideas email us info@mygroc.com

• Thank you for your continued support & thanks for coming!

Wrap Up