Vail Valley Mountain Trails Alliance

15 Years of taking care of trails in the Eagle County

The VVMTA was formed in 2011 in response to declining land manager resources. Local trail networks pass through USFS, BLM, State, County, local government, and private lands. Functioning as a valley wide "nonprofit open space department", VVMTA maintains and advocates for these trail networks that are so important to the community and visitor's quality of life. 

With an annual budget around $1.6 million, we are a small but mighty team and our work is made possible by donors, 1,200+ yearly volunteers, and organizational partners. 

Thanks to a group of generous donors, every gift will be matched up to $50,000. When you donate today through the end of the year, your impact goes twice as far toward our $100,000 Colorado Gives Day goal. Give today and fuel the programs, stewardship, and access our community relies on for the next 15 years and beyond.

How Funds Are Used

• $300,000/yr - Paid seasonal trail professional team of 8 working all summer on projects across the county with land managers and partner organizations 

• $116,000/yr - Manage the Eagle County VVMTA Adopt a Trail program in its 10th year with 63 teams, 1,000 volunteers, and more than 125 events each summer

• $80,000/yr - Soul Dirt "Outdoors for All" program guides hiking, biking, and backpacking trips. Removing barriers for access and providing healthy, healing opportunities to get outside, Soul Dirt builds a culture of stewardship across our entire community

• $70,000/yr - Run the Eagle County Youth Corps, a summer job program for local high schoolers that introduces them to recreation management career paths

• $60,000/yr - Staff popular trailheads with 2 employees and volunteers promoting responsible recreation, preparedness, wildlife respect, and Leave No Trace principles

• Allow year round staff to apply for, plan, execute, and report on over $500,000 in yearly grants and matching funds to ensure our trail systems are protected and cared for

• Support and advocate for local efforts to improve trail systems (e.g. Eagle Phase II, Eagle-Vail Trail Extension, Tennessee Pass Rail To Trail, Arrowhead's Quiver and Mountain Trail). Many of these are multi-year projects requiring behind the scenes work long before approval and construction.

• Manage the VVMTA built Eagle and Minturn Bike Parks in cooperation with local municipalities