Summit County Mountain Bike Alliance

Help us reach our $20,000 Colorado Gives Day goal to cover essential operational costs including tools, permits, training, and licenses so we can keep our mission running smoothly all year long.

SCoMBA is the local Summit County chapter of the International Mountain Bicycling Association, or IMBA. SCoMBA is the successor organization of the Summit Fat Tire Society (SFTS), which was founded over 30 years ago.

We have helped build, re-route and maintain numerous trails over the years, including: Aqueduct Trail, Aspen Alley, Blair Witch, B-Line/Barney Flow, Broken Wheel (the first black rated downhill only trail in the Dillon Ranger District), Colorado Trail, Gifford Pinchot, Groovy Uvi, Keystone Landfill Trails, Lenewee Trail, Peaks Trail, Ptarmigan Trail, Snake River Bluffs, the Soda Creek Valley trail system, the Tenderfoot Trail System, and Wheeler Trail.

In 2027, we will host community building events such as group rides, introductory mountain bike skills clinics, Together We Ride (Juntos Rodamos)  and social events such as Chain Reaction. Slush N' Spokes is our downhill mountain bike race at Arapahoe Basin which began in 2022.

2027 PLANNED TRAIL PROJECTS

• Soda Creek Trail - We will finish the ongoing reroute of the Soda Creek Trail by building 0.6 miles to replace 0.6 miles in partnership with the Wildlands Restoration Volunteers. This is the final section to complete this trail reroute begun in 2025. This project is estimated to cost $20,000.
• North Horseshoe Gulch Trail - The project will replace heavily eroded 0.6 mile of trail with roughly 1.39 new miles of trail. This proposed project will cost approximately $81,000. We are seeking grant funding from the Colorado Parks and Wildlife (CPW).
• Red Witch Trail - SCoMBA will reroute the Red Witch Trail. This trail connects the Blair Witch Trail, Red Trail and the Colorado Trail. The trail was heavily eroded, became overgrown, and was ultimately closed by the DRD. This reroute would reopen the trail, essentially creating a new trail in the Soda Creek Valley as far as most trails users are concerned. This project will replace 1.37 miles of trail with 1.52 miles of new trail and will cost approximately $88,000. We are seeking grant funding for this project from CPW.
• Wheeler Trail - SCoMBA will continue maintenance work on the northern end of the Wheeler Trail, preserving the rugged high alpine character of this trail. SCoMBA will repair a heavily braided section of trail by improving the tread of the primary route and filling the others. Rock walls will be installed to level the tread lessening erosion. Finally, drainage will be installed to increase sustainability and lessen erosion.

2026 TRAIL IMPACT

• Soda Creek Trail - SCoMBA built two new segments of the Soda Creek trail for a total of 2.34 new miles which were machine built and hand finished using more than 850 hours of volunteer time, paid for by $10,000.00 in donations, and $20,000.00 in grants.
• Gifford Pinchot Trail - SCoMBA made line of sight improvements and removed ankle height rocks from the trail tread.
• Colorado Trail - Colorado Trail, SCoMBA removed over 150 downed trees and maintained drainage.  Maintenance is ongoing.
• Wheeler Trail - The US Forest Service (USFS) planned to reroute a section. The proposed plans would have altered the nature of the trail and weren’t in keeping with the backcountry nature of the trail. SCoMBA advocated for the mountain bike community, made line of sight improvements, built erosion control, and added drainage. On the northern section of Wheeler SCoMBA made line of sight improvements.  SCoMBA’s advocacy and maintenance alleviated the sustainability concerns and allowed the USFS to leave the rugged trail as it is currently routed.

 WHAT HAS SCoMBA BEEN UP TO?

SCoMBA is stronger than ever and we have massive momentum right now! Thanks to our community, we’ve hired a full time Executive Director. This means our local trail projects are shifting into overdrive. In July 2024, we added 4 new Board members, some of whom have significant non-profit experience with Friends of Dillon Ranger District. We elected a new President, Treasurer, and Secretary from among our Board Members. The newly expanded board and officers have put in hundreds of volunteer hours since then and continue to work tirelessly to help us meet our goals by overseeing committees, training new volunteers, and more. 

THANK YOU FOR YOUR CONTINUED SUPPORT

You are someone who shows up for trails. SCoMBA needs your support to continue our mission to BUILD, MAINTAIN, and UNIFY. The amount of work we can accomplish depends on your donations and memberships bolstered by our success in obtaining grants. To complete our work on new trails and maintenance projects we are looking to secure over $200,000 in grant funding before the 2027 season. 

Your continued support helps us have a collective voice when pursuing these projects. Thank you for supporting the trails that matter to YOU!