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From one of the local email lists…

Dear Bay Area Mountain Bikers,

They are working on trail plans for the area around
Mt Tam but the currently
favored proposal removes bikes access as follows.
Please take a mintue to send an email as specified
below as they do listen
to a mass response (at Skeggs instead of just
removing CrossCut they
replaced it with a better singletrack after many
riders asked for it!).

Thanx,
Lori n Trent

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Help Mountain Biking at Marin Headlands and Fort
Baker

Let Golden Gate National Recreation Area (GGNRA)
know that you value trail
access at the Marin Headlands and Fort Baker! The
park is soliciting public
comments as it updates its transportation plan, with
major implications for
mountain bikers.

Local IMBA advocates have been heavily invested in
this process, but they
need your help to make sure trail access is
preserved.

While the draft plan contains a few improvements for
mountain biking, the
most significant management changes would eliminate
mountain bike access in
some areas. In particular, one critical destination
point will be closed to
bikes under the preferred alternative.

The deadline for public comments is August 13.
Written comments can be
submitted through an easy-to-use online form

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, via email
mailto:goga_parkplanning@nps.gov , or by sending
written comments to:

Superintendent
Golden Gate National Recreation Area
Building 201
San Francisco, CA 94123
Attention: MH-FB TMP

ISSUES AND TALKING POINTS

  1. The purpose of the plan is in part, to “provide
    improved access to and
    within the Marin Headlands and Fort Baker for a
    variety of users.” As well,
    it is intended to address the inadequacy of trails
    by improving trail
    conditions and connectivity, and to “create an
    attractive and viable
    alternative to auto access.” Let the GGNRA know that
    in important respects
    this plan fails to do that.

  2. The road up to Slacker Hill will be closed under
    the Preferred
    Alternative. It is a popular destination point for
    cyclists as well as other
    users. The plan envisions leaving the lower part of
    the area open to folks
    who study raptors. The GGNRA expects many comments
    on this. Please let them
    know that:

  • Slacker Hill has enjoyed long historical use by
    cyclists and other
    users without problems. Please leave it open.

  • Slacker Hill provides spectacular views of the
    Golden Gate, the
    city, and other Headlands locations that are unique,
    and unavailable at any
    other place. It is said to be the best view area
    within the Headlands.

  • Closure of Slacker Hill Road will deny hikers and
    equestrians the
    ability to travel between the SCA/Ridge Trail, and
    the top of Julian Road,
    creating a serious gap in access to the western part
    of the park.

  1. The preferred alternative rehabilitates the
    existing Dubois Road between
    the new pedestrian bike bridge at the intersection
    of McCullough and Bunker
    Roads, and Julian Road, (which allows bikes.) After
    rehabilitation, it will
    open this important connector to hikers and
    equestrians, but not bikes. Ask
    the GGNRA to permit bike access on Dubois Road.

  2. There is an important trail that will go between
    the visitor center at
    Rodeo Lagoon, and the riding stable. As the
    Alternative 3 map shows, it
    bends to the south, approaching Conzelman Road. Part
    of that trail will
    involve new construction. There will be a connector
    from that trail to the
    new Coastal Trail alignment on the south side of
    Conzelman, just east of
    Battery McIndoe. It is unclear how much of this
    important trail will be open
    to bikes. It is not discussed in the plan
    specifically, but it is on the
    map. It is clear the GGNRA does not want bikes near
    the stable. Since there
    is no name yet for this segment, we must ask for
    access, using descriptive
    terms. Here are talking points.

  • Ask the GGNRA to provide bike access to the trail
    that descends from
    Conzelman Road, east of Battery McIndoe, to the
    Visitor Center on Rodeo
    Lagoon. It is critical that cyclists have off road
    routes from Conzelman
    Road, down into the Valley. This is in furtherance
    of the Plan’s goal to
    improve trails and connectivity within the area.

  • Ask the GGNRA to provide bike access on the
    existing trail that
    starts at the riding stables, proceeds westerly,
    then southerly, passing to
    the east of the Headlands Center for the Arts, and
    finally joining the newly
    created Visitor Center - Conzelman Road trail.

ACCESS TO THE PLAN

Full copies of the plan can be accessed online

http://go.imba.com/site/R?i=kuYPnCpZksuzlXUkTw1cYQ..

. If you have
problems opening any files, please contact Steve
Ortega at (415) 561-4841,
or email mailto:goga_planning@nps.gov .

Alternative 3, within Chapter 2, is the preferred
alternative. To see a
comparison of the various Alternatives, look at the
Detailed Summary of
Alternative Actions, near the end of Chapter 2.
Finally, to properly
understand the alternatives, look at the Alternative
3 map, by going back to
the directory, and scanning down to Figure 2.4
Alternative 3 (Preferred Ped
Trail Bike.) Other maps are available there as well.

If you want pdf’s of any parts of the plan,
including Chapter 2 and the
relevant maps, or have questions, email Michael
mailto:imbamsk@musichael.com Kelley.

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