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California Representative Tom McClintock Introduces Legislation to Remove the Blanket Ban on Bikes in Wilderness

According to a March 3, 2017 Press Release from the Sustainable Trails Coalition (STC), Congressman Tom McClintock (R-California) has introduced legislation which would allow federal land managers to regulate bicycle use on wilderness trails, effectively removing the blanket ban on bicycles which was put into place in 1984, some 20 years after the original Wilderness Act …

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One Year Later: Is Sun Valley Still Worth Visiting after Losing MTB Trails to Wilderness?

Sun Valley, Idaho burst onto the radars of many mountain bikers in the worst way possible: by losing access to miles upon miles of epic singletrack. If you were reading mountain bike news about 12 months ago, Idaho’s Boulder-White Clouds Wilderness was splayed across the front pages of news sites like ours, with headlines like …

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The Top 10 Places We’d Love to Mountain Bike… If It Was Legal

With the Sustainable Trails Coalition’s bill officially introduced in Congress, we can’t help but daydream about all the places we’d love to ride our mountain bikes… if only it was legal! With over 109 million acres of designated Wilderness in the United States, plus thousands more miles of singletrack outside of Wilderness areas that are also off limits …

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Responses to 5 Arguments Against the Human Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act

Editor’s Note: John Fisch is an avid backcountry enthusiast who hikes, bikes and backpacks at every opportunity. While John is a regular contributor to Singletracks.com, the opinions expressed in this commentary are his alone and do not necessarily represent the opinions of Singletracks.com. The recent introduction of the Human-Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act into Congress has unsurprisingly …

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IMBA Publicly Opposes Amending the Wilderness Act

In response to the recent news that the Sustainable Trails Coalition’s bill has been introduced in Congress, IMBA has released a public statement that they say, “is intended for local IMBA chapter leadership who may have questions about this new Bill focused on mountain biking on federal lands.” Regardless of who it’s intended for, this …

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California Representative Tom McClintock Introduces Legislation to Remove the Blanket Ban on Bikes in Wilderness

One Year Later: Is Sun Valley Still Worth Visiting after Losing MTB Trails to Wilderness?

The Top 10 Places We’d Love to Mountain Bike… If It Was Legal

Responses to 5 Arguments Against the Human Powered Travel in Wilderness Areas Act

IMBA Publicly Opposes Amending the Wilderness Act

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