News Releases
Heritage Park Restrictions Lifted
Heritage Park Trails are now open to bike and horse riders every day.
All signage at the Heritage Park trail intersections have been completed. We will continue working on placement of signs at strategic locations along the trails to remind users which trail they are on and to keep users on the right trails. However, with the intersections complete the Odd/Even Use system has ended.
Ride responsibly and enjoy your visit at Heritage Park
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March 2010 SORBA Board Meeting
Hey, you guys!
We're trying something a little different this year. We're turning the typical SORBA Board of Directors Meeting into a festival weekend at the Nantahala Outdoor Center in Bryson City, NC! The Board of Directors, the Regional Leadership Advisory Council, the Subaru-IMBA Trail Care Crew, and mountain bikers of all stripes will converge for a weekend of mountain biking, including trail education, riding, a party, and more riding!
Here are the details:
All are invited to joi...
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Road Closures At Lake Russell WMA
As of December 16, 2009, there are currently several road closures in the Lake Russell WMA which may impact your ability to ride there.
Be advised that Frady Branch Road, Red Root Road, and the SE section near Farmers Bottom and Soapstone Mountain are all closed, with several bridges washed out due to recent heavy rains.
You can check the status of all Georgia WMA closures at this site.
We keep tabs on the situation and try to post updates on Lake Russell WMA status as we get them....
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Bike, horse riders agree to share paths at Oconee's Heritage park
WATKINSVILLE - For Linda Kundell - and her horses, too - there's nothing quite like a ride through the woods.
"It's a very therapeutic thing for a horse to be out in the woods, instead of just riding around in a circle," said the Oconee County resident. "You can only ride around the pasture so many times."
Now that the county government has approved new equestrian trails at Heritage Park in Farmington, Kundell and dozens of other local recreational horse owners will have a place to trai...
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Horses to Gain Limited Access at Heritage
Representatives from SORBA Athens met with the equestrian group at Heritage Park last week to determine the best way to add a horse loop to the existing loop. It was determined that a core loop composed primarily of the old roadbed doubletrack could in fact be opened to horse traffic without much disruption to bike traffic, and that new MTB singletrack would be built to ensure that mountain bikes are kept primarily off the new horse loop.
The decision was based primarily on an attempt to p...
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Two Bridges Re-Route Upper Section
Final details of the upper Two Bridges re-rout are slated to be finished this weekend 02/22/09. Come on out and help if you can. We'll meet in the parking lot at 1:00 PM. Dirty Spokes has a race schedlued there in mid March so we want it completed by then. Nothing like a good race to pack down some fresh singletrack!!
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Forums Disabled
The SORBA Athens forums on this site have been taken down due to resource limitations. We apologize for any inconvenience and are working on a replacement.
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