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The Emma McCrary Trail construction has been completed!


The grand opening of the Emma McCrary Trail will be June 1st at 10 am at the Pogonip trail head on Golf Club Drive. Come out to see Mayor Hillary Bryant, designer and crew leader Drew Perkins and all the volunteers and supporters of this trail.

Over 300 of you donated 3,500+ hours and $34K to fund and build this 2 mile trail in about a year. What a fantastic accomplishment for this community. It time to celebrate!

The following map shows the locations of potential places to park. Click on the icons for details. You should consider parking far away riding to the Pogonip.

Parking for Pogonip Trailwork at Golf Club Drive

Parking for Pogonip Trailwork at Golf Club Drive


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The Pogonip is a 640 acre park in Santa Cruz between the Harvey West commercial district and the campus of the University of California Santa Cruz (UCSC). In 1989, the Pogonip was bought by the City of Santa Cruz for $15M back from the Cowell Foundation using CALPAW state initiative funds.

There are 8.1 miles of single track and fire roads of which 0.7 miles (the U-Con trail) are open to bikes. The U-Con trail connects Hwy 9 near the Rincon parking lot to upper campus and is generally the way that mountain bikers experience the Pogonip.

In March 2012 Santa Cruz City Council passed the Parks Departments recommendation to construct the Pogonip multi-use trial. This trail will parallel the eastern boundary of the open space. This 1.5 mile long trail would connect Golf Club Drive with the U-Con Trail and the Rincon fire road and will be family and beginner friendly. It will offer a spectacular scenic trail experience through redwood trees and bay tree groves. This trail was proposed as a long term mitigation to the transient camping and herion dealing that had taken root in the area.

The benefits of the 1.5 mile multi-use trail (MUT) goes far beyond the scope of the reducing negative use. Some benefits include:

  • Provides a safe (but off road) eastern bike route into UCSC for commuters.
  • Provides additional recreational facilities for families, residents.
  • Provides more economic opportunities for downtown businesses.

We need help from the community to build and fund this trail. We need to raise about $10,000 – $15,000 to complete the construction. Please consider volunteering your time or making a donation to help make this trail a reality. The sooner we can build it the sooner we can ride it.

Thank you very much for your support!

Mountain Bikers of Santa Cruz

Building a Wall on The Emma McCrary Trail

February 7th, 2013

Next workday on the Emma McCrary Trail in Pogonip will be Saturday, February 9th at 9 am.

This trail will connect U-Con to Golf Club Drive and is designed to be a sustainable, beginner friendly, and fun way to get from downtown Santa Cruz to Henry Cowell, the upper UCSC Campus, and Wilder Ranch State Park.

We will be meeting at the Pogonip Ranger Station at 9am and working until 1pm. Park your car or bike at the gate at the end of Golf Club Drive and walk up the paved road for about 10 minutes. The ranger station is a few hundred feet past the old clubhouse.

Looks like the weather will be nice again this weekend. A big thank you to Eric Decker for sponsoring Woodstock Pizza this trail day. We will have very tasty coffee to get us started donated by Verve Coffee Roasters as well as Rebecca’s Mighty Muffins donated by Rebecca’s at the Tannery.

Please bring sturdy shoes, long pants, gloves, and water. We will be working on building the southern end of the trail connecting to Golf Club Drive and much of the work will be out of the trees so bring sunscreen, hat and sunglasses as well. I can also promise poison oak free work opportunities at this workday. Tools and instruction will be provided.

This time lapse shows the progress we made building a rock wall at the southern end during the last session over the course of a couple hours.

Please sign up at trailworkers.com

We are starting to get close to finishing the trail and I am hoping that it will open by the end of March, weather permitting. We have been making progress on the bridges and should start construction soon. I will send out more info soon if you would like to help. The last three weeks we have partnered with the Earth Stewards Project at the Natural History Museum to bring local high school kids out to help with construction of the trail. We have had great groups from Natural Bridges and Ponderosa High Schools and I want to thank them for their hard work.

The next scheduled workday after this weekend is February 24th, and we are also meeting regularly at 8:45 AM on Thursdays at the Ranger Station to do trailwork as well. Hope to see some of you out there.

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Next Emma McCrary Trail workday is Sunday, January 20th. Sponsored by Mick’s Automotive.

January 15th, 2013
Micks Automotive

Mick’s Automotive is a full service auto repair shop. We specialize in Acura, Honda, Lexus, Subaru, Nissan, Infiniti and Toyota repair.

The next workday on the Emma McCrary Trail in Pogonip will be Sunday, January 20th and wil be sponsored by Sponsored by Mick’s Automotive.

This trail will connect U-Con to Golf Club Drive and is designed to be a sustainable, beginner friendly, and fun way to get from downtown Santa Cruz to Henry Cowell, the upper UCSC Campus, and Wilder Ranch State Park.

We will be meeting at the Pogonip Ranger Station at 9am and working until 1pm. Park your car or bike at the gate at the end of Golf Club Drive and walk up the paved road for about 10 minutes. The ranger station is a few hundred feet past the old clubhouse. Looks like the weather will be nice again this weekend. We will have a pizza lunch after we work sponsored by Mick’s Automotive. We will have very tasty coffee to get us started provided by Verve Coffee Roasters. Please bring sturdy shoes, long pants, gloves, and water. Tools and instruction will be provided. We will be working on building the southern end of the trail connecting to Golf Club Drive.

Please sign up at www.trailworkers.com

Next scheduled workday after this weekend is February 9th, and we are also meeting regularly at 8:45 AM on Thursdays at the Ranger Station to do trailwork as well. Hope to see some of you out there.

Finishing up switchback

Finishing up switchback

Emma McCrary Trail

Morning mist along the Emma McCrary Trail

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Awesome video recap of Bell’s workday on the Emma McCrary trail

December 26th, 2012

Check out this sweet video recap of the Bell/Blackburn Design workday on the Emma McCrary trail in Pogonip Monday 12/17. Bell also donated $5000 towards the construction of this trail earlier this summer and has been a huge supporter of MBoSC events such as the Santa Cruz Mountain Bike Festival and the Santa Cruz Super Enduro.

MBoSC is grateful for this generous local industry giant’s involvement in our passionate mountain bike community. Huge appreciation to Bell and Blackburn for their generosity and time…they rocked that rainy day!

The next workday on the Emma McCrary trail is Saturday, January 5, 2013, 9 am – 1 pm, meet at the Pogonip Ranger Station. For more info, email trails at mbosc.org.

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Next Pogonip workday on the Emma McCrary trail is January 5th. Sponsored by Epicenter Cycling.

December 13th, 2012

Epicenter Cycling

Our next big workday will be Saturday, January 5th, and will be sponsored by Epicenter Cycling. We will be meeting at the Pogonip ranger station at 9 am. Park your car or bike at the gate at the end of Golf Club Drive and walk up the paved road for about 10 minutes. The ranger station is a few hundred feet past the old clubhouse. Sign up at www.trailworkers.com.

Being sturdy shoes, long pants, gloves and water. Coffee, lunch, tools and instruction will be provided.

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