Thursday January 22 marked our annual Calpine trail work day. FOBM board members and somewhere north of thirty Calpine volunteers tackled the old Ball Cap trail. We split up into three teams, one working on a realignment around a huge root ball and tree on Hardtail trail that fell during one of the intense late December storms and the two other teams started from opposite ends of Ball Cap and worked toward the middle. Bushwacking through the brush and downed trees was challenging but the two teams came awfully close to meeting before breaking for pizza and dessert also provided by Calpine. Since the formation of FOBM Calpine has been a fantastic supporter in terms of both funding and the hard work in clearing and rebuilding trails. Many thanks to Calpine and all who took the day off from their regular jobs to join us in bringing back Ball Cap trail. Unfortunately I forgot my camera that day however if anyone that joined us that day took pictures, I would be happy to post them.
Thank you Middletown Composite Mountain Biking team! On Saturday morning January 10 the Middletown Composite Mountain Biking team gathered at Boggs and headed out to the trails. This time on foot carrying rakes and loppers rather than riding their bikes. The enthusiastic group cleared, cut back brush and raked trails while coaches and parents cut and removed deadfall on trails that fell during recent storms. Thanks to the energetic team most trails are ready for them and you all to hit the trails again!
Storm damage 12/28/25
Recent severe storms have wreaked a little havoc on our trail system at Boggs. Many trails have trees and other debris on them. FOBM will be clearing the trails in the next several weeks but please be advised that, if you choose to come up, be prepared to do a little tree hopping. Moreover, particularly equestrians and mtn bikers as well, please avoid muddy sections of trail to avoid further damage. If you do come up and encounter trees blocking the trail we have a simple form you can fill out and submit to alert us to the location. The form can be found here.
Prescribed burn December 16th – 19th
CAL FIRE will be conducting a prescribed burn at BDSF for the next several days. Gail’s trail and road 500 will be the main area impacted.
Christmas Tree Sales Event
Many thanks to all who participated in our first annual Christmas Tree Sale this past weekend. Board members gathered on Thursday December 4 to harvest the trees and we joined up with the Breakfast with Santa event on Saturday December 6 and 7th for the sale at the Little Red School House. I want to offer a special thanks to our members and Board members who helped with the project, Robert Stark for the use of Little Red, Robert Thomas of R2 company for the use of their trailer to haul the trees and Rich Bucher and CAL FIRE for making it all possible. Everything earned goes into bringing back Boggs!
