Photo from Summit County Mountain Bike Allliance
With Memorial Day this year comes the full-fledged start to mountain bike season in Summit County, and local leaders are excited for a strong summer after a 2020 when the community was affected by novel coronavirus regulations.
“That’s what I’m exactly excited about: the return to normal,” Maverick Sports Promotions Event Director Jeff Westcott said Friday, May 28. “This season is pretty much a 180 (degree turnaround) from last year, when we could only proceed according to the current guidelines. This year, we were encouraged to plan for normal and scale back if necessary. And that’s a different vibe ‘if necessary.’”
The Summit County Mountain Bike Alliance on Thursday, May 20, hosted the first of an expanded calendar of events this summer that will include twilight trail work, mountain bike skills clinics and dig days. The.
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