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I spoke with Mike McIlroy, the park manager of Sterling Forest today. He said that these past two storms are the worst that he has seen in the seven years that he has been at Sterling. They have done some repairs to the lot and surrounding area. However their rubber tire backhoe out for...

There will be another trail race on July 15. It starts and finishes at Laurel Meadows parking lot. The half and full marathon runs will go around the main loop in a clockwise direction. The full marathon does the entire course twice. I do not know how many participants are registered. Map

If you have ever wondered what the iron tank thing that you pass by on Redback is or wanted to learn more about Augusta Mine that you ride through on the new trail then this is a good opportunity to take advantage of. Sponsored by The Friends Of Sterling Forest. The presenter, Doc Bayne...

A ribbon cutting was held yesterday afternoon to celebrate the opening of the Augusta Mine Trail and a portion of the rebuilt McKeags Meadow Trail. These trails are the combined efforts of both Palisades MTB and the New York, New Jersey Trail Conference. They add about 2 miles of a ‘lollipop...

Come help PMTB finish the new trail. Sunday, August 14, 8:30-12:30. We are nearly done connecting the new Augusta Mine Trail to the McKeags Meadow Trail. The plan for the 14th is to finish a significant piece of what remains. We will be doing some digging and grading on about 150’...

The Sterling Furnace Trail Run is being held on Saturday, April 23 this year. https://www.sterlingfurnacehalfmarathon.com/ Expect parking to be congested, especially the Caretaker lot where the race begins.

Machine work started last Monday. So far about 300’ of machine built trail on top of 700’ that was hand built. The section that was made this week was incredibly rocky. The machine is immensely faster than building by We will have a volunteer work day this coming Saturday, November 13...

There will be a Half Marathon in Sterling Forest on Saturday September 18. The course starts at Caretaker lot, follows the loop in a CCW direction on Hutchinson/Red Back, goes to the South Gate parking lot and then returns to Caretaker lot on Munsee-Eagle. It then continues on across Long...

After months of planning and advocacy, Palisades MTB is excited to announce that we have received approval to begin construction on a new trail segment in Sterling. Initially, we will begin work by hand but we also received approval to bring in mechanized equipment to speed up building on...

I think it was lost today. It was looking pretty clean. Found it this afternoon near the barrel bridge. Kind of ironic losing the thing that’s supposed to help you find lost things eh? Its now on the caretaker parking lot kiosk. Above the trail map.

The PMTB crew started placing rocks at the Antler Creek bridge in Blauvelt today. We got three in and in general made a bigger mess out of the place than it was to start with :) . The goal is to replace the rotting wood bridge and harden up the perpetually muddy approaches with rocks from...

With a little help from the puppy I took care of another perpetual muddy spot this winter. 21' of rock causeway replaced what was often muddy and where the trail was splitting out into separate muddy bypasses. Dec 31, started ditching out a drain. January 2, water flowing out and trail is...

@nomad can claim first tracks on this new skinny. Made it looks like childs play. He came along right as I was finishing. The log is up off the ground, hopefully it will last a few extra years. It sucks carrying the bottle jack but it earns its keep.

Took care of things on the home front today so we will be working tomorrow, Sunday, September 27, at the crack of dawn. You can come any time. Help for a few hours if you are out taking a ride. At this Location or on the trail From Caretaker Lot if we get side tracked on the way. There...

I'm looking for a donation of shin/knee protection to wear while working on the trails. For protection when making bigger rocks into smaller rocks with a sledge hammer. When a chip flies and hits you in the shin it really hurts. This kind of work. Something like a pair of old 661s...

Heads up people, There will be a Half Marathon Trail run in Sterling Forest on September 19. Due to Covid it is limited to 40 runners + staff. The race will start at Caretaker parking lot. It will cover the multi-purpose loop in a CCW direction with a water stop at the South Gate parking...

The Swamp Thing bridges have been rebuilt by Palisades MTB First Ride Across Riders Eye View Materials were funded by donations and Palisades MTB memberships. Thanks go to all who volunteered and contributed.

The Americorps/NYNJTC crew is scheduled to be work rebuilding the McKeags Meadow trail this week. Shown on the 2009 Master Plan. The Augusta Mine trail, called AM/ARC on the master plan has not been approved yet, so for the time being McKeags and the Current loop will remain disjoint except...

We will be out doing trail work this coming Saturday. 8:30am at Caretaker Parking lot on Long Meadow Road or anytime after on the trail. We will quit probably about 2:00. Current weather forecast is 60 degrees with no rain. Task of the day will be hardening up some of the persistent mud...