News/Events

Tonight's ride at New Quarter Park is canceled due to poor trail conditions.

Tonight's ride at Harwood's is canceled due to poor trail conditions.

The night ride at Freedom is canceled for tonight due to predicted rain/snow.

The Marshview Park working party scheduled for this Saturday has been moved one week to Saturday, 29 January. Same time and format, just a date change.

We are having another working party at Marshview 9 to Noon, Saturday the 22nd of January. We will meet at the dog park parking lot: 141 Marshview Dr, Virginia Beach, VA.

You guys know the drill, if you've got a favorite tool you'd like to use (McLeod, Rake, Pick etc) go ahead and bring it.

We've got some cool features to build this time so we would appreciate all the help we can get.

All night rides this week (Harwood's - 4 Jan, New Quarter - 5 Jan, and Freedom, 6 Jan) are canceled due to poor trail conditions caused by the recent winter storm.

EVMA appreciates riders who pick up deadfall and litter from the trails; this helps us maintain the trails and is approved by the municipal parks departments who own the land.  Any maintenance activity beyond that, however, needs approval by those park authorities because they are legally liable for your “help”.  That’s why EVMA has formal agreements with the municipalities who provide the land, and we have to have insurance to indemnify them.  Unsanctioned maintenance such as leaf-clearing, building additional features, etc., is not welcome and risks actions from the parks departments that impact us all.  And sometimes they ask us to return the trails back to their original state which creates more work for us. So please don’t do it.  If you want to help, just contact EVMA via our Facebook channel or email and let us know so we can coordinate it as a covered activity.  Thank you.

YRSP Closure - The park will be closed for a managed deer hunt November 8-9 and November 29-30.  For more info:

https://www.dcr.virginia.gov/state-parks/york-river

Volunteers Needed - Want to see more group rides?  Consider leading a group ride.  You don't have to be the fastest or the most skilled, just responsible enough to ensure all members get off the trail safely.  Contact Melanie at melanie_storrs@yahoo.com with where and when you would like your group ride.  She will advertise it to the group and it's a party!  Thank you for stepping up.

Harwood's riders - this weekend (31 Jul - 1 Aug) we will be opening that segment of the "A" trail that was previously closed due to logging operations supporting the Dominion Power utility pylon replacement project. The very end of the "A" trail (about 30 feet total) will be temporarily rerouted out to Multi-Use trail 1 (MU-1) so as not to interfere with the Dominion work. The temporary entrance to the "B" trail will remain in place until that utility work is complete. Thanks for your cooperation and support.

We are gathering information of who has an interest in attending the EVMA fall trip to Douthat State Park September 17th-19th.  Due to an increased interest in camping and multiple foot races in the park that weekend, the group was only able to get 2 camping spots which will hold 6 tents.  Some members may already have cabins or camp spots.  Please email Jim Irby at jimirby@aol.com if you have an interest in going.