Partners
2021 Platinum Sponsors
UROC promotes and supports the local Mountain Bike Community in the Comox Valley.
Through trail advocacy, volunteerism, promotion of the sport and fundraising, we are able to encourage participation for all as well as maintain and build the local trail infrastructure.
2022 Membership
Membership with UROC supports trail access and maintenance, and allows you to participate in all UROC activities from our race events and group rides to community programming.
2022 Members:
Community Engagement
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UROC Trail Illumination Initiative
The Cumberland Trail Network is home to some 180km’s of trails and an extremely active local community and UROC membership. This new trail illumination initiative is another Cumberland first and will serve as a 24/7 trail user experience through the spring, summer and fall seasons. 120 Solar powered illumination units will be mounted on 12ft poles and installed in the trail skills area close to the fringes of the Village of Cumberland.
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Two notifications of forestry operations – spring 2022
Mosaic Forest Management and the United Riders of Cumberland (UROC) wish to advise users of the trails in and around Allen Lake and on Davis Lake Main of forestry operations this spring, please read for further information.
Bakers Dozen used to have a fast road crossing in the middle of the trail, a climb into a braided rock bluff and did you know that there’s an old original line that’s in the forest being unused avoiding all these issues. In an effort to create a true bakers dozen of 13 features we took out the road crossings, decommissioned the climb and returned the bluff to nature. We also decommissioned the ride outs leading to an active forestry road and reinstated a creek crossing away from the road. This rebuild makes up a 13 tally which includes the original step down on the old trail with some new turns, berms, humps, pumps, hops and pops to negotiate…. and don’t forget, we rebuilt the wall ride and gap jumps last year. When you add up the new features we think we’re getting nearer to the magic 13 of a Bakers Dozen… and given that the trail is a double black diamond trail you can expect to have a ‘lucky 13’ good time. Bakers connects you from Cupcake or Chunder and links you into Knuckers or DCDH.
Enjoy.
The CoalTown Throwdown Women's Enduro main event is sold out, but there are 20 youth spots remaining! $30 for youth 8-12 for this ~15km course. Register and join the pre-ride on May 24th at 4:15 with ride like a girl ambassadors Emmy Lan and Jade Blouin-Comeau. Further, join the group ride on race day, led by Cheryl Glennie, or ride with a non-racing parent or alternate support person.
Link in the bio.
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This weekend is the Island Cup XC-cross country mountain bike race on Sunday, May 15th. Please see the route map and try to avoid these highlighted trails if you're not racing. You'll see the trails marked with Shimano flagging tape and arrow markers. The race is live from 11am till 2pm and we're thrilled to announce that we will have a youth-only course appropriate for kids under 12 and the best part is its FREE.
If you haven't signed up yet, you best get yourself registered as spots are few and youth places are not too many.
Sign up today, link in the bio.
The Cumby Trail race will take place today, May 7th. Up to 800 runners will be stretching their legs in the quest to win the 7th edition of the race.
We ask trail users to please avoid the marked race route between 9am and 11.30am
Fingers crossed the weather holds and happy racing.
During the weekdays from 5am till 5pm the clear cut section of Vanilla will be closed.
This is a while the boundary along Shortline is seeing active logging operations and a safety distance of two tree lengths is required to operate safely. In terms of trails this means that the safety boundary must extend to the top of the clear cut section of Vanilla, thus shutting off Shortline and then extending the boundary to where Shortline meets Blue Collar.
During weekends the signs will be lowered and access is permitted however, during the week and during operating hours of 5am to 5pm, please abide by all signage. Operations along the Shortline boundary will be for a few weeks dependent on weather.
Thanks to the trail building gang of volunteers who worked effortlessly with Al Munday of the River Rats to recently complete the sanctioned climb trail up Nikkei mountain. The trail is to be called the Red Tape trail after the well known beer at the local brewery 😉
This new blue square trail connects the road from Branch420 to the Ridge trail via Ridge Climb on the southern side of the mountain. Ridge climb is a steeper but easy black diamond trail to hike-a-bike or ride with spectacular views as it benches underneath the Ridge cliff. Both of these climb trails give trail users the quick and easy access to the top of Nikkei and all the preceding trails there after such as Rhizome, Garlic bread, Banzai and onto Woodcutter or Popper.
Enjoy.
