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2025 SBTS Earn a Bike Program
SBTS’s Earn a Bike Program, Sponsored by WOOM, gets local youth rolling on two wheels and invested in trail stewardship. Kids ages 7-9 participate in educational sessions covering: trail work,...
2024 Trails Report: Surpassing 200 Miles and Building in New Territory
In total, trail crews constructed 21.78 miles of new trail in 2024, bringing SBTS’ grand total to 216.38 since it formed as a nonprofit organization in 2003. Last year was another big one for trail...
Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative Awards SBTS Grant to Aid in Post-Dixie Fire Maintenance Work on Mount Hough
QUINCY, CA—Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship (SBTS) is pleased to announce a $19,940.20 grant from Yamaha Motor Group’s Outdoor Access Initiative to help fund the continued restoration of the Mount...
5 Bucks a Foot Moto Raised $42,231 for Trails
We have a winner!! Congratulations to Jay Vice, the randomly selected winner of the 5 Bucks a Foot "Twist The Throttle For Trails" fundraiser. Jay lives in Nevada City and rides with the Nevada...
Together, We Raised Over $55,000 With $5 A Foot
We are happy to announce Brian Mott as the winner of this year's 5 Bucks a Foot Santa Cruz Bicycles Heckler SL custom build! Brian is a longtime supporter of SBTS who has done it all: raced Grinduro...
Grinduro is Returning to Quincy in 2025
Top photo credit: Tibidabo PhotographyQUINCY, CA—Grinduro is returning to Quincy, California, 10 years after Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship (SBTS) hosted the very first Grinduro race on Mount...
Builders for Builders Raised Over $20,000
Sending a MASSIVE thank to nearly 700 (!) of you who donated in this year's Builders For Builders Fundraiser! Together, we brought in more than $20,000 for trails in the Lost Sierra. Special nod...
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship Launches Mountains to Meadows Trailfest September 19-22, 2024
Come for the trails, stay for the party! Quincy-based Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship is launching a new outdoor festival this fall called Mountains to Meadows Trailfest, a four-day celebration...
Radius Outfitters Package Fundraiser Raised $3,021
Sending a big congratulations to Alyse Langer, winner of the Radius Outfitters fundraiser in support of SBTS. Alyse won a prize package of Radius gear boxes, totes and accessories, a @solostove Mesa...
Comments Needed for 2024 Downieville and Quincy Trailwork
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship (SBTS) has applied for a project grant this year and needs your comments to CA-OHV on both so we can receive the grant and continue providing #dirtmagic to the public!...
The 2023 SBTS Trails Report: 20 Years, 200 Miles of Trail Built and More Progress On the Way!
In 2023, SBTS staffed three Pro Trail crews—one based in Downieville, one in Quincy and one in Portola/Greagle—employing 24 crew members, as well as a 20-person youth crew, which worked for eight...
$5 a Foot Has Ended, Thank You to Everyone Who Contributed to Trails!
We have a winner! Congratulations to Aubree Watkins, who takes home the grand prize in our 2023 Twist The Throttle for Trails moto fundraiser—a KTM Freeride E-XC electric bike, as well as...
The Downieville Classic RETURNS July 11-14, 2024 for its 26th Year
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship’s marquee race returns for its 26th year next summer, furthering the organization’s mission to build sustainable, recreation-based communities through...
Registration Opens Tuesday October 24 for Lost and Found Gravel Festival
PORTOLA, CA—Registration opens on Tuesday, October 24th for the Lost and Found Gravel Festival, presented by Cervélo, a multi-distance gravel race and expo held in the heart of northern...
Sierra Nevada Conservancy Awards SBTS $747,445 for Construction of 15 Miles of OHV-Legal Singletrack on Verdi Ridge near Truckee
Commanding views of Stampede Reservoir and the Sierra Crest from Verdi Ridge - photo @ken_etzel Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship (SBTS) is pleased to announce a $747,445 grant from the Sierra...