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24 Sep

Our Forests Are Open – Let’s Get Back to It!

The Dixie Fire is nearly contained thanks to the amazing work of fire fighters, forestry technicians and support personnel and our recent, much-needed rains! Blue skies are back and the forest is...
9 Sep

Sierra Nevada Brewing Co. Teams With SBTS And Bike Industry Greats For Disaster Relief

Sierra Nevada Brewing Company has teamed with Paul Component Engineering, Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship (SBTS) and other notable cycling industry brands to build a pair of fully custom bicycles to...
19 Apr

Comments Needed for 2021 Downieville and Quincy Trailwork

Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship (SBTS) has applied for four project grants this year and need your comments to CA-OHV on both so we can receive the grants and continue providing #dirtmagic to the...
10 Feb

Shimano North America Bicycle Named 2020 Partner of the Year

Every year SBTS gives special recognition to a partner that goes above and beyond to help us create Dirt Magic, and we are very excited to announce Shimano North America as the SBTS Partner of the...
2 Feb

SBTS Celebrates 100 Miles of New Singletrack Built

It all started back in 2003 with the purchase of a chainsaw and a desire to keep trails in Downieville open and passable for the public. Seventeen years later, in 2020 SBTS celebrated its 100th mile...
24 Nov

Connected Communities Small Town Stories Celebrate 2020 Victories

Over the last few months, SBTS Executive Director Greg Williams has racked up countless hours behind the steering wheel crisscrossing the Lost Sierra, meeting with locals and key stakeholders to...
18 Aug

Taylorsville – first stop on the Connected Communities Tour

Connected Communities – an SBTS legacy project of joining 15 communities across three rural Northern California counties by trail – is officially up and running. After months of preparation, SBTS...
26 May

A New Trails Renaissance

If there's one thing learned from our newfound reality, it's that trails are an essential part of human existence. As long as organisms have roamed Earth under their own power, there have been...
7 May

25th Annual Downieville Classic Canceled

With great sadness the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship announces the cancelation of the 25th Annual Downieville Classic. Although the decision to cancel was agonizing due to the impact on racers,...
30 Apr

Santa Cruz Bicycles Manufactures and Donates PPE for Lost Sierra First Responders

(Downieville, CA) April 30, 2020 - The Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship, in partnership with Yuba Expeditions bike shop and The Lure Resort in Downieville today announced a generous donation from...
16 Apr

SBTS Partner and Volunteers of the Year for 2019

WTB is the 2019 SBTS Partner of the Year! Wilderness Trail Bikes (WTB) has been a part of the Lost Sierra trail scene since the early 90’s when their staff visited Downieville for a Coyote...
10 Apr

Yamaha Awards grant of $26,822 to Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship

Donation to provide a fully equipped trail tools wagon as part of the ongoing effort to encourage safe, responsible and sustainable open riding areas in Plumas and Sierra Counties. Quincy,...
9 Apr

Lost and Found 2020 is Canceled

Yesterday we made the painful announcement that Lost and Found 2020 is now canceled to protect the safety of citizens and visitors to the Portola, CA area in early June. We responded to the urging of...
27 Mar

Comments Needed for 2020 Downieville and Quincy Trailwork

Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship (SBTS) has applied for four project grants this year and need your comments to CA-OHV on both so we can receive the grants and continue providing #dirtmagic to the...
24 Mar

Mountains to Meadows Registration Coming Soon

More than a gravel event, the “Original Gravel Enduro” is a celebration of the outdoors – come for the ride and stay for the party Good rides and good times with good people; it's a recipe...
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