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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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
25th Annual Downieville Classic Registration Opens February 17 at 8PM PST
Bar ends, V-brakes, three front chainrings and sub-par suspension with 80 millimeters of rubber elastomer travel; this was the mountain bike technology of the day when the first annual Coyote Classic...
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship is applying for CA OHV Grants
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship is applying to CA OHV to perform maintenance on the Downieville Trail System. For more information on this project head...
Lost and Found Gravel Grinder Registration Opens January 20
One of America's top gravel events expands for 2020 Celebrating its seventh anniversary of taking adventurous cycling souls through the remote and rugged beauty of the Lost Sierra near Lake Davis,...
SBTS Announces Mountains to Meadows
Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship Announces Mountains to Meadows The “Original Gravel Enduro” expands with a new name and more good times with good people After a successful five-year...
NorCal Trail Stewardship Camp: 2019 Recap
We are pleased to share this story from Vanessa Hauswald, Executive Director of the NorCal High School Cycling League, about the summer camp we do in partnership with them each year. NorCal Trail...
Understanding E-bikes and What They Mean to Lost Sierra Trails
The mission of the Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship (SBTS), a 501c3 non-profit organization, is “Building sustainable recreation-based communities through stewardship, job creation and world-class...