Latest News from Georgia Recreational Trail Riders Association
- Hooch Dual Sport Ride 2024 june 8-9On-Line Registration is now OPEN!. The 2024 Hooch Dual Sport Ride is coming June 8-9, 2024. So mark your calendars. The event will again be hosted at Two Wheels of Suches, TWoS, in Suches GA. * All participants must Pre-Register on-line.* There will be no walk-ups.* There is a 150 rider limit.* Registration will close …
- GARTRA 2023 Year in Review2023 Has been a great year for our trail systems, as we were able to accomplish quite a bit. For Whissenhunt, Trail Captains James and Nathen Wascher were successful in working with the USFS to mark the bulk of the Whissenhunt trails system 1 – Way. For 2024, the USFS Blueridge District applied for the …
- Oakey Mountain Workday April 2023If ya missed the workday this weekend here are a few pics and the summery of what we accomplished. Oakey Work/Ride ride day for April was a huge success. We had 10 or so folks show up along with Wesley and Barb from the USFS to remove the old kiosk and pay station, install the …
- Town Creek Trail Hardening Project, Day 1I left the house at 6:45 am heading for Town Creek to help with the first day of this project. The weather outlook was not promising, and I drove through multiple light rain showers most of the 85 miles to Town Creek. I wasn’t very optimistic about the rain holding off for the workday. I …
- Whissenhunt is Going to One-Way TrailsGARTRA president Bill Shilling has long been in discussions with the USFS to make the trails at Whissenhunt One-Way where possible to reduce the likelihood of head-on collisions and enhance safety on the trails. Recently the USFS approved the plan and gave us the go-ahead to arrow the trails directional. This past workday, Saturday 1/21/2023, …
- Great Turnout at Wooly’s Cycles of AtlantaTo kick off the new year 2023, GARTRA held the first monthly meeting of the year at Wooly’s Cycles of Atlanta, 1581 Cobb Parkway S., Marietta, GA 30060 https://www.woolyscycles.com/ . We had a great turnout of approximately 30 folks, including Wooly’s owners Bobby and Rascal Wooldridge, and Parts Mgr. Mandie Butts. We began gathering at 6 pm for pizza …
- GARTRA Continues to Increase RTP Matching Hours with USFSSince 2019 GARTRA has been able to increase membership and volunteer participation at work days by over 280%. Why is this important? Each of GARTRA’s volunteer hours logged is equivalent to over $15 in-kind match against RTP, Recreational Trails Program, and grant monies. The RTP grants are what the USFS applies for to get big …
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- GARTRA 2022 Year in ReviewGARTRA has had a great year in 2022. We just held our Christmas party and there were about 30-40 folks in attendance. It was a great time to get everyone together and celebrate the past year. Our sponsors Wooly’s, Cycle Gear, Highland Park and All Terrain Powersports along with GARTRA made sure there were plenty …
- Christmas Party 2022This year GARTRA’s Christmas party returned to the Honda Rider Education Center in Alpharetta, GA. The last time we were able to hold this event here was pre-pandemic, Dec 2019. This year the main course was catered by Williamson Brothers BBQ of Marietta. While the BBQ and side dishes were all great (see all the …
- Houston Valley Workday Recap, 8-27-2022The workday at Houston Valley ORV park started out as a mild beautiful day. But before the end of the day it would turn out to be one long, hot, humid, but productive day. I arrived at the park about 8:40 am, found a place to park and began unloading. Shortly after, GARTRA’s Houston Valley …
- Oakey Mountain Workday #3 – Yamaha Outdoor Acess InitiativeOakey Mountain Workday #3, 5-14-2022 (Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative) Great day at Oakey Mountain. Beautiful weather, and a good turnout which included 3 USFS staff and 9 GARTRA volunteers including GARTRA’s Davenport trail captain Bob Connett. This is the 3rd of 6 planned workdays sponsored by Yamaha Outdoors and https://www.facebook.com/TheGreatOutdoorsFund/. We had two tasks to perform which included rebuilding …
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