{"id":28424,"date":"2024-03-29T16:42:40","date_gmt":"2024-03-29T22:42:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/southwest-colorado-cycling-association-to-host-event-for-20-year-celebration\/"},"modified":"2026-03-31T00:29:44","modified_gmt":"2026-03-31T06:29:44","slug":"southwest-colorado-cycling-association-to-host-event-for-20-year-celebration","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dh.durangoherald.com\/tj\/southwest-colorado-cycling-association-to-host-event-for-20-year-celebration\/","title":{"rendered":"Southwest Colorado Cycling Association to host event for 20-year celebration"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Southwest Colorado Cycling Association volunteers help build a bike trail. (SWCCA website\/Courtesy photo)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n

The Southwest Colorado Cycling Association will host its 20-year anniversary celebration at the Dolores Community Center, 400 Riverside Ave. in Dolores, on Friday, April 12 from 6-9 p.m.<\/p>\n

The celebration will include music by One Stan Band, food from Kelly\u2019s Kitchen and Dolores River Brewery and members-only door prizes from Kokopelli Bike and Board. The event is free.<\/p>\n

SWCCA Vice President and Osprey Packs employee Erin Kuhlman, who has been on cycling association\u2019s board since 2019, said the nonprofit helps build and maintain trails in the Montezuma County area.<\/p>\n

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Erin Kuhlman (Facebook)<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>

This includes trails in Phil\u2019s World, Boggy Draw and Sand Canyon, as well as collaborations with Rico Trail Alliance, Durango Trail Alliance and Mancos trail groups.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt used to be called, when it first started, Kokopelli Bike Club,\u201d Kuhlman said. \u201cAnd now we\u2019re celebrating 20 years, which is really exciting.\u201d<\/p>\n

As part of the event, attendees will hear about SWCCA projects and new trails.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo for 2024, we have a lot of reroute projects up at Boggy Draw with the Forest Service Management plan of theirs, and they\u2019re going to be doing a lot of logging work,\u201d Kuhlman said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to be working through some of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kuhlman added that SWCCA hopes to add options to future trails such as A-line and B-line trails, and create a pump-track setup at Phil\u2019s World, pending state and insurance approval.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s like a skills course for kiddos or just anyone in general who wants to improve their technical abilities on rocks or logs or different bumps or turns, so that is going to be underway,\u201d Kuhlman said.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of people don\u2019t know this, but Phil\u2019s World is actually under a state lease,\u201d Kuhlman said. \u201cSWCCA pays for that, and we do it every three years. It\u2019s about $9,700 to keep Phil\u2019s World open to the public to use.\u201d<\/p>\n

SWCCA also is required to have insurance arrangements and pay for portable potties at the location.<\/p>\n

According to a flyer from SWCCA, the Phil\u2019s World state trust land lease costs $2,750 per year. Trail work, with tools and supplies, costs $8,000; potties at Phil\u2019s World, $4,650; insurance, $2,500; winter grooming, $5,000; operating costs, $3,000.<\/p>\n

Kuhlman shared that this is the reason that SWCCA promotes membership support from their members and the local community.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt helps us pay for expenses for trail building and maintenance, but also helps pay for the state lease and insurance,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

The annual membership fee for SWCCA is $25 for an individual and $50 for a family membership, no matter how large the family is.<\/p>\n

There are also tiers of donations and single-day passes for people just visiting the area. Kuhlman said the pass is only a few dollars, and that a $5 to $10 donation is encouraged.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe see membership as, \u2018I\u2019m an interested individual,\u2019\u201d Kuhlman said. \u201cInvest in the trails here and the maintenance of the trails, and it shows that this is important to you, and you\u2019re showing that through joining.\u201d<\/p>\n

Event attendees will also learn about SWCCA\u2019S adopt-a-trail program, which allows individuals to maintain a trail on their own time, and then report back their volunteer hours to SWCCA.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re also going to highlight our 20-year anniversary, so we\u2019re going to go over the history of SWCCA since its inception, and a timeline of when all the trails have been built in the area, as well as an option for member sign up,\u201d Kuhlman said. \u201cWe\u2019re always open to having more board members if anyone wants to join.\u201d<\/p>\n

Kuhlman also shared two projects that she has been working on in conjunction with SWCCA, which includes launching a survey to gauge the community\u2019s knowledge and interest in the local trail systems and working with a platform called Trailforks, which will help provide better and more up to date trail information.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019ll provide better updating on when trails are ready to ride or not good to ride,\u201d Kuhlman said. \u201cWe want to be a leading voice or the one source of truth for trail info or trail updates as people get out and ride and make sure they know when it\u2019s good to ride and when it\u2019s not so it doesn\u2019t cause damage to the trails.\u201d<\/p>\n

More information about SWCCA can be found on their website www.swcocycling.clubexpress.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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