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Earth Day Trail Work Day at Discovery Hill – April 20, 2024
Join us for a trail work day at Discovery Hill on Saturday, April 20, to celebrate Earth Day! We’ll get started at the Discovery Hill Trailhead at 9am. We will have a variety of projects lined out, including trail sign installation, trail maintenance, and general cleanup. We hope to complete Phase 1 of the Disco Trail Signage Project, which will include all trails west of and including the Lewis and Clark Trail. Bring water, gloves, and comfortable work clothes. Lunch will be provided for all volunteers. We will provide the tools – no experience required! Hosted by SIMBA and BLM Salmon Field Office.
RSVP is not required, but if you can, please RSVP to help us plan the work and make sure that we have enough food! (posted 4/8/24)
Registration is now open for the Nine-and-a-Half Hours of Disco 2024!
Just 2 months until the Nine-and-a-Half Hours of Disco Mountain Bike Endurance Race 2024, and registration is now open! Visit our Disco Race web page for all the info and to register as a solo or team participant. If your local trails are snowy or muddy and you haven’t been training, you’re probably in good company! Join us for some early season sagebrush singletrack, whether you’re in it for the podium or the party. And don’t forget the ever-popular Kids Race! Hope to see you right here in Salmon, IDAHO on MAY 4! (posted 3/4/24).
Twelvemile Trail Construction Project Scoping
In 2022, SIMBA put together a proposal for 11.3 miles of new trail construction in the lower portion of the Twelvemile Creek drainage. These proposed multi-use, non-motorized trails would connect to the existing trail network in the upper portion of the Twelvemile drainage and provide a wide range of recreational opportunities for trail users. The Salmon-Challis National Forest will begin environmental analysis of this proposed project in 2024, and is currently seeking comments on the proposed project through 2/12/2024. To learn more about this project and how you can provide comments to the Forest Service, visit SIMBA’s Twelvemile Project web page HERE (posted 1/10/24).
Nine-and-a-Half Hours of Disco 2024
Save the Date for the 2024 Nine-and-a-Half Hours of Disco Mountain Bike Endurance Race… May 4, 2024! Just 4 short months to train (or not train) for the ultimate early season mountain bike endurance race on the Discovery Hill Trail System in Salmon, Idaho. The format will be the same as in 2023, with solo and team categories (teams of 2 or 3), and a 10-mile course of awesome singletrack through the sagebrush in the foothills of the Beaverhead Mountains. This year’s race will be held 2 weeks earlier than usual and before grazing season… no cows! Registration will open on March 4. Check SIMBA’s Disco Race web page for more information (posted 1/10/24).
Salmon Mid-Winter Mountain Bike Film Fest
January 20, 2024! It’s time once again to get together in the middle of the winter to celebrate mountain biking, trails, epic rides, and our awesome community! Join us on January 20 at the Sacajawea Center for an evening of mountain bike movies, TACO BAR, drinks, and some great prizes. Hope to see you there! (posted 12/26/23).
2023
SIMBA Fall 2023 Newsletter
If you find yourself dreaming about trails and mountain bikes, then definitely check out our Fall 2023 Newsletter for the latest news from SIMBA! Project updates, trail spotlight, and upcoming events in 2024. Click on the image of the Newsletter, and it will open in a new window (posted 11/30/23).
Discovery Hill Trail Work Day
SIMBA Trail Work Day
THIS SATURDAY on Rattlesnake Ridge Trail #085, from 9am to 3pm. We’re looking for a few volunteers to help us give this awesome trail a little love – clearing deadfall, brushing, and some tread work. Tools will be provided, but if you have your own, even better. Access to the work site will be by mountain bike from the Williams Lake area, and will include a fun ride back to the vehicles at the end of the day on primitive singletrack.
Please RSVP (via Instagram, Facebook, or the link below) so that we can plan out the fine details based on the group. If you haven’t experienced the “Double R,” this is a great chance to get to know this trail. SIMBA will provide some goodies, but please bring food, water, work gloves, eye protection, and your bike. If you’re not a biker but would like to participate, let us know and we will make it work. Thank you trail volunteers! (Posted 7/4/2023)
Twelvemile Group Ride
Nine-and-a-Half Hours of DISCO Recap
– 95 riders in the 9.5-hour race, age 11 to 67, completing a total of 360 laps of the 10-mile course, for a total of 3600 miles ridden.
– 13 riders in the Kids race, age 3 to 11, each completing anywhere from 5 to 12 laps of the 0.7-mile long course, for a total of more than 100 miles ridden.
It was a great weekend for reconnecting with old friends, making new friends, and celebrating mountain bikes, trails, and great dirt (and dusty dirt). A HUGE THANKS to all of our race sponsors, our awesome crew of volunteers, and the SIMBA Board for making this this all happen. THANKS to everybody who joined us for the race – hope to see you next year!
For Photos and Complete Results, see our DISCO RACE WEBPAGE.
Hands on the Land
Had a great time helping out with Hands on the Land and taking the 8th-graders mountain biking at Discovery Hill. We had a few seasoned pros, a few riding singletrack for the first time, and a few that would rather have been on their dirt bikes but still thought mountain biking was “pretty cool.” Thanks BLM and Salmon Valley Stewardship for keeping this program going!
SIMBA May 2023 Group Rides
Just 2 weeks until DISCO!!
The trails are riding great, and we are super excited to host the World’s only Nine-and-a-Half Hour Mountain Bike Endurance Race (that we know of), right here in Salmon Idaho on Saturday, May 20. Join us for 1 lap or 10, or just join us for the party! Are you registered yet?
ALL THE INFO right HERE.
We’d like to thank our sponsors for helping to make this race happen, and we’ll be raffling off some great merchandise from many of these awesome businesses:
- The HUB – Salmon’s bike shop, re-opening this Spring under new ownership!
- Highlander Beer – Salmon’s newest restaurant, and a great place to grab a slice and a beer.
- Odd Fellows’ Bakery – Providing fresh wood oven fired pizza at the venue on race day!
- Allora Day Spa – For your sore muscles, they will be providing chair massages at the venue!
- Traveling Jo – Free samples of their “Pour Over Wonder,” a great on-the-go coffee solution.
- Orchestra Provisions – A local business providing the most ecologically regenerative, nutrient-dense protein source on the planet to keep you fueled up for the ride. Crickets!
- Bertram’s Brewery – Always a great place for a meal and a beer in downtown Salmon.
- Pep’s Septic – Helping us out with with our race day septic needs.
- Alpenglow Physio – Cash-based Physical Therapy in Salmon Idaho, improving lives through movement.
- The Village at North Fork – Stop by for whatever you need on your way home (for you Montana folks).
SIMBA Group Rides in 2023
Join SIMBA for our first group ride of 2023. Wednesday, May 3 at 5:00pm. Meet at Kids Creek Pond in Salmon. Here’s your chance to explore some great singletrack near the Dump/ Hot Springs Road that is now easily accessible from Salmon via the Highway 93 bike path. Plan on 2 hours, with paved bike path and intermediate-level trails. All mountain bikers welcome. “No Drop” social ride – we wait for everybody!
Additional upcoming SIMBA group rides (subject to change):
Wednesday, May 17 (5:30pm – Discovery Hill Trailhead) – Nine-and-a-Half Hours of Disco pre-ride for anybody that would like to experience the 9.5-mile course at a leisurely pace prior to the race. 1.5 hours, Intermediate.
Sunday, May 21 (12:00pm – Wagonhammer Trailhead) – Rally your tired legs from the Disco Race and let’s go for a mellow Wagonhammer Tired Leg Tour, aka., Petal Pedal (the flowers are usually awesome that weekend) on amazing singletrack. 3 hours, Intermediate/Advanced.
Saturday, June 17 (10:00am, location TBD) – Twelvemile Deluxe: A classic singletrack loop in the cool forests of Twelvemile, followed by a tour of SIMBA’s trail development proposal in Lower Twelvemile. 4 hours, Intermediate with Advanced option.
Thank you Earth Day Trail Volunteers!
A huge THANK YOU to all of the awesome volunteers who joined us for the Earth Day Discovery Hill trail work day! Altogether, we constructed about 1000 feet of new, sustainable trail that will replace the affectionately named “Trench of Doom” on the Disco Hill Trail, and the old, eroded 2-track on the Hillside Trail. And we picked up a HUGE load of trash and old debris from the Motorcross Park! We’d like to thank our partner in the project – the BLM Salmon Field Office – for making it all possible, as well as the Youth Employment Program for lending the tools, and Salmon Valley Stewardship for donating water bottles for our volunteers. Look for more trail projects this summer. If you’re interested in volunteering, please get in touch! (Posted 4/24/23).
SIMBA Spring 2023 Newsletter!
Check out our Spring Newsletter. We have dry dirt in Salmon and some great Spring events, including a Discovery Hill trail work day and the Nine-and-a-Half Hours of Disco mountain bike endurance race. Get ready for a great season of mountain biking! (posted 4/21/2023).
Discovery Hill Trail Work Day – EARTH DAY!
Volunteers! Trail heroes! Come dig with us on Earth Day, April 22, from 9am to 1pm. Meet at the Discovery Hill Trailhead. Hosted by SIMBA, the BLM Salmon Field Office, and our partners, we have several projects lined up:
- New Trail construction
- Trail re-alignment
- Trail drainage work
- Trash cleanup
No experience necessary. Bring work gloves, water, and comfortable clothes. Tools will be provided by the Youth Employment Program. CONTACT US for more info (posted 4/11/2023).
TRAIL CONDITIONS
Trail info and conditions are now on our website for a variety of local riding areas, along with links to TRAILFORKS and a Trail Reporting form. We will keep these general trail reports updated as conditions change. CHECK IT OUT! (posted 4/11/2023)
Registration is now OPEN for the Nine-and-a-Half Hours of Disco Mountain Bike Endurance Race!
- Click the button below for ALL the details and to REGISTER for the race.
- 100 participant cap – register early!!
- Custom prizes, food, music, beer, and bikes. Kick off the riding season in style!!
- We hope to see you on May 20! Let’s RIDE! (posted 3/19/2023)
DISCO IS BACK!!!!!!!!
May 20, 2023! After a 3-year hiatus, the Disco Mountain Bike Endurance Race is back! New format for 2023: the Nine-and-a-Half Hours of Disco. And the course will be, you guessed it, a 9.5-mile singletrack loop on the Discovery Hill Trail System at the base of the Beaverheads in Salmon, Idaho. Join us to kick off the summer riding season in style!
Meet the Board of the Salmon Idaho Mountain Bike Association (SIMBA)!
From left to right…
- Ella Deutchman (Treasurer)
- Todd Means
- Marc Landblom (Blom)
- Dusty Pena
- Lori Kohls (Vice-Chair)
- Brandon Heaton (Secretary)
- Thad Biggers
- Bill MacFarlane (Chair)
(Posted 1/24/2023)
SIMBA Winter 2022-2023 Newsletter
The skiing is really great right now (and so is the fat biking), BUT if you’re dreaming of trails, dirt, and mountain bikes, check out our Winter Newsletter for the latest news from SIMBA! (Posted 1/2/2023)
SIMBA Mid-Winter Bike Party!
Join SIMBA on January 21 at the Sacajawea Center in Salmon to celebrate Trails, Community, and Epic Rides! (Posted 1/2/2023)
2022
Join Salmon Idaho Mountain Bike Association (SIMBA) Wednesday, October 19, to celebrate Mountain Biking and Trails in Salmon!
5pm: Group Ride at Discovery Hill. Meet at the Disco Hill Trailhead for a social ride. All abilities and ages are welcome. If you’re new in town, this is a great chance to meet other riders and discover new trails. Let’s get out there and enjoy this last bit of amazing October weather.
7pm: Trivia Night at the Pork Peddler in Salmon. Trivia will be bike and trail themed, plus Pint Night and an amazing raffle to benefit SIMBA. Support local trails! Join SIMBA as a member, and you will receive 1 raffle ticket (additional raffle tickets are $5). We’ll be raffling off some awesome local artwork and other prizes. Also… SIMBA swag for new members! (posted 10/15/2022)
Fall 2022 Membership Drive
October is a great time to become a member of Salmon Idaho Mountain Bike Association (SIMBA). If this is something that you’ve been thinking about doing but haven’t gotten around to yet, it’s easy – just scroll down and click one of the ‘Join SIMBA-Become a Member!’ buttons. Because we’re a local chapter of the International Mountain Bicycling Association (IMBA), you will then join through the IMBA website (yes, you will have to set up an account with IMBA first). Rest assured that most of your membership contributions go directly to the local chapter (SIMBA). We appreciate your support!! (posted 10/5/2022)
So here you have it… the top 5 reasons to become a member of SIMBA:
1) Bragging Rights: Be a part of an awesome community that helps take care of and rides one of the biggest trail networks around. We have a whopping 627 trails in Lemhi County (as mapped on Trailforks) – that’s 1567 miles of trail! Ok, a few of these trails might be a little faint, but still, that’s more trail miles than Ada and Blaine counties combined.
2) Some seriously great prizes: We recently re-organized as a local IMBA chapter. So, if you become a member of SIMBA during the month of October, you can enter to win some awesome prizes donated by IMBA’s sponsors (sponsors shown below). 16 packages are up for grabs with lots of cool stuff – anybody need a new hitch rack??
3) SIMBA swag: Stay tuned for more details, but all new members that join during the month of October will receive some cool SIMBA merchandise. If you already joined prior to October, don’t worry, we’ve got you covered too.
4) Support SIMBA: SIMBA is powered by volunteer efforts – without that, we would not exist. Huge thanks to all who have contributed their time and energy to the cause. However, like any organization, we have some operational costs that can’t be covered by volunteer labor. Your membership will help us continue to ramp up our efforts in trail advocacy and stewardship in Lemhi County, and bring more fun MTB events to the community.
5) Community: Membership tells a story of a community of people who are committed to local trails. In terms of trail advocacy and getting results on the ground, strength in numbers is critical. Join our community of dedicated, fun, and sometimes quirky mountain bikers, and let’s work together on your priorities. (posted 10/5/2022)
SIMBA Spring 2022 Newsletter
Check out our Spring 2022 Newsletter to see all that is going on with SIMBA in 2022 (posted 6/22/2022).
We are now OFFICIALLY an IMBA Chapter!
SIMBA recently integrated as an International Mountain Bike Association (IMBA) local chapter. This will allow us to spend more time working on the trails that we all love!
Here a just a few benefits of being an IMBA chapter:
- IMBA provides non-profit status for SIMBA, and the experience and know-how to keep everything legal.
- IMBA provides support for local projects through grants.
- IMBA supports the SIMBA Board and manages membership and accounting so that we have more time to work on local issues.
- IMBA provides national-level advocacy for big issues.
SIMBA would appreciate your membership to support trail advocacy, stewardship, and events. Click the button below, or scroll down to the bottom of this page for more information on becoming a member. (Posted May 26, 2022)
There’s a pot of gold out there somewhere…!
The Discovery Hill Trails are in great shape right now. While you’re waiting for the high country to melt out, find a decent weather window, and GO RIDE DISCO! As alway, PLEASE don’t ride if the trails are muddy. But even with the rain (and snow!?) we’ve been getting, the trails have been drying out relatively quickly between storms, with plenty of hero dirt. And flowers! See you on the trails! (posted May 24, 2022)
Click the link below for the Discovery Hill Trailforks Map:
Spring Flowers was a Success!
Thanks to all who attended the 2022 Spring Flowers ride. The trails were perfect, and the weather was… at least not hot, and way better than expected! A huge thanks to Craig at Oddfellows Bakery for donating the outdoor pizza oven, and a well deserved congratulations to this year’s Tiffanie McAllister “Be Brave” Scholarship winner – Mason Semmler!! (posted May 8, 2022)
Join us at Discovery Hill on May 7 for a fun day of singletrack sagebrush riding!
Kick off the season with some laps on a 6.6-mile loop on Discovery Hill, enjoy some great company, and help fund the Tiffanie McAllister "Be Brave" scholarship fund.
Reminder: the BLM requires clean bikes for this event to prevent the spread of weeds. Please don't show up with a dirty bike. Thanks!