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This August, we’re celebrating the legendary Island Cup Series! Tackle the official Enduro Finals course at Hartland this August! Check out the Trailforks...

Ride Trails, Earn Badges, Win Prizes! See if you can ride every blue trail in Hartland this month! Check out the Trailforks Badge Here Challenge Open June 01-...

This is the second hint in a series. Each hint will help you find hidden QR codes placed around Hartland! Scan all the hints and enter your name for a chance...

Ride Trails, Earn Badges, Win Prizes! Can you find all 6 hidden QR Codes around Hartland? Challenge Open May 02 - May 31/2025 After great feedback from the...

Our newest Tenner just got dropped! This time, things are a bit different! Sign up here: https://SIMBS-MAY-TENNER.eventbrite.ca We’re racing a chainless race...

Remember to sign up here to be eligible to win. QR Codes will be located at the beginning or end of trails Spot 1 - “ A children's Game…” Spot 2 - “Could be...

We’re going to be hosting some group rides this month and next month at Hartland & Partridge Hills Come on out and meet some new riding buddies in the...

This Thursday- April 17 /2025 5:30pm meet in the upper Hartland Lot! We’re going to be riding the April Flow Challenge and tackle Organ Donor, Sofa King, and...

Ride Trails, Earn Badges, Win Prizes! Top the leaderboards on some classic Hartland Flow! Challenge Open Apr 01- Apr 30/ 2025 The dirt is drying, the sun is...

Come race, meet new friends, ride some of the awesome flow trails at the Jordie Lunn Bike park, and enjoy apres on April 12 / 2025 Sign up for the event here ...

Get out this weekend and see if you can use these final hints to find the hidden QR code checkpoints! Winner will be announced on Tuesday! These hints...

We’re stoked to announce that Blue Ribbon Bicycle Service is going to be sponsoring our next three trail days! On Sunday April 20 , and Sunday June 15th we...

A couple weeks ago we had a trail day at Partridge Hills to start work rerouting Joe’s Berms! A small crew of volunteers built up 2 new berms and fixed up 2...

***EVENT POSTPONED TO MARCH 29/2025*** Get ready to rip some Jank in our first Tenner of 2025! Proudly sponsored by our friends at Fort Street Cycle! Sign...

These hints correspond to the checkpoints hints in the previous posts. If you don’t know what's going on here see our other posts, or check out our website! ...

****DUE TO LACK OF SIGN UPS - EVENT HAS BEEN POSTPONED TO MARCH 29*** See Full new event details here

Make sure to sign up for the event and get all the details here 🧐Each hint below corresponds to a photo! 🧐 All checkpoints are at the starts of trails

It's that time of year again 🎉 The South Island Mountain Bike Society’s (SIMBS) Annual General Meeting is coming your way! This is your chance to connect with...

We're looking for passionate individuals to join our team of volunteer board of directors. This role is a good fit for those who wants to contribute their time...

Remember to sign up here to be eligible to win. Pic # 1 shows what each checkpoint will look like! Pictures 2-6 are clues to 5 of the 6 spots. Each...

Ride Trails, Earn Badges, Win Prizes! Can you find all 6 hidden QR Codes around Hartland? Challenge Open March 1 - March 31/2025 This month - the challenge is...

Our Annual General Meeting is fast approaching this year - Save the date! We also gave some board positions opening up for stoked individuals who want to be...

SIMBS, BC Parks and Cabin Works are hosting a restoration day at Partridge Hills this month! If you have a green thumb, want to see restoration of the park,...

Ride Trails, Earn Badges, Win Prizes! Put the pedal to the metal this month on some classic climbs around Hartland to win prizes! Challenge Open Feb 01-Feb...

A huge thank you to everyone for your hard work this year! SIMBS wouldn’t exist without the dedication of our incredible volunteers. We truly appreciate all...

We are always busy here at SIMBS - and would love YOUR help! Below are some of our current volunteer opportunities! Newsletter Editor / Creator Want to have...

RSVP HERE 🎉 What? We’re thrilled to invite all our 2024 volunteers to the SIMBS Volunteer Appreciation Night! Join us on Tuesday, January 23, 2025, at Whistle...

The January Hartland Ride Count Challenge Ride Trails, Earn Badges, Win Prizes! Burn off that holiday turkey and see how many days you can clock at Hartland...

SIMBS is pleased to announce some trail upgrades happening in Partridge Hills.  BC Parks Contractor; RLC Parks, is working to keep trails clear and address...

As we approach the final stages of sanctioning in Partridge Hills, BC Parks is wrapping up their work to match the trail map with trails on the ground and...

Thanks everyone for competing in the climb samples this month!! We had over 75 entries, and over 20 contestants pushing their legs to the limits and doing...

Ride Trails, Earn Badges, Win Prizes! Test the limits of your legs around Hartland and put in the distance to win prizes! Challenge Open December 01-31 /...

⚒️DIRTY GIRLZ BIKE CLUB X SIMBS DIG DAY⚒️ Yesterday was another awesome dig day - this time with some rad effort from @dirtygirlzbikeclub helping to open up...

⚒️Trail Day Recap November 17! ⚒️ Today was a rad day in the woods slinging dirt! Huge shoutout to all the volunteers who came out today to get some great...

We're back with another Tenner! Sponsored by Hullabaloo Coffee! Come race, meet new friends, explore Hartland, and enjoy apres on Saturday December 14 / 2024!...

We're back with another Tenner! Sponsored by Oak Bay Bikes! Come race, meet new friends, explore Hartland, and enjoy apres on Saturday November 23rd / 2024!...

Big shout out to our volunteers who turned up on a rainy Saturday to work on Sofa King this weekend! Together they moved a lot of material to get it open...

We received great feedback from the community on route suggestions and have put together 3 routes each for beginners, intermediate riders, and advanced riders....

Ride Trails, Earn Badges, Win Prizes! Can you make your way up Hartland's tech climbs? Challenge Open November 03- 30 / 2024 Climb Sampler Challenge 1/4:...

Hey, SIMBS community!  We're thrilled to be able highlight our ongoing focus on restoration aimed at rejuvenating the stunning landscapes we are fortunate...

Love to Ride at Hartland? Have a favourite loop to ride? Want to share where to go with new riders? We’d Love to hear from you! At SIMBS, we want to build...

Found the Trail Sampler badges too hard this month? Don't fret! - There is a Bonus Badge for you! Bonus Badge Trails to Ride: Twister Jelly Roll Lumpy Pants...

We're back with another Tenner! Come race, meet new friends, explore Hartland, and enjoy apres on Saturday October 19th / 2024! EVENTBRITE SIGNUP HERE Racer...

We are once again doing some more work on Sofa King on Sunday October 20! Why are we refreshing Sofa King? The short version - more flow, less brakes. The...

SIMBS October Roll Sampler Challenge! Ride Trails, Earn Badges, Win Prizes! Test gravity on the best rolls Hartland has to offer. **Due to the way trail...

Join us for our first Tenner event Saturday September 21 at 9:00am! Expect Blue / Black Trails! ***SIGNUP ON EVENTBRITE...

Sign up on eventbrite here What to know: Meet in the Hartland Bikepark parking lot near the bikewash at 6:00 pm! Ride Style: Difficulty : Blue/Black Pace :...

Get out and ride some of Hartlands best trails, win prizes doing it! The rules are simple: 1. Get a SIMBS membership / Check your membership number here:...

Come on down for a fun , inclusive group ride Thursday August 22 /2024! What to know: Meet in the Hartland Bikepark parking lot near the bikewash at 6:00 pm!...

Trail Day Alert - this Sunday August 18th - 8:45 - 12:30 at Hartland, we will be working on a number of activities in the park but most notably we will be...

Get out and ride some of Hartlands best trails, win prizes doing it! The rules are simple: 1. Get a SIMBS membership! https://simbs.com/membership/ 2. Signup...

On October 17, the Capital Regional District (CRD) announced the sanctioning of several previously existing yet unsanctioned trails in Thetis Lake Regional...

This year, in preparation for the 2022 Municipal elections here in the CRD, SIMBS has put together a short questionnaire for candidates to answer some of the...

Happy Earth Day! This event, held annually on April 22nd, demonstrates support for environmental protection. Celebrating its 52nd year, it now includes events...

As a 100% volunteer-powered organization, we wouldn’t be able to do all that we do in trail maintenance and development, advocacy, community building and...

Saturday, April 16 • 1-3pm • Hartland Bike Park • $6 per child Geared towards children, at a handful of points along a marked route, kids will be...

The 2022 SIMBS Annual General Meeting was held February 24th, 2022. Over 150 people, plus many watching in groups, tuned in for reports on the society’s...

The 2022 SIMBS Annual General Meeting will be held virtually, on Thursday February 24th, from 7-8.30PM.  The agenda will include elections for board positions,...

In the coming week or two, you'll see some changes to Centrefold. The climb from the bottom of Torpedo Run to the bottom of Switchbacks will be decommissioned...

The CRD has informed SIMBS that it has discovered active work on an unsanctioned trail within the Hartland mountain biking area. In keeping with CRD policy on...

Join us Sunday, October 24 from 10am-1pm at Hartland Bike Park for the SIMBS Fall Fifteener, a chart-your-own-adventure mountain bike event that challenges...

New rider or grizzled veteran, the most-complained about feature at Hartland is the same: lack of direction. While the mountain bike network at Mount Work...

We, like you, are stoked to see restrictions easing and can’t wait to gather for larger, more formal events and social rides. Until then, we’re challenging you...

On Friday, the CRD released draft Mountain Biking Guidelines that will determine the future of  mountain biking in CRD Regional Parks. Needless to say, this is...

After years of administrative work and months of digging, we're delighted to announce that Hartland's newest black diamond descent trail is open for business!...

SIMBS’ 2021 Annual General Meeting saw an unprecedented level of engagement, so it’s taken more time than usual to formalize our new board. We still have...

In the past few weeks, we’ve been made aware by the CRD that they are decommissioning an unsanctioned trail in Mount Work Regional Park, which was built...

Following an unbelievable outpouring of community support against the idea of paid parking at CRD Regional Parks, the CRD Parks Committee voted Wednesday...

This Wednesday, the CRD Regional Parks Committee board will be considering a plan to implement paid parking across all of the CRD’s most-visited parks —...

For 2021, SIMBS has moved onto a new membership platform called JoinIt. All members that joined SIMBS since January 16th, 2021, or who have a membership...

2021 is upon us, and along with it, a new website for SIMBS! SIMBS has been undergoing a transition over the last couple years, in re-establishing trust with...

Any regular mountain biker can attest that (socially distanced!) cycling has been on the rise since March. With regular vacation travel severely curtailed,...