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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,...