Evergreen Delivers the Washington MTB Trail Love ❤️

Singletracks Mountain Bike Podcast

Singletracks.com

Wilderness, Sports

4.7 • 574 Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

Yvonne Kraus is the executive director of Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, a mountain bike organization dedicated to creating, maintaining, and protecting sustainable mountain biking opportunities in Washington. Evergreen, if you don't know, is one of the largest, if not the largest, statewide mountain bike association in the US with 8 regional chapters and thousands of members.

How did Evergreen get its start?
How does Evergreen divide responsibilities between its chapters and the top-level organization?
How have the challenges facing mountain bikers in Washington changed since the group was first formed?
What are some of the most popular trail systems in the state?
What does e-bike trail access look like in the state of Washington currently?
Do you have any new MTB trails in the planning stage, or currently under construction?
Is there much of a push for mountain bike tourism in Washington?
What are the primary funding sources for Evergreen?
What’s the biggest constraint that Evergreen faces in carrying out and growing the mission?
What’s next for Evergreen?

Connect with the Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance and find was to support the group at evergreenmtb.org.

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0:00.0	The Single Tracks podcast is brought to you by TPC, the Proz Closet.
0:05.7	Now is the perfect time to upgrade, and TPC has an industry-leading selection of new and certified
0:11.9	pre-owned bikes, plus frames, wheels, and accessories. Each certified pre-owned bike is inspected,
0:19.0	tested, and serviced, and every bike includes 30-day returns.
0:24.1	Visit tpc.bike forward slash single tracks and enter code single tracks $40 to save $40 on every order over 200.
0:33.4	That's the pros closet at tpc.bike slash single tracks.
0:37.8	And look for the link and coupon code in the show notes.
0:41.8	Hey everybody, welcome to the single tracks podcast.
0:44.6	My name is Jeff.
0:46.1	And today my guest is Yvonne Krause.
0:49.0	Yvonne is the executive director of Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance, a mountain bike organization dedicated to
0:55.8	creating, maintaining, and protecting sustainable mountain biking opportunities in Washington.
1:01.6	Evergreen, if you didn't know, is one of the largest, if not the largest statewide mountain
1:06.7	bike associations in the U.S. with eight regional chapters and thousands of members.
1:12.8	Thanks for joining me, Yvonne.
1:14.6	Thanks for having me.
1:15.3	It's good to be here.
1:16.6	So tell us a bit about Evergreen.
1:18.9	How'd the group get its start?
1:20.9	Yeah, thank you.
1:21.6	So we've been announced for quite a while now.
1:24.1	The group formed in 1989, and there was actually two groups that joined forces back
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