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The Knoxville News Sentinel recently carried a story about the Appalachian Mountain Bike Club‘s (AMBC) efforts to build 5-miles of mountain bike accessible trails at the 275-acre Ijams Nature Center in South Knoxville.
All the trails in the southern part of Ijams Nature Center will be non-motorized, multi-use trails, meaning everyone from mountain bikers and hikers to trail runners and ornithological societies will benefit from the trails development.
The Appalachian Mountain Bike Club is a chapter of the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association (SORBA) which recently merged with the International …
The Chattanooga Time Free Press contained two related articles the Enterprise South Nature Park’s trails.
Hamilton County’s newest park, Enterprise South Nature Park, is expected to open to the public on October 11 2010. In an agreement with the county Chattanooga Chapter of Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association (SORBA-Chattanooga) had been given special access to the park so their volunteers could start building the trails, with the goal of having 10 miles completed when the park opens.
The SORBA-Chattanooga constructed trails will be open to human powered multi-use trails, opened to hikers, runners …
Chattanooga, TN – May, 2010 – Volkswagen Group of America has made a $10,900 contribution to the Chattanooga chapter of the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association (SORBA). SORBA-Chattanooga will use the donated funds to construct and complete phase I of a new multiuse trail network at Enterprise South Nature Park. Phase I consists of a 3.5 loop trail, a 2.5 loop trail, a 2 mile loop trail and a technical skill building area for mountain bikers. Eight miles of single-track trail will be added to Hamilton County’s newest wilderness park, …
