Trail Nights
For 2024, WORCA Volunteer Trail Nights will be running on Tuesdays evenings in the early/late season and Sunday mornings when fire risk is higher. View the scheduled dates at the bottom of the page.
WORCA devotes significant energy and resources to our comprehensive and successful trail maintenance program. The Whistler area is home to an extensive and world-renowned network of mountain bike trails, ranging from smooth double track gravel to very challenging and technical single track. The trails are a great resource for the local community and the tourism industry. Without ongoing maintenance, repairs and protection we risk losing this incredible amenity to erosion, degradation and in some cases competing land use.
Each year we set priorities and assign funding to a range of trail projects, which are carried out by a combination of paid trail crew employees and tireless, enthusiastic community volunteers. Our trail budget is allocated to employee wages, tools and equipment, trail signage, as well as sustenance and a few perks for our volunteers.
Maintaining sustainable trails is the key focus of our program.
Grab some old friends or come meet some new ones. Volunteer with us and get digging!
Trail nights are usually 3-4 hours in duration. Details on upcoming events will be listed in our member newsletters, in the schedule below, and on the events page of our website. Volunteers are asked to bring loppers, hand saws, drain digging tools (eg. pulaski or mattock) if they have them and water. Tools or trail maintenance experience are not required, we have plenty for everyone and will provide direction. Refreshments are provided by the trail night sponsor. Volunteers are rewarded with a Whistler Mountain Bike Park ticket for every 3 trail nights completed thanks to Whistler Blackcomb and the Vail Resorts EpicPromise Program! Please bring work gloves and clippers if you have them. All minors must be accompanied by an adult. Registration is limited to 30 volunteers each evening to ensure efficiency of trail building work.
VOLUNTEEr TRAIL NIGHTS SCHEDULE
Upcoming trail nights are shown below, or click HERE to see our events calendar.
Tuesday, April 16 sponsored by Peak Vending.
Tuesday, April 23 sponsored by Big Mountain Bike Adventure
Tuesday, April 30 co-sponsored by Cascade Environmental Resource Group and Dave Burch Personal Real Estate Corporation
Tuesday, May 7 sponsored by McElhanney
Tuesday May 14 - Women’s Dig Night sponsored by Whistler Sports Rental
Tuesday, May 21 - Comor Sports
Tuesday, May 28 - Smith Optics
Tuesday, June 4 sponsored by Cheakamus Community Forest
Sunday, June 16 - Fanatyk Co Ski & Cycle
Sunday, June 23 sponsored by evo
Tuesday, July 23 sponsored by Trailforks
Sunday, September 15 by Cheakamus Community Forest
Sunday, September 22 sponsored by Arbutus Routes
Tuesday, October 1 sponsored by evo
Tuesday, October 8 sponsored by Chromag Bikes
Sponsors - Send an email to chloe@worca.com and trails@worca.com with your interested dates. If you wish to sponsor a Women’s Dig Night, please clarify in your message.
Volunteers - Make sure you have your WORCA membership to register for a trail night, and you must register in advance to attend. The deadline to register is noon the day of the event.