2024 Season Update - Posted 30 April, 2024
QuinteMTB is thrilled to announce the start of another biking season! We would like to
take this opportunity to update everyone. The annual general meeting was held on
March 27 th . It was great to see so many riders come out to the meeting and share their
thoughts for this upcoming year. Names were collected at the meeting of individuals
who wished to assist the existing board members. We have now established a seven
member board and had two very successful meetings.
Meet our Board:
Jim Forbes – Secretary
Eric Spence – Chairman
Jarrod Hewton – Trail Build
Cheryl Jakes - Memberships
Julie Forestell – Memberships
Erika Mullings – Social Media & Marketing
Cindy Tromp – Social Media & Marketing
As a club, we want to continue designing, constructing, and maintaining local mountain
bike trails through our Land Use Agreement with Batawa Ski Hill and Batawa
Development Corporation. QuinteMTB is an IMBA-affiliated, volunteer-run club, and a
registered not-for-profit corporation. All donations go back into maintaining the current
trails and future trail development. With that being said, we are delighted to bring back
our Club Membership and ask that you join to help with the future build of our club!
Get your membership today! - $50 per rider.
Join the QuinteMTB community! Fun events, trail builds, and much more!
Meet new people.
Learn new skills.
Get involved in the bike community and make a difference.
Keep up with QuinteMTB news.
Please watch the group for more updates on upcoming trail builds. Join us in a build; it
is a rewarding day! Also, join our NEW FB page and tag a bike friend! Here, we will be
posting information about events, memberships, and growing our community! We will be
sharing more details shortly on the club's trail plans for this year. We would like to thank
everyone who has previously purchased memberships or donated for the ongoing
support of the club! We couldn't do it without all of you!
QuinteMTB Board of Directors
BATAWA TRAIL STATUS:
The Batawa trails are open to the public and free to ride.
The Batawa Ski Hill Trails (referred to as the South trails) are adjacent to the Ski Hill. A physical map of the these trails can be found at every major trail intersection and at the Ski Hill main parking lot. You can find a digital map on trailforks HERE. In the event of an emergency you are to call 911. The location is 99 Ski Club Lane, Batawa ON. K0K 1E0.
The Batawa North trails were officially opened on July 3, 2021. These trails are located between Parry Drive and March Street, North of the Ski Hill. Access to the North trails can be found along Ski Club Lane (the street that leads to the Ski Hill parking lot). We ask that you park at the Batawa Ski Hill Main Parking lot. DO NOT park on Parry Drive or March Street.
At this time there are no physical maps on site for the North Side trails. However, trail identification signage is in place at all the trail heads and along the access trails. The digital map can be found on trailforks HERE. In the event of an emergency call 911, the GPS co-ordinates of the Parry Drive entrance to the North Side trails is 44.172380,-77.602506
Access to the property is provided at the risk of the user. The BDC, Batawa Ski Hill and Quinte MTB have no control over the behaviour of the users of the trails or or other safety considerations such as rocks, holes, roots, trail debris/changes caused by weather, surface conditions caused by weather, uneven surfaces, deadfall etc. and will not be held responsible in the event of injury.