Tahoe Area Mountain Biking Association members will begin construction on the Lower Corral Trail Enhancement Project on May 5.

This project will implement the design package put together by the Hilride Progression Development group under contract with the U.S. Forest Service Lake Tahoe Basin Management Unit.

This South Lake Tahoe trail will be reworked to include built features for mountain bikes including high wall berms, rock jumps, tabletop jumps and log rides. All features are designed to be enjoyable and challenging for all abilities, with the intent of developing user skill and progression.

Once completed, Corral Trail will be a model project for purpose built mountain bike features on legal trails in a National Forest. Corral Trail will remain open to all current users, including motorcycles, mountain bikers and hikers.

TAMBA has raised more than $25,000 in the last year to put in the features along more than 1 mile of trail.

Sierra Buttes Trail Stewardship, nonprofit trail organization like TAMBA, has the personnel, equipment and experience to do the bulk of the work. Oversight will be provided by the USFS staff. Construction is expected to take up to four weeks, working Monday-Thursday. It is advised that users take alternate routes around Lower Corral.

TAMBA and SBTS will have a a volunteer workday from 9am to 4pm on May 17, followed by a get together that evening at Divided Sky in Meyers and a guided mountain bike ride the following day.

For more information about the Corral Trail project or the upcoming volunteer opportunities, go online.