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2023 LuvTrails Top6 Donors

BREAKING NEWS!! We have the Top 6 Donors of 2023! The winners are (in order of their contributions): 1. James Williamson from Brevard, NC is the Top Donor in 2023 after coming in second in 2022. 2. Michael McQueen from Asheville, NC is runner-up, moving up from fifth in 2022. 3. Andrew Moffatt from Huntsville, […]

Pay as you Go: Investigating MTB Trail Use Fees

FORT COLLINS, CO – Bike trail use fees could become more common as land managers and volunteer groups struggle to fund maintenance. Singletracks has investigated several payment options implemented to get revenue from trail users to maintain soft-surface trails.  This follows a decision by the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) to propose various fee increases in […]

LuvTrails and SORBA partner for fundraising challenge

FORT COLLINS, CO – LuvTrails-Trailcare and the Southern Off-Road Bicycle Association (SORBA) have partnered to bring the LuvTrails SORBA Challenge this Spring. From April 10th until May 31st participants can ride and donate to participating SORBA chapters to increase their chances of winning. This is a seven-week-long virtual event to coincide with the SORBA Camp […]

TOP6 Donors of 2022 announced

FORT COLLINS, CO – It is a huge honor to announce the TOP6 Donors of the past year on the LuvTrails mobile app and the Trailcare per-mile donation platform. In the order of the size of their total annual donation to listed volunteer trail organizations, they were: 1. Nathan Forst of Bentonville, AR. 2. James Williamson […]

Trailcare sign-up video now available on YouTube

JOINING Trailcare means giving trail users an easy and fun way to donate to a volunteer trail organization. LuvTrails-Trailcare believes that micro-donations directly tied to use (i.e after a ride or run or hike) are a superior, or at least alternative, model to the traditional methods of mailing checks or finding obscure PayPal buttons on […]

LuvTrails’ micro-donations is a no-brainer, says Narburgh

HENDERSONVILLE, NC –   “We call them micro-donations and it doesn’t sound like a lot… But if everyone that rides our trails over a weekend donates just $5 that would be magical.”  Wise words by Natalie Narburgh, first full-time executive director of Pisgah Area SORBA (PAS) in Brevard, NC. During the interview, McQueen asked Narburgh about […]

Logan wants people to ‘Luv’ trails

  BELLA VISTA, AR – Ciara Logan loves the trails in Northwest Arkansas. She rides them almost daily, especially when it’s not so hot. When she’s out and about on her bike, she makes several stops – to take photos of recent trail work, document issues that need to be addressed, or help someone who […]

Rossouw and Moran talk to Pisgah Podcast about per-mile donations

ASHEVILLE, NC. – Arrie Rossouw, CEO, and Hugh Moran, Southeast Regional Manager, sat down with Pisgah Podcast to give the details on their micro-localized trail donation platform, LuvTrails-Trailcare. Ride wherever, use your Strava, and with a predetermined amount pledged per mile, you can give back to those that brought you that fun ride. If you […]

LuvTrails partners with Asheville urban cycling advocacy group

ASHEVILLE, NC – LuvTrails-Trailcare of Fort Collins, CO, and Asheville on Bikes of Asheville, NC have concluded a partnership to generate more funds for the cycling organization’s bike advocacy work and projects in Asheville. It is the first partnership of its kind where an urban bike advocacy organization will use LuvTrails’ unique geofencing tool to […]

LuvTrails partners with FCRC for Horsetooth Half Marathon

FORT COLLINS, CO – Fort Collins Running Club (FCRC) has partnered with LuvTrails-Trailcare during the Horsetooth Half Marathon (HTH) on April 10, 2022. Participants can pick an amount per mile that they want to donate (anything from a penny to $100, if you want!). All money raised directly supports the FCRC. FCRC has set up […]