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Marin County claims the title of mountain biking’s birthplace, yet getting new trails built here is notoriously difficult. The irony isn’t lost on local riders: the very place where the sport was born now struggles to develop the infrastructure that mountain bikers need.
Fortunately, organizations like the Marin Trail Stewards (MTS) are spearheading trail-building efforts in the area. And, as we found with the new Caballo Rojo trail, MTS is willing to go to great lengths and costs to provide riding opportunities.
‘Marin Trail Stewards’ is a new name for a legacy organization
If “Marin Trail Stewards” sounds like a completely new trail organization, you’re right. But also wrong.
“In November of 2025, we did a rebrand,” Vernon Huffman, Executive Director of MTS, told us. Before the name switch, MTS was known as Access4Bikes, a fitting name for an organization located in Marin County…