To purchase a pass online with a credit card, visit the Tamarancho Biking page or you can purchase annual (credit card only) at Sunshine Bikes or Fairfax Cyclery. 

If you wish to pay by check or cash print out an application: Tamarancho Application. 

Notes about the 2014/15 passes:

• A plastic pass will be sent to you via snail mail. Print receipt and you can start riding the camp that day.

• Day Passes cost $5 and are available online (print out the pass on your own printer). For a day pass go to: Purchase Day Pass and Print on Your Printer. Also, you can purchase a day pass at the following bike stores: Fairfax Cyclery and Sunshine Bikes (Fairfax), Summit Bike (San Rafael), Caesar's Bike and Paradigm Cycles (San Anselmo), Bicycle Works (San Anselmo). 

The amount donated for a pass is tax deductible.

Ales and Trails, sponsored by Marin Bikes, will return to China Camp State Park on Saturday, July 12, to support IMBA in Northern California. This one-day festival offers professionally-led mountain bike skills clinics and guided rides, bike and gear demos, a gourmet lunch, beer garden with 10 local breweries, live music and so much more.

Early Bird tickets are available through June 14. IMBA members receive an additional 10% discount. All attendees receive a signature Ales and Trails pint glass and raffle ticket.

Learn more and purchase your tickets today by clicking this link.   

Event Highlights:

• Professional Skills Clinics and Guided Rides
• Bike Demos and Gear Demos
• Hilride Bike Skills Park
• Free Bike Adjustments
• Gourmet Lunch catered by Chef Patrick Clark of the Culinary Institute of America
• Beer Garden with 10 local breweries
• Live Music
• Silent Auction
• Free Pint Glass with entry
• Kids Race
• And so much MORE

Did you know that 10 elected officials manage trail access policy for 50% of the trails in Marin? Did you know that 5 of those positions are up for election this June and November?

Access4Bikes is Marin's only politically active mountain bike advocacy group, and they need your help. Join for free by clicking this link. 

2014 Tamarancho Dirt Classic Race Results   

May 31 and June 1 was a day for racing at Tamarancho as over 400 racers turned out for 3 different events conducted by Bike Monkey.

In the chainless downhill race on Flow Trail, the winner was Marco Osborne, whose time of 2:35 and beat out 77 other male riders. Marco is a professional enduro rider (WTB/Cannondale), who used his snowboarding experience to win the event.

Women's winner was Fairfax local, Rachel Lloyd, with a time of 2:59.

There were over 70 riders entered in the short track racing, and the best times went to Alex Wild in the men's division--who completed 10 laps in a sizzling 26 minutes--and Caroline Dezendorf--who had a time of 24 minutes in 8 laps in the Women's race.

The main event of the weekend were Cross Country races that included multiple climbs up the infamous Dead Heifer fire road and several loops of the trails. Winner in the Men's Pro race was Olympic Medalist Levi Leipheimer, who beat second place finisher Menso De Jong by 3 minutes.

In the Pro Women's race, Rachel Lloyd was a repeat winner, besting Helen Drumm by 9 minutes. Lloyd is a multi-sport athlete who has raced mountain bikes professionally since 1995, competed in road racing, and has also represented the US at three World Cyclocross Championships.

The race raised money for the Marin County Bicycle Coalition's off road program and the NorCal High School League.

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