Mountain bikes have been banned from their birthplace for 40 years, but in October of 2024, that will change as Mount Tamalpais introduces 6+ miles of legal mountain bike trails

The long-standing conflict over trails in the Mount Tamalpais Watershed between horseback riders and mountain bikers seems to be approaching a turning point.

Everywhere you look: trails. Some are cut through mountainsides, others through foothills, some skirt the edges of neighborhoods, some the edges of cliffs.

Senator Peter Welch and other local leaders trekked up the Richmond Mountain Trails Friday to celebrate the state’s newest accessible bike path. All four miles of accessible trail opened in August. To celebrate,