The summer trail crew of the Central Maine chapter of the New England Mountain Bike Association take their lunch break Monday at Mt. Apatite in Auburn. The crew is building a new 1.8-mile mountain bike trail on the north end of the park near the Small Road parking area. The team of high school and college students worked at Titcomb Mountain in Farmington for two days before working on the Mt. Apatite project for two days. They will start work on a project at Quarry Road Trails in Waterville before splitting up to build trails closer to whichever project is near to their hometown. Pictured in the front row, from left, are: Owen Siff of Oakland, Ben Condit of Auburn, Zach Ross of Oakland, Caden Cote of Oakland, Harry Bigos-Lowe of Auburn and Clayton McCarthy of Chesterville. Burke MacLeay of Rome, Jackson Joyce of Farmington, Silas Bartol of Manchester and Walker Willey of Farmington are in the background. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Clayton McCarthy of Chesterville helps build a mountain bike trail Monday at Mt. Apatite in Auburn. The summer trail crew of the Central Maine chapter of the New England Mountain Bike Association is building a new 1.8-mile mountain bike trail on the north end of the park near the Small Road parking area. A team of high school and college students worked at Titcomb Mountain in Farmington for two days before working on the Mt. Apatite project for two days. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Silas Bartol of Manchester helps build a mountain bike trail Monday at Mt. Apatite in Auburn. The yet-to-be named trail will be 1.8 miles and will hopefully be ready to ride by the end of summer, said Chris Riley, the president of the Central Maine chapter of the New England Mountain Bike Association. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Burke MacLeay, left, of Belgrade Lakes and Owen Siff of Oakland help build a mountain bike trail Monday at Mt. Apatite in Auburn. The summer trail crew of the Central Maine chapter of the New England Mountain Bike Association is building a new 1.8-mile mountain bike trail on the North end of the park near the Small Road parking area. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal

Walker Willey, a senior environmental science student at the University of Maine at Farmington, works Monday on the new mountain bike trail at Mt. Apatite in Auburn. The trail is a collaboration between the Central Maine chapter of the New England Mountain Bike Association and the city of Auburn. Daryn Slover/Sun Journal


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