After 10 years navigating California's environmental regulations and spending $650,000, Marin Trail Stewards has opened Caballo Rojo, a new one-mile descent at Camp Tamarancho.
Craighead Forest Park in Jonesboro, Arkansas received an $800K trail upgrade in 2024, adding eight miles of mountain bike trails, with more improvements and additions planned.
As climate change kills off small ski resorts across the Midwest and Northeast, their steep hillsides are being transformed into the next generation of pedal-accessed flow trails.
Georgia’s newest mountain bike boom is quietly being fueled by a billionaire family foundation that's pouring millions from the sale of Mailchimp into kid-focused trails, bike parks, and singletrack projects across the state.
The Flagstaff Biking Organization is fundraising to build two advanced downhill trails with over 1,200 feet of vertical drop each—featuring steep tech gnar, big jumps, and a rehab of the area's most notorious illegal trail.
After years of getting nowhere with the Forest Service, a Pennsylvania mountain bike club partnered with their local township to build trails—and that's what finally convinced the USFS to open up even more miles.
When a controversial land sale threatened to close Marshall Mountain to the public, the ensuing legal battle and community outcry ultimately preserved 156 acres in perpetuity and launched a trail-building renaissance in Missoula.
Sky Tavern transformed from a winter-only non-profit ski area into a year-round resort with 10 miles of sustainable MTB trails—and they did it in less than four years.
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