[amishmatt]

This has pretty much been my life all summer.

The project officially started with the proposal to Borough Council about a year ago. After a delay waiting for our new insurance policy to kick in, construction finally started around May. Ribbon cutting ceremony was on Saturday and while it's not "done" it's officially open and I get my weekends back for a while.

The park features a pump track with legit jumps and a baby pump track for balance bikes, three skills areas, two bridges, a small jump line and about 1.5 miles of single track, all next to a nine-mile rail trail that connects two downtowns.

Some pics from opening day: https://www.facebook.com/pg/SAMBAbiker717/photos/?tab=album&album_id=523124021798617

 

[Pesqueeb]

+rep

 

[jonKranked]

close enough i should check it out sometime

 

[jstuhlman]

hellz yeah. moar trails! good work. hope you have a good crew of gnomes to maintain that dirt pumptrack though!

 

[TN]

this is pretty damn cool.

 

[SkaredShtles]

I'd give you Permij if I was allowed. Maybe we can get @jdcamb to re-institute...

 

[amishmatt]

hellz yeah. moar trails! good work. hope you have a good crew of gnomes to maintain that dirt pumptrack though!

Yeah, our pumptrack designer/builder is a local bmx guy who's stoked to have a place where he can dig legally.

 

[amishmatt]

close enough i should check it out sometime

Ephrata Bike Park @ Heatherwood on Trailforks

Ephrata Bike Park @ Heatherwood is a public bike park owned by and located within Ephrata Borough, that was developed by the Susquehanna Area Mountain Bike Association (SAMBA)...

www.trailforks.com

 

[johnbryanpeters]

+++rep

 

[jimmydean]

That's awesome. That has way more stuff than what we have here packed into a tighter space. Nice work.

 

[jdcamb]

So Cool!

 

[jdcamb]

I'd give you Permij if I was allowed. Maybe we can get @jdcamb to re-institute...

To busy riding my Bikes and Cooking delicious food. Test driving Volvos.

 

[Da Peach]

Chicken dinner.

 

[amishmatt]

That's awesome. That has way more stuff than what we have here packed into a tighter space. Nice work.

Despite being 20 acres, there's not much usable land (there's a reason there aren't houses on it). It's wet on the bottom, really steep on the sides, and there are a few storm water basins to work around. So without the ability to do much proper single track, we needed to do other stuff to make it interesting.