Five years in planning and fundraising complete, the bike skills park in Estes Park called in FlowRide with an invite to design their training ground for tourists and local riders. We jumped­­ in. Our plot at Stanley Park was small, but then, we’re masters at maximizing fun and flow per square foot. We designed a native earth pump track for intermediate to advanced riders, then sculpted beginners their own custom pump track, formed smooth and sustainable with a concrete cap.

Our site design encircled these loops with a serious dirt-rock-and-wood skills track that leads riders into a drop zone with pre-fab bridge features. A second off-ramp enters two skills descent trails, one that flows up and over native boulders, pre-fab wood features and around berms before feeding riders back up the return trail for more action. A second pump-and-bump skills loop is designed to school beginners in the art of riding over, around and through trail obstacles. Early reviews from riders are stellar, and the outlook for more trails in Estes Park is more optimistic than ever.

 

PROJECT DATA

• Created beginner/intermediate drop zone
• Designed/built custom concrete beginner pump track
• Crafted technical skills trails w/ site-built bridge features
• Sculpted intermediate – advanced pump track
• Shaped pump-and-bump beginner skills loop
• Constructed connector trails to school spectrum of trail skills