BOULDER • The views are nice — those iconic Flatirons draped across the mountains. But that’s not why Matt Watson walked his bike to the top of this ramp near
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An overview of Cresta Open Space in Colorado Springs, with the left foreground being the proposed location of an envisioned mountain bike pump track.
Photo Courtesy of Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services
The prospect of a new mountain bike venue in Colorado Springs coincides with a struggling effort to reimagine an old one. It s not either/or, said Cory Sutela, executive director of Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates, the sport s leading advocacy group locally.
But momentum sides with an envisioned series of rollers, berms and other skill-building spoils at Cresta Open Space on the city s southwest side. Meanwhile, on the northeast, dreams continue for a better Goose Gossage Bike Park. Make Goose Gossage Great Again, goes the name of the GoFundMe that started in early April, aimed at improving dirt jumps in need of better soil and, more expensive and logistical, a reliable source of water for sculpting ramps.
A North Carolina County Will Micro-Manage a Bike Park and Modify Trails Because There Have Been too Many Crashes
File photo / Singletracks user Kamoteus
A county manager in Lee County, North Carolina has closed the San-Lee Gravity Bike Park in the town of Sanford due to multiple injuries. The county said in a statement that they expect the park to “remain closed for the foreseeable future as trail modifications are made to enhance and improve the safety of bike riders.”
The closure is a result of what the county calls a “serious injury” that occurred on a recent weekend, which is the 7th injury on the same jump in the past year, “prompting the temporary closure to review trail safety measures and maintenance needs.”