Fishers Peak State Park in Trinidad, CO, is home to 16+ miles of brand-new singletrack, with up to 100 miles planned.
The new Service Singletrack trail in Anchorage, Alaska offers jump lines for all skill levels, and it is set to open sometime this summer.
The popular Post Canyon trail system near Hood River, OR, has closed most of its trails due to wildfire suppression efforts. More trail closures could be imminent.
The Velomont Trail will eventually span the entire state of Vermont, and a new 38-mile segment has just opened.
The new Brundage to Bear Basin route is quickly becoming renowned as "the best 12 miles of mountain biking in McCall."
Beginning in 2025, Vancouver, BC mountain bikers won't have to drive all the way to Whistler for bike park laps thanks to a new lift-served bike park coming to Grouse Mountain.
Shimano has established the "Trail Born Fund," which will donate $10 million over the next 10 years to mountain bike trail projects and trail advocacy organizations around the world.
With over 1,200 miles of singletrack and just 8,200 residents, Lemhi County, Idaho might sound like paradise... but read this before you drop everything and move there.
61% of survey respondents say they don't have enough e-bike-legal trails in their local area. So what do you do if you don't have enough trails to ride?
The Park City City Council approached Deer Valley Resort about opening 5 miles of singletrack to e-bikes. However, 68% of locals are opposed to the change.
The new Butter Gap trail in North Carolina bypasses a new section of hiking-only trail, effectively solving a user conflict issue and connecting a 15-mile loop for year-round access.
Greg Mazu is the "Chief Dreamer" behind Backslope Tools and the founder of Singletrack Trails, a trail building company that was behind iconic builds including 18 Road and the Palisade Plunge.
Evergreen Mountain Bike Alliance employs 15-24 full-time year-round trail builders, with that number swelling to roughly 35 trail builders during the peak summer season. Here's how they do it.
The Monday Lick trail system in West Virginia will eventually be home to 27 miles of bike-optimized singletrack, including several shuttleable downhills.
The east side of Anchorage, Alaska is a rough part of town, but two forward-thinking riders transformed a local park into the city's newest MTB trail system.
From forest fires to landslides and even tornadoes, natural disasters have devastated mountain bike trails across the nation, yet the resilient local communities continue to rebuild and come back better than ever.
There's a new path into the trail building industry, thanks to a Trail Technician Program being offer by the Northwest Arkansas Community College.
A new video from Oz Trails documents the massive undertaking of reopening Bentonville's trails following catastrophic damage from a series of tornadoes.
100 miles of trail and up to five chairlifts are proposed for the Trails at Mena project in Arkansas — but the chairlifts are not guaranteed.
After talking to eight experts across three different continents, it's clear: nobody can agree on how to assign mountain bike trail difficulties. But why not?
E-bike trail access is great in some destinations but terrible in others. How is it where you live?
The Mammoth Bike Park barely opened in 2023, and some of the trails remained closed the entire season. This year, the bike park is back to its full glory.
The USFS has brought forward a proposal to open 160 miles of non-motorized singletrack near Bend, OR, to e-bikes.
In the past two years, Flagstaff has built over 25 miles of new and rerouted trails, including two downhill-only mountain bike trails.
While Evergreen MTB Alliance won't be able to build as many trails at Raging River as originally planned, the third phase adds a series of exciting new singletrack trails.
DuPont State Forest outside Pisgah National Forest in North Carolina has seen a 10x increase in trail traffic since it opened to recreation 25 years ago.
A proposed trail system is in the final stages of the approval process near Oregon's dairy capital: Tillamook.
The Arkansas State Parks Department is all about tourism—and with a $167 million budget, they're getting things done for mountain bikers.
The addition of an uphill climbing trail in North Cheyenne Canon Park create a potentially dangerous intersection — but the parks staff came up with a creative solution.
With 10 miles of brand-new Walton-funded singletrack, Horseshoe Canyon Ranch is Northwest Arkansas' newest must-ride MTB destination.
Justinas Leveika finished the 2024 in just over 13 days in a potentially record-setting run.
America's first rideable waterfall trail hub has opened in Ruston, Louisiana.
While at this time no trails are expected to close, truck traffic and silica dust could negatively impact access to trailheads and riders on the road heading to the trails.
The new "Up at Arapahoe" trail provides a pleasurable uphill climb to reach one of the highest elevation flow trails in the world.
And the Western North Carolina bike park, co-founded by pro racer Neko Mulally, is hosting the USA Cycling National Downhill Championships again in 2024.
The Upstate Greenways and Trails Alliance has built a new singletrack trail along a popular greenway path to help "people of all ages to experience mountain biking for the first time."
Almost three years after going dark, the Sustainable Trails Coalition is back, with new legislation introduced in Congress by Senator Mike Lee.
With 6,250 feet of vert and 5-10 miles in length, are these the longest rideable granite rock slabs on Planet Earth?
"These trails have saved my life." Through a rare private-to-public land swap, the residents at Tehaleh have access to an incredible bike-only trail system.
The popular mountain bike trails in DuPont State Forest are off limits to e-bikers... but that hasn't stopped them from riding.
With 36% of Singletracks readers having hired a mountain bike guide before, the guiding industry appears to be alive and well! We rounded up 10 of the best guided trips in the USA.
Ride Ness plans to build 16 miles of purpose-built MTB trails and a downhill race track, with a year-round shuttle running to the top of the 1,100-foot descents.
A new national body of mountain bike trail groups, advocates, and bike parks has formed to share knowledge and advocate for riders in the United Kingdom.
A first-of-its-kind gravity flow trail system is now open in Prescott, AZ, with 6.5 miles of new singletrack.
In a proposed list of trail changes at DuPont State Forest, horses get more trails than mountain bikers, hikers are still allowed on downhill flow trails, and new trail development doesn't include mountain bikers.
Trestle Bike Park continues to innovate as they rebuild jump lines throughout the bike park. Plus, an all-new tech trail is coming to Trestle.
Aaron Gwin says Windrock Bike Park in Tennessee has some of the best downhill mountain bike trails in the US for World Cup training. And he should know.
The mountain bike trails in Bentonville and Rogers remain completely impassable with no estimated time of reopening. "It will take an army."
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