How do I get mountain bike trails built in my area? To answer this, we reached out to trail building and advocacy professionals at both the local and national level to put together a basic outline of the process.
IMBA’s Trail Solutions team caught up with Dave Jacobson, Outdoor Recreation Planner for the Bureau of Land Management in Cedar City, Utah to discuss the value of purpose-built trails.
Tony Boone has been building mountain bike trails for more than 30 years, and literally helped write the book on the subject, contributing to IMBA’s Guides to Building Sweet Singletrack and Providing Great Riding.
The differences between European and North American singletrack styles have historical and cultural connections. Check out what Miranda Miller, Jesse Melamed, and other have to say about mountain bike trail variations between the two continents.