Trail building

[valtra]

Hey mtbers

I know Guelph Lake is a convenient place to get to, but sometimes we just need something fresh to ride, and a place to work on specific skills. A few years back I started building some singletrack in the bush on the farm (I liveabout a 10 minute drive from the movie theatre), but my motivation slowly ran out and the trail has since deteriorated.

Would anyone be interested in helping me build a training loop? There is not a lot of climbing to be done, so originally I wanted to make it a bit of a skills park, with ladders, berms, rollers and a rock garden or two. It wouldn't be a very long, but even the original trail was a wood workout after a few laps.

I haven't updated this album in a long time, but this URL links to some rough plans from 4 years ago. Check em out!

valtra.pinkbike.com/album/My-Trail-Plans/

[Nico]

I like the idea man, we were just talking about doing something like this last weekend... Let me know when would be a good time to check things out. How many acres do you have available for this?

[flav]

Do you live out near Walkerbrae or Ariss? Ya I want to learn a thing or two about trail building so im interested!

[valtra]

Ya I live very close to Walkerbrae.

I am going to the whole bush is maybe 10-15acres, but that's really a shot in the dark. The useable building land is maybe 70% of that because of some the flood plains and bogs.

Before anyone comes I should probably get permission from my dad first too.

[Nico]

Sounds good man, you should probably print out a google maps of your property too to trace where you wanna make the trail... given you got the ok from your paps.

[Rookie Dan]

I'm definitely in and would love to help. Just let me know when you're thinking of getting some work done and if I'm free, I'm in.

[valtra]

Alright guys, so looks like this will have to be postponed til there is clear access to the trailhead in the fall when corn is off.