scaqaboutwest: Village Green Mountain Bike Trail

We recently learned that a new mountain bike trail has landed nearby. The Village Greens Park is just across the street from what will be Abbey's high school. That's not more that a half mile from my office and about 5 miles from our house. We'd seen evidence of a trail a couple of weeks ago when we were on the highway headed towards the airport, and later learned that it was indeed a new trail. It's part of a larger set of 'improvements' to the park that include a pond, some improved wildlife habitat, and a disc-golf course.

It's certainly not a trail in the mountains, and in a sense it might seem silly to be excited about a 2.5 miles trail through a small patch of desert grassland in the middle of dense suburbia, but it's much closer than any of the real Front Range trails, so it will be easy for us to make a quick trip there and get in a few miles. Plus, the trail has lots of interesting and challenging features, like big boulders, steep climbs and descents, and whole bunch of log skinnies.

The kids and I took Amos over to the trail and walked to see if it was finished and to get a closer look at the layout and all the features. We're pretty excited. There were no signs indicating the trail was closed, and all the signage appeared to be in place. Most of the features were done, but it looked like there was some final construction still going on in. Tire tracks indicated a few riders had given it a try.

Here are some pics. This first is a rocky downhill. I hope the cyclists will use the rocky slabs and not just create a big rut in the dirt beside them.