Inspirational trailwork thread

Post your dream ideas here.....

 

Isn't that the Fully Loop?

 

That trail looks like the equivalent of a cookie cutter tract home to me.

Edit - ok, I see the guy jumping the other guys now but still looks more like a course and not a trail to me..

 

Top of Lizard. See the rocks?

 

I'm inspired by trail work that doesn't look like trail work. Sure, every trail is impact, but that atrocity in the OP makes me wretch. No, I won't be visiting a bike park soon. Last time I slid a resort, I realized that that whole experience is the antithesis of my outdoor rec objectives.

Herz and RWS FTW.

 

Reminds me of the first climb of the WW50.

 

I prefer more chunky natural terrain myself. I don’t like lizards all that much because of the planted rocks. But i did find the photo in the OP inspiring. Here is the background on that trail. https://m.pinkbike.com/news/new-mile-long-jump-trail-swasey-recreation-area-california.html

 

I'm seeing some fall line action here, which is frowned on by the trail work sustainability crowd but has worked well for game for, like, forever? I used to love game trails in my hiking/trail running days and once followed a huge buck up a ridge until he lost me after somehow crawling under a stand of manzanita. What? He looked down on me from the other side like "I could do this all day."

Backcountry skiing had us above all that and we could take any line we wanted or were capable of, though straight-lining the fall line ate up those earn-your-turns climbs pretty fast. Regardless of line, the tracks eventually melted and flowed into the ocean, leaving plants and soil unscathed.

These days I'll take fast and flowy, or slow and challenging, but really enjoy descending that feels like flying. Here's a nice mix of groomed and wild:
https://www.pinkbike.com/video/468761/

 

That’s not trail work. It is inspirational. 50% credit for this post

 

Not inspired yet. Read this from 2015. You might know a few of the fine people quoted. https://www.bikemag.com/routes/routes-sea-of-change/

 

Some Flagstaff goodness! Can't wait to go back.

 

Dual track butter

 

Still nope... No need for pump tracks in the woods. Give me rocks, roots, drops, dirt.

 

While I appreciate the effort this took, and that many people would enjoy riding on that, the first thing that crossed my mind when I saw the picture was "Autopia."

Maybe I'm just not wired right.

 

I actually posted this glassed out trail photo just to annoy you and invoke a response about rocks.

 

I suppose if you came across this you should stop, pout, and ride around it then?

 

Curse you and your trickery - it worked!

 

Stone mason?

 

Moderator: consider changing tittle of thread to “trail work that is not approved by or for @herzalot “

 

Yes, I know both of the people quoted.

 

Probably not. I don't pout while I'm on my bike. That trail you posted the picture of just isn't my thing. I understand that for many people it is the thing. To each his own.

 

What would a hiker think of these trails?
They wouldn't be allowed?
Kind of like some of the trails we want to ride...

 

Floop trail work...

 

Right on! They took out the golf course.

 

Is that_____x?

 

Yes! BTW The Floop is an "authorized" trail...