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2007 Completed Projects
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High Chaparral Open Space Trail Improvements Phase 1.
Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services (TOPS) Department.
Prime Contractor (click here to see more)
Initiated to continue the rehabilitation the High Chaparral Open Space Ridgeline Trail System this project included approximately 600 linear feet of rehabilitation to the Ridgeline Trail and 3,000 linear feet of machine-assisted closure and revegitation of unsustainable and redundant social paths. The addition of new trail segments, further trail closures, and construction of a trailside scenic outlook is planned for 2008.
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Shadowcliff Mountain Resort Driveway and Parking Improvements.
Shadowcliff Mountain Resort. Grand Lake, Colorado.
Prime Contractor (click here to see more)
A challenging project to formalize the Resorts primitive driveway and parking facilities involved: Excavation and grading of three large parking areas. Grading and widening of the connecting driveway and roundabout. Installation of a 40’ long armored drainage culvert. Excavation and grading of an 800sf elevated building platform. In all, over 40,000 sf of surface grading and excavation! With a premium set for sustainability, our biggest challenge involved slope-grading these large areas to facilitate proper drainage. www.shadowcliff.org
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University Park Open Space Trail Improvements
Colorado Springs Parks, Recreation and Cultural Services (TOPS) Department
Prime Contractor (click here to see more)
Performed to upgrade the main trail to Tier1 Urban Trail specifications and initiate rehabilitation and naturalization of the large areas of disturbed habitat throughout the associated drainage and utility corridor. The completed Project included: Design and Construction of a 4,000 linear-foot (lf) section of new 6-foot wide natural-surface rolling contour trail. Rehabilitation of 350lf of social access trails and trail heads. Installation of 4 armored culvert drainage crossings. Closure and re-vegetation of approximately 4,100lf of social trails and utility access roads. And approximately 15,000sf of drainage excavation and slope grading to stabilize critical drainage zones within the new trail corridor.
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Bear Creek Park XC Race Course Phase 1.
El Paso County Parks and Recreation Department/Medicine Wheel Trail Advocates. Colorado Springs, Colorado.
Prime Contractor (click here to see more)
This Hybrid project spearheaded and organized by El Paso County Parks and IMBA affiliate club Medicine Wheel continues the Pikes Peak Regions commitment to provide more quality natural surface trail venues for its community. Privately funded through generous grants and donations from several Colorado Springs businesses and patrons, this two-mile loop system was specifically designed by TrailArts as a Cross-Country Skills Course to accommodate short-course Mountain Biking and running events but also integrated the rehabilitation and expansion of recreational trails throughout the park. Trail Arts performed construction of 4400’ of new trail and 2300’ of social trail rehabilitation in just two weeks, and assisted volunteers who initiated construction of almost 6000’ feet of trail by summers end. Volunteer construction on Phase 1 is planned for completion by mid 2008 with organized racing events beginning in June 2008. www.medwheel.org/bcpark.htm
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Ridgeline Open Space Trail Project. Castle Rock, Colorado.
Arrowhead Trails, Inc.,
Subcontractor.(click here to see more)
Machine assisted construction of approximately one-mile of hiking and biking trail around the perimeter of the new Meadows at Castle Rock development. Conditions included gentle rolling meadows, dense gambell-oak and mahogany groves, and steep and rocky slopes. TrailArts will continue to provide construction support for this ongoing project in 2008. www.townofcastlerock.org
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Gun Club 9 Trail Project Sun Valley, Idaho.
International Mountain Bicycle Association (IMBA), Subcontractor. (click here to see more)
TrailArts teamed with Trail Design and Construction’s Jim Jacobsen for the mechanized construction of this hiking and biking trail circumnavigating the newest golf course on the Sun Valley Ski Resort. Designed for beginning and intermediate skill levels, this five mile trail system is just one of a multitude of trails being developed “by design” in the Sun Valley and Ketchum area through the collaborative efforts of the Sun Valley Resort, Big Wood Backcountry Trails, and IMBA. www.imba.com/news/mtb_news_wire/
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Marabou Ranch Trails Project. Steamboat Springs, Colorado.
Blue Sky Trails, LLC. (BST), Subcontractor (click here to see more)
TrailArts performed trail design, and mechanized trail construction, including Sweco Dozer and Mini-Excavator operation, on several components of this private system of nearly twenty miles of natural surface multi-use trails in the Yampa Valley near Steamboat Springs. Faced with an aggressive construction schedule, challenging logistics, and a conceptual design that required extensive "design on the fly" tactics, BST did an amazing job of pulling resources together to complete this beautiful trail system. Click for more info: www.duewestland.com/marabouTrailsMap.htm
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Indian Hills Resort Nux Baa Ga Trail. North Dakota
Blue Sky Trails, LLC. (BST), Subcontractor. (click here to see more)
This four mile trail system on the shores of beautiful Lake Sakakawea was the first phase of an ongoing project to develop more recreational Mountain Biking and hiking opportunities for the resort and lake region and was funded by Lewis and Clark Legacy Grants. TrailArts performed specialized mini excavator operations and project support for the construction of this intermediate level trail system and will assist BST with another one to two miles of more technically difficult “advanced” level trails in early 2008. www.fishindianhills.com/trail.asp
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Castlewood Canyon State Park Project, Colorado.
Arrowhead Trails, Inc., Subcontractor. (click here to see more)
TrailArts performed hand-built construction for approximately one mile of a new 18"-24" hiking and interpretive trail running along the rim and into the dramatic Castlewood Canyon. ATI ultimately developed over three miles of new hand-built trail throughout the Canyon area which has allowed access to previously inaccessible areas of this amazing resource. www.parks.state.co.us/Parks/CastlewoodCanyon/
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