We were able to reach the MATCHING challenge where FIRST COLORADO REALTY generously offered to match $5,000!!!!

While we will be taking down the Go-Fund-Me site, you can still support all things Cycling by joining the EPCC where your membership dues go directly to advocacy, education, partnerships and community building for all kinds of Cycling.

See you Saturday at the bike park perimeter trail volunteer work day!!!

For more info about the bike park, check out our project page

The Stanley Park Bike Park has broken ground!

The Estes Park Cycling Coalition (EPCC) has been working for three years advocating, partnering and planning to make the Stanley Park Bike Park a reality.
The Bike Park will provide a family friendly fun place to ride bikes for Estes Valley residents as well as out of town visitors.

The park will have a variety of riding features and terrain, including a skills course with challenging features such as banked corners, table-tops, and rocks to ride over for all skill levels. There will also be pump tracks for beginner bike riders to advanced. The mile and a half perimeter trail has already been completed.

Although the Estes Valley Recreation and Parks District and the Estes Valley Trails Committee have committed funds to construct the Bike Park, the EPCC would like to add terrain features to enhance the park. EPCC is joining forces with First Colorado Realty to raise funds to purchase technical features to enhance the trails. Technical trail features are built to add a degree of difficulty and fun to a trail. Sometimes these features are built to span areas, other times they exist purely as an alternate line to a trail.

More info about the park can be found here on our website http://www.bikeestes.org/projects/bike-park-stanley-park/

In a generous offer and challenge to other Estes Park residents, businesses and bike enthusiasts everywhere, “First Colorado Realty” has put up a matching donation of $5,000. For every dollar raised between now and the end of May, First Colorado Realty will match other donations up to $5,000. “We are excited to see the Bike Park finally become to reality,” said Christian Collinet, owner, First Colorado Realty. “This matching fundraising challenge is a creative way to raise awareness of the Bike Park needs and challenge others to donate for a great cause.”

The Estes Park Cycling Coalition has created a “Go-Fund-Me” fundraising website to raise funds for the Bike Park trail features. The Goal is to raise $20,000 by the end of May.
If you have any questions about the Bike Park, please contact Mike Lewelling, president of the Estes Park Cycling Coalition at: board@bikeestes.org

Please consider assisting the creation of a family friendly recreational destination by helping to fund this project. Please donate at: https://www.gofundme.com/stanley-park-bike-park

Users of the skate park have noticed the absence of a few pieces of equipment in recent months. These pieces were manufactured using steel, wood, and Skatelite skating surface. Unfortunately, wooden components have deteriorated over the past 12 years in Estes Park’s harsh mountain climate. Rebuilding and replacing damaged wooden components is a temporary fix at best, extending the life of outdated and potentially hazardous equipment. Insurance companies do not want to continue covering outdoor wooden skate ramps. This creates a serious liability risk for EVRPD. Without improvements, the whole park will eventually close completely.

The Lawson Skate Park was completed in 2003 through a successful partnership between EVRPD and the Town of Estes Park, with funds from the Sunrise Rotary, the Coleman Foundation of Chicago, and GOCO. It is a well-loved, heavily used facility that has been maintained over the years by EVRPD with help from local community volunteers including boy scout troops. It is one of very few facilities in Estes Park specifically serving tweens and teens. A skate park is an unique and important space for exercise, socializing, and self-expression. “It’s never a bad day to skate,” one local sixth grader recently observed.

Read more at http://www.eptrail.com/estes-park-sports/ci_26976931/public-design-input-meeting-new-skate-park-and