A Day In The Life Of A Trail Builder

We spend a lot of our days riding trails, but how often do we help maintain them? Christina teams up with SORCA trail builders; Ben Haggar and David Reid for a trail maintenance day in Squamish.

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[frankthetankricard]

You could make this into a series. A lot of us would love to learn the ins and outs of trail building or even just watch the pros at work!

[siglinde_raw]

Most people / riders have ZERO clue, how much work it is to build a trail

[macfive]

Just remember, every good trail crew has a Dave.

[BCpov]

I had no idea Trail Fairys were actual people! To think I thought trails magically appeared! 😄

[remymetaillerraw]

Thank you to all the Trail Builders out there! We love your work!

[colebailey]

“What’d you do this weekend?”
“I played Xbox all day and night”

“What about you?”
“Built trails with my buddies, explored the woods, found a lake, got chased by some dogs, walked on some train tracks, sent a gap, oh, and went to church”

It’s sad to see child hoods turn from that to that but that hasn’t stopped me from doing everything listed above, and even though our trails are about a mile long everybody on my NICA team is impressed with our work.

[william]

Thank you so much to all trail builders!

[echambee]

Building is only the beginning. Trail maintenance needs to be going on for years just to keep trail open. Where I live we are in a yearly fight against brush growing and overtaking trails. Some trails can disappear in less than 5 years.

[gnmatsu]

That's awesome. Yes. I've said it like this. I've been riding mountain bikes since the mid 80's. I've ridden 10's of thousands of miles of trails that someone has worked on and I've not had to get off of my bike to hike a bike over something. So I am trail angeling my local trails here by keeping them cleared, maintained. Thank you to all the trail angels out there. Aloha!

[debbiegrooman]

I've built trail in Wyoming, Colorado and now Michigan, by volunteering with local clubs. My husband and I just built a trail in our 8 acre stand. Wood jump, berms and skinnies. It's just fun to be creative in the woods!

[MAEBikr]

HEROS - HELPING THE GENERAL POPULATIONS MENTAL HEALTH. I love the fact that they are actually using the correct PPE when using the chain saws.

[mMatuSs]

My everyday routine haha! There is no better feeling than creating a trail which people enjoy riding! 🙂🤘 Thank you for making this video Pinkbike 🔥🙌

[RobbisTV]

No Dig, No Ride! Support your local trail builder(s)! :D \m/

Ps. The thumbnail is amazing 🤘😃

[newenglandagingrider]

Very nice PSA and advocacy for the the local clubs and trail builders.

[nasonguy]

So jealous of all the trees up there! If we want to build anything out of wood down here we gotta go buy it. Rocks though, we got em!

[samvilla]

Quality of content on pink bike in the last year 📈📈📈

[GoodTrails]

Great video. Would love to see more of these featuring different builders and features!

[EpicMTB]

I’d like to think I classify as a trail builder, but after seeing this, I’m not. The amount of work put in...

[JEMMTB]

So satisfying to watch trail building, and more satisfying doing it, especially the wood working side of it.

[Atomb]

If you have the time to ride your bike, you have the time to volunteer at least a couple of times a year. Donations are great, but actually getting out there is much appreciated by the people doing the work.