Freerider Posted January 20, 2007 Report Posted January 20, 2007 I was reading a thread of things to do in the off season and i was thinking maybe a freeride mountain bike park. Any thoughts? Quote
ba3320 Posted January 20, 2007 Report Posted January 20, 2007 I agree that a Freeride Mountain bike park would be a great idea. I travel almost 3 hours to ride at Diablo/ Mountain Creek. I have heard that other people travel there from much farther including Florida. Although they do have near, if not already, world class riding I think that Bear Creek could attract many visitors who would probably spend money at the hotel/ bar/ resturaunt/ etc. with some decent trails and a lift ride up. Quote
Freerider Posted January 20, 2007 Author Report Posted January 20, 2007 yeah Diablo is just a little far Quote
EAZY-Emuntz Posted January 20, 2007 Report Posted January 20, 2007 im liking the idea of the snoflex year round park better Quote
Another Wall Posted January 20, 2007 Report Posted January 20, 2007 im liking the idea of the snoflex year round park better weeerrrrd to that. That idea would bring in 100 times more money then a mountain bike park and it would be so much sicker. Quote
bermbuster49 Posted January 20, 2007 Report Posted January 20, 2007 dont they already have some mt biking stuff? but yeah the snowflex thing would be awsome, and theres no reason why they couldnt do both, the mt. biking thing doesnt cost anything except hours, or lumber if they want to make it ballin hahah Quote
Freerider Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Posted January 21, 2007 yeah snowflex is cool but if people come all the way from florida to go to diablo then if bear built a freeride park it would most def bring in income for them Quote
EAZY-Emuntz Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 u see we all know that bear creek totally kicks ass at building parks. right? If bear creek built a freeride mountain bike park how would any of us know how it is and everyone might be hesitant to try it out. since we all know bear creek owns at making parks every park rat in all of the whole friggin state would come and ride it. ALOT and i dont know about u guys but i know a lot more snowboarders nd skiers than mountain bikers. Quote
Freerider Posted January 21, 2007 Author Report Posted January 21, 2007 well snowboarding is for winter we are talking about the offseason Quote
EAZY-Emuntz Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 yah i know but if its the off season snowboarders wanna go bad and snoflex+bearcreek park crew= amazing summer Quote
Young_Blood Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 yah i know but if its the off season snowboarders wanna go bad and snoflex+bearcreek park crew= amazing summer lol that rite there wood motivate half of all the kids who fail school to pass it just so they can head up to bear and not have to go to school Quote
andTO86 Posted January 21, 2007 Report Posted January 21, 2007 dont they already have some mt biking stuff? but yeah the snowflex thing would be awsome, and theres no reason why they couldnt do both, the mt. biking thing doesnt cost anything except hours, or lumber if they want to make it ballin hahah Yeah there's already about 5-6 miles of trails depending on what route you take, a total of 9 bridges, and some pretty crazy downhill stuff that's closed off. Problem is there aren't enough visits to warrant running the lifts. It was tried before, and the plug was pulled. Quote
supertrooper12 Posted January 22, 2007 Report Posted January 22, 2007 yes of all the peopel i only know 2 who have biked bear, it is a cool setupud they say, but i doubt they would get as much business for downhill biking then having snowflex. both would be a cool though. i was told that it is free to go biking at bear is that true?? if it is i think ill be checking that out this usmmer. Quote
J money Posted January 22, 2007 Report Posted January 22, 2007 im pretty sure that its costs some money to bike at bear but im going to take sides with the people that like the snowflex. that would deff bring in mad money and kids would come from everywhere to ride that shit. it would be insane. I think if snowflex is a deff possibility for bear then i say they should do it and i like the idea of the bunny hill but that also causes some problems but it also doesnt have much vert to it so it would be hard to make really nice features on it which is what you can see from searching snowflex parks online. just think about a park that never gets beat down by heavy traffic a landing that is never ice and a lip that never gets fucked up. it would be crazy to have one of them here Quote
madmavic Posted January 22, 2007 Report Posted January 22, 2007 if bear creek would open up a freeride mtb park and dirt jump/ super park it would be off the hook! I would even donate endless hours of my time to build/ operate the park just to see it happen. ive been to mountain creek. your comparing apples to oranges. all bear creek has to do is do what it does best. focus on innovative ways to pull in the consumer. i built up a little shithole park in the woods and people FLOCK. with a few dedicated volunteers and a shuttle bus on the weekends bear creek could do something great. AND REMEMBER.... there is no reason why snowflex and freeride mtb couldn't operate at the same time due to the acreage on the opposite side of the mountain(for mtb use). BTW the xc trails are free(sign a waiver). no matter what style you ride there super gnarcore!! Quote
nick Posted January 22, 2007 Report Posted January 22, 2007 yeah snowflex is cool but if people come all the way from florida to go to diablo then if bear built a freeride park it would most def bring in income for them well considering the only other place that has a snow flex thing in the united states is in texas im pretty sure we could get people to come from florida to ride the snowflex. and its not like bear would be attracting people from florida right away to ride their mtn bike park. it takes years to build something like diablo.... maybe eventually it would be as good, but a snow flex park would be instant money... guaranteed!!! Quote
supertrooper12 Posted January 22, 2007 Report Posted January 22, 2007 if beAR got snowflex im pre sure id shit myself. Quote
Freerider Posted January 22, 2007 Author Report Posted January 22, 2007 Both would be good but snowflex is quite expensive. Quote
Papasteeze Posted January 22, 2007 Report Posted January 22, 2007 I believe BC has looked into Snowflex. Lets see how the Meadowlands thing goes, in the meanwhile I am campaigning for circus tents to cover the snow and extend the season. LOL! Quote
dwnhlldav Posted January 28, 2007 Report Posted January 28, 2007 Yeah there's already about 5-6 miles of trails depending on what route you take, a total of 9 bridges, and some pretty crazy downhill stuff that's closed off. Problem is there aren't enough visits to warrant running the lifts. It was tried before, and the plug was pulled. As I stated in the other thread, they couldn't just turn on the lifts and get people to show up. They would need to build a park and compete with Mountain Creek/Diablo Freeride park right from the beginning or it would never work. And you only need to run the Quad, there's no need to run the old triple/new quad, because it is possibble to pedal a dh rig. I'd be there, as it is now I'm lucky if I get one or two days on my DH bike at Mountain Creek a season, but I normally drive at least an hour every sunday to ride. If BC had a Freeride park and ran a lift, I think my Hardtail would gather dust. Quote
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