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Category Archives: Phase One
Bikes Belong
Last year, Boulder, CO based Bikes Belong, an organization devoted to putting more people on bikes more often, awarded Rocky Knob Park a $5000 grant. Bikes Belong recognized the importance of legal mountain bike trails in the Boone community and … Continue reading
A New Day in Boone: Welcome to Rocky Knob Park
We broke ground at Rocky Knob Park less than a year ago. Today, we ride the first legal mountain bike trails in Watauga County. This significant moment has come about only due to a monumental effort. Our hard-working volunteers have … Continue reading
Final Touches
With the park’s opening a day away, final preparations are in full swing. Join us tomorrow at 2:00 for our opening ceremony. Magic Cycles will have a fleet of demo bikes available for riding.
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Opening Day
On Sunday, May 1st at 2pm, Watauga County, Watauga County Tourism Development Authority (WCTDA), and Boone Area Cyclists (BAC) will host the official opening of Rocky Knob Park’s first 1.6 mile mountain biking trail. While a grand opening is being … Continue reading
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Dirty Green Thursday
Come celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by getting a little dirty. With the time change, we will meet at 5:00 and work until 7:00-7:30. We have marked several areas for armoring and also need to remove all stobs from the first … Continue reading
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Thanksgiving Break
Despite the best efforts of our legions of volunteers, we were not able to open the trail before Thanksgiving as hoped. While the first loop has been completed in terms of machine work and hand finishing, several special areas are … Continue reading
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Milestone
Trail work is in full swing at the Knob. Several community groups have been working on hand build sections of trail, the interns and volunteers have been making boardwalks ready, the trail is nearly 1 mile complete, and mother nature … Continue reading
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The Gauntlet, The Vision, and The First Trail Day
When Eric Woolridge began his job as Watauga County’s Outdoor Recreation Planner, there were no legal places to ride mountain bikes in the county. Not only has Eric worked to change this fact but over the past year he has … Continue reading
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Reckoning
Designing a trail at Rocky Knob is one part science, one part dodging Volkswagon-sized rocks, and one part hunch. The other half is thrashing through rhododendron. Woody Keen, CEO of Trail Dynamics, calls it art and science. Crawling on your … Continue reading
Dirt Beneath the Rock
There is dirt beneath the rock. Attempting to place pin flags in the soil at Rocky Knob while establishing the trail led us to believe Rocky Knob to be all rock. Everywhere, beneath the leaves: rock. Elsewhere, under the tangle … Continue reading
