Greenprints Secures $20,500 From Woodstock For Trail Improvements

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Greenprints Alliance, working with the Woodstock Parks and Recreation Department, has received funding from the city to make improvements on the Avalanche mountain bike trail segment at Olde Rope Mill Park in Woodstock.

Avalanche is the original 6-mile loop in the Taylor Randahl Memorial Mountain Bike Trail system, constructed in 2010.

The Woodstock City Council at its March 9 meeting showed support for the initiative by voting 4-0 to approve allocating $20,500 for the project.

“The new trail segments on Avalanche will improve the trail user’s experience, eliminate trail erosion problems and increase safety,” said Greenprints Alliance Executive Director Gary Moore.

Project highlights include relocating the entrance further inside the park and away from the park entrance. The new entrance will allow for separate entrance and exit segments, better traffic flow and improved routing for racing events.

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The new entrance will also be located next to the planned facility restrooms, an initiative the city will soon undertake.

“SORBA Woodstock does a great job of raising the funds necessary to build and maintain great single track trails, but this is a situation where the city was able to step in and lend a hand at the right time and make a big difference,” added David Potts, chairman of the Greenprints Alliance Board of Directors.

Greenprints Alliance and SORBA Woodstock are working with Trail Dynamics to complete the new segments in May 2015. Completion of this project will coincide with the official opening of the new 5-mile trail at the park on the north side of Little River. The new trail features professionally designed and constructed single-track mountain bike trails at beginner, intermediate and advanced levels.

For more information about the Greenprints Alliance, visit its website, Facebook page or follow the organization on Twitter.

Photo: members of the Greenprints Alliance check out a new trail segment under construction at Olde Rope Mill Park. Credit: Greenprints Alliance’s Facebook page