Fall, 2017 saw FlowRide Concepts win the contract to design and build a full-scale bike park to expand the recreational offerings at Broomfield’s McKay Lake Park. We pulled out all the stops to maximize the park’s footprint by creating a massive start mound to provide the necessary elevation to jump start its entire gravity zone. This mound provides the speed to feed 3 progressive jump lines, a drop zone, and a bi-directional skills loop. Our design borders this main gravity progression zone with an intermediate/advanced pump track to push your speed & creativity. The park also encompasses a beginner pump track with prefabricated features optimized as a training ground for tots as well as adaptive cyclists looking to find their flow.
With all of the traffic the park received in the year following its soft opening, Broomfield called us back in the summer of 2018 to give the park a full tune up and fresh coat of cap dirt to polish it up for the highly anticipated fall grand opening. With that first official session, McKay Lake Bike Park secured its place on the list of must-ride-spots for both expert riders and novice families alike. One attendee even admitted they had chosen to buy their house based on the fact that the bike park was being built in that neighborhood!
PROJECT DATA
- Master-planned full-scale 4-acre bike park
- Optimized tot track and trails for adaptive cyclists
- Sculpted beginner-advanced pump track
- Constructed beginner/intermediate rock drop zone
- Designed/built dynamic green, blue & black jump trails
- Created skill/flow trails for rider progression