Powder Ridge Expanding Mountain Bike Offerings

MIDDLEFIELD, CT — Officials from Powder Ridge Mountain Park & Resort announced Friday that they have signed an agreement with Dave King of Dirtsculpt LLC, one of the world’s best bike park builders, to

expand the mountain biking park at Powder Ridge.

For more than 15 years, DirtSculpt has been designing and building bike parks and trails, including those used for X-Games, Red Bull events, the TRA and the Dew Tour.

Dirtsculpt will be designing and building a "family friendly park" featuring downhill, enduro, dirt jump and BMX courses, Powder Ridge officials said.

“We are very excited to be working with Powder Ridge and to have one of our parks as a permanent fixture, something that riders can enjoy for years to come,” said King, the owner of Dirtsculpt. “Powder Ridge’s location between two of the largest markets, Boston and New York will give the sport exposure to a much larger audience.”

The approved scope of the project will include the following:

• Expansion and upgrading of seven of the existing top-to-bottom downhill mountain biking trails including adding jumps, rollers, wooden features, wall rides and drops.
• Design and build-out of a 50,000-square-foot beginner skills area with berms, rollers, rock garden and features.
• Design and buildout of three new top-to-bottom downhill trails, one for each level of biker (green, blue, black).
• Design and buildout of BMX/dirt jump park area with three three jump lines that are more than 750 feet long and a pump track.

“The next level of mountain biking is finally coming to Southern New England,” Powder Ridge CEO Sean Hayes said. “We have spent the last year working with Dave King and other industry experts to design
an overall biking program that will make mountain biking more accessible to every level of rider.”

Hayes said the "re-launch" of the park will include a full suite of group and private lessons, summer camp & day trip programs, sponsored competitions, an expanded rental fleet for all levels of riders plus youth and adult meet-up group program.

Photo Credit: DirtSculpt