Eagle Cycling Park draws 2,000 for Trailpalooza event

Less than a year after the official ground-breaking last winter, the new 240-acre Idaho Velodrome & Cycling Park in Eagle is really beginning to take shape, with multiple trails open for bicycling, hiking and trail-running. The cycling park is located just a couple miles from M3 property in the Eagle Foothills.

About 2,000 people flocked to the park, located by the junction of Floating Feather Road and Horseshoe Bend Road, on Sunday, Sept. 14, to participate in a “Trailpalooza” event sponsored by Duke Enterprises and Larry Miller Subaru. The day started with a 2.5K fun run, and then there were trick-riding demonstrations, bike demos, food, live music and lots of biking on trails.

To view videos of cyclists riding a dual slalom course in the park, click here. To view video of people riding trails, click here.

The park now has five cross-country trails, covering a total of 8 miles, a concrete Skateboard Park, a dual slalom course, a pump track, free-ride jumps and more. The trails are built for all abilities, from beginner to expert.

The Velodrome portion of the project is under construction. It will be a 330-foot oval concrete outdoor cycling track, similar to tracks seen in Olympic and European cycling competitions.

Organizers seek to provide a cycling experience for everyone – BMX, mountain bikes, road bikes, track bikes, free-riding and cycle-cross. “Our goal is to develop a world-class facility that is accessible to the community, young and old, to participate and enjoy the lifetime sport of cycling,” said Dave Beck, president of the Idaho Velodrome and Cycling Park Association. “To our knowledge, this facility brings together more cycling disciplines in one place than any other cycling facility anywhere in the world.”

“For kids who grow up in Eagle and the surrounding area, this is going to be an awesome training ground and a place to grow cyclists from the ground up,” Beck said.

The park has been developed with more than $2 million in cash and donations, including funding from the City of Eagle, private donations and in-kind donations.

For more information about the park, see http://www.idahovelopark.org/.