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The building has begun and it looks awesome!  Our contractors have been building for about 3 weeks and things are progressing nicely.  Large portions of the Green loop and Blue loop are almost complete.  If the weather corporates we should be opening sections to ride very soon.  Check out some more pictures of the work that is going on.  So far everything is on track for the builders to complete their projects by mid December.  

The trail builders are finishing up sections of Fountainhead.  As they finish sections the old sections will be closed and the new sections will be opened.  Changes to the trail may happen fast depending on when the trail builders finish a section and how dry the new trail is when they finish construction.  

The Blue Trail that was under construction officially opened on Friday Nov 25. Looking at the map below you will see that segments 13 through 19 are opened. There was a change order and segment 17 now "Y"'s and joins both segment 18 and rejoins the original trail. Segment 18 no longer joins the original trail but goes directly into segment 19 which continues all the way to the bottom of SOB.

There is no signage yet, so if you want to ride SOB, make sure you take the RIGHT SIDE FORK at the only Y in the trail. If you take the LEFT fork it will take you down to the bottom on SAB II. I'll try and get new temporary map put together as soon as I can.

The old trail has been obliterated and reclaimed. The new trail is soft but rideable. It will probably be like that until there is a hard freeze. Other sections will be opening in the green loop this week.  If it rains please stay off the new trail.  They will take longer than usual to dry out since they are freshly cut. So far we have received rave reviews on the new sections.  We are looking forward to having a ribbon cutting when all of the sections are open.  Stay tuned, we hope that will be in December.  

A huge Thank You to Vulcan Materials Company for donating the materials needed to kick off the first big phase of the Fountainhead Project! This donation is HUGE and will help tremendously to completing an amazing trail system.  

About Vulcan Materials Company

Vulcan Materials Company, based in Birmingham, Alabama with a Quarry just a few miles from Fountainhead, provides infrastructure materials that are required by the American economy. Vulcan is the nation’s largest producer of construction aggregates, a major producer of other construction materials including asphalt and ready-mixed concrete and a leading producer of cement in Florida.  Vulcan produces aggregates, primarily crushed stone, sand and gravel, that are used in nearly all forms of construction. In particular, Vulcan has provided much of the materials needed for trail construction in our local parks. Vulcan has a strong commitment to its communities well-being and environment.

MORE is excited to have Vulcan Materials Company donate what we need to get this job done!  

The projects have been awarded as follows:

Trail Dynamics featuring Ironwood Outdoors and 402 Trails Projects:

Project 1:  GREEN TRAIL RELOCATION; UPPER SLOPES

Project 2:  GREEN TRAIL RELOCATION; LOWER SLOPES

Project 3:  BLUE TRAIL RELOCATION; SALAMANDER HILL

Project 4:  BLUE TRAIL RELOCATION; JACK RABBIT RUN

Project 5:  BLUE TRAIL RELOCATION; SKINNY HOLLOW

Project 8:  EXIT TRAIL RELOCATION

ARC/Progressive Trail Design Projects:

 Project 6:  BLUE TRAIL RELOCATION; SKUNK & OPOSSUM

Project 7:  BLUE TRAIL RELOCATION; SHOCK-A-BILLY APPROACH

Project 9:  BLACK TRAIL DEMONSTRATION

 Please refer to the Fountainhead Map for specific trail segments. 

We are very excited to have Ironwood Outdoors/402 Trails and Progressive Trail Design showcase their trail building skills at Fountainhead.  Both Teams have extensive experience building mountain bike trails around the country.  Ironwood Outdoors has already helped MORE build the Woodpecker reroute and  Blue Skills area and knows Fountainhead well.  They are very familiar with the local riders and have built some of the areas best single track. Progressive Trail Design will be coming from Fayetteville, Arkansas.  This company has built a strong reputation for building challenge-oriented trails, which include bike parks, downhill mtb courses and of course sweet single track.   Each of these companies is dedicated to making the Fountainhead mountain bike trail unparalleled to any other trail system in the region.  

Trail building is scheduled to begin the second week of October.  Both companies plan to complete their projects by the end of December.  Stay tuned as there may be some opportunities to volunteer to help with the trail building.  As always MORE is still accepting donations.  While this is a great start to the Fountainhead Project there are still miles to go.  Every donation counts!  Please make your contribution today.  100% of all donations go directly into the Fountainhead Trails Redevelopment Project.  

Find out more about the trail builders please visit their websites.

Trail Dynamics- www.traildynamics.com

Progressive Trail Design- www.progressivetraildesign.com