Steamboat aims to become Bike Town USA
Grant Fenton talked to a crowd at the three-day Steamboat Bike Summit. The New Belgium cruiser bike was raffled off. Photo by Joel Reichenberger, Steamboat Today
Wow! Sounds like true dedication to cycling, to me.
Steamboat Springs held a three-day meeting late last week - the Steamboat Bike Summit - and talked about connecting bike paths across town, expanding area singletrack trails and creating a downhill park at Steamboat Ski Area.
I like the sound of that!
Tim Young, executive director of the Friends of Pathways program in Jackson, Wyo., encouraged Steamboat to move forward, extending the Yampa River Core Trail and other paths to increase safety for bikers and walkers/runners as well as building area for mountain bikers.
“It’s not either-or. It’s both,” said Young. “Mountain towns like Steamboat can really benefit from having a good, well-connected system like this town already has a good start on. Those pathways can have a tremendous value.”
Jackson has about 50 miles of paved bike paths weaving through a town remarkably similar to Steamboat in size and economy. Nearly 40 more miles are being constructed in nearby Grand Teton National Park.
To read the entire Steamboat Today story about the bike summit, click here.
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