MTBparks Fifth Annual Best Bike Parks Survey
Like 2016, the Fifth Annual "Best Bike Parks Riders' Choice Awards," saw several changes in rankings among North America's favorite lift-served parks.
Like 2016, the Fifth Annual "Best Bike Parks Riders' Choice Awards," saw several changes in rankings among North America's favorite lift-served parks.
In the five years since MTBparks.com first launched the "Best Bike Parks Riders' Choice Awards" survey, we've seen a strong pack of resorts that consistently take the top five spots. Sometimes those parks jump between 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th place, but by and large, the top five in each region have become pretty familiar. One common theme we have noticed is that pretty much every top-ranking resort is fairly well-staffed with folks who ride. Passionate mountain bikers staff the ranks from resort owners or CEOs, from marketing staff to lifties, from shop groms to the bike park managers and trail builders.
MTBparks Fourth Annual Best Bike Parks Survey
What was the common thread among the winners? A truly successful bike park makes you feel welcome, whether on the lift, in the base area, or even in the parking lot. These resorts serve as hubs for mountain biking social centers, creating micro riding communities so to speak.
If you have felt this vibe while sipping a cold beer on the deck of the GLC, watching riders hit the final A-Line drop at Whistler, or huddling around a camp stove and cooler in the parking lot of New Mexico's Angel Fire Bike Park, you know what we're talking about.
What was the common thread among the winners? A truly successful bike park makes you feel welcome, whether on the lift, in the base area, or even in the parking lot. These resorts serve as hubs for mountain biking social centers, creating micro riding communities so to speak.
If you have felt this vibe while sipping a cold beer on the deck of the GLC, watching riders hit the final A-Line drop at Whistler, or huddling around a camp stove and cooler in the parking lot of New Mexico's Angel Fire Bike Park, you know what we're talking about.
MTBparks Third Annual Best Bike Parks Survey
Now in its third year, the MTBparks.com Riders’ Choice Awards survey carries with it an undeniable momentum, and for us, has become an official start to the summer riding season. This year, with increased participation and some surprising rankings, we found ourselves watching the top spots change constantly in the 11th hour as the final flood of votes poured in; it’s become our Super Bowl.
Now in its third year, the MTBparks.com Riders’ Choice Awards survey carries with it an undeniable momentum, and for us, has become an official start to the summer riding season. This year, with increased participation and some surprising rankings, we found ourselves watching the top spots change constantly in the 11th hour as the final flood of votes poured in; it’s become our Super Bowl.
MTBparks Second Annual Best Bike Parks Survey
This year, while many resorts fiercely defended their rankings, other resorts worked hard to put themselves on the map and stepped up a notch or two. As we compiled the results of this year’s survey and worked with bike parks across North America to gather information about what made them great, a larger picture began to come into focus.
This year, while many resorts fiercely defended their rankings, other resorts worked hard to put themselves on the map and stepped up a notch or two. As we compiled the results of this year’s survey and worked with bike parks across North America to gather information about what made them great, a larger picture began to come into focus.
MTBparks First Annual Best Bike Parks Survey
Last summer, there was a surge of "Best Bike Park" articles circulating around the Internet. And as it normally goes with all things found online, each article seemed to draw a spark of controversy amongst the vocal riders who would comment about how each article had completely missed the mark, excluded an obvious choice and so on. Regardless of each article’s rankings, there was one constant: they always got riders talking—passionately—about their favorite bike parks, which ones were missed and which ones should have been included.
For MTBparks.com, it indicated a serious need for a rider-driven fact-finding mission. In August, during Crankworx, we began the task of asking riders to share their opinions in an online survey. Where do you ride? What is your favorite resort? What makes each place so great?
Last summer, there was a surge of "Best Bike Park" articles circulating around the Internet. And as it normally goes with all things found online, each article seemed to draw a spark of controversy amongst the vocal riders who would comment about how each article had completely missed the mark, excluded an obvious choice and so on. Regardless of each article’s rankings, there was one constant: they always got riders talking—passionately—about their favorite bike parks, which ones were missed and which ones should have been included.
For MTBparks.com, it indicated a serious need for a rider-driven fact-finding mission. In August, during Crankworx, we began the task of asking riders to share their opinions in an online survey. Where do you ride? What is your favorite resort? What makes each place so great?