Spider Mountain Bike Park (#56)

Trail EAffect Episode 56 Spider Mountain Bike Park with Christiana Hudson and Suzy Bauer

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Topics Covered:

The Christiana Hudson Backstory
The Suzy Bauer Backstory
The Spider Mountain Back Story
- Inspiration from Jackson Hole
- Other Bike Park Resorts: Purgatory and Pajarito
The first chairlift in Texas
The Lift was purchased from Taos Ski Area & moved to Spider Mtn
The Trail Planning behind Spider Mtn
Suzy’s Perspective of Spider Mtn coming from Colorado, and getting new participants into Mountain Biking
The Future of Mountain Biking in Texas
The Trail Maintenance at Spider Mountain
Beginners at Spider Mountain
- New Beginners Skills Park
- Gear Rental
- Complimentary Tips & Tricks to new riders
- Partners with other Bike Camps and Riders in the area
- Incredible staff
Family Friendly Company
- Power Kids: 12 & Under Ride & Ski for Free
Thunderbird Lodge at Spider Mtn
Other Amenities such as water sports on Lake Buchanan
Numbers at Spider Mtn (only open for 3 years and weird years with the Covid Boost)
Growing the numbers
Next Trail – Advanced Flowtech
Famous Failures & Learning through failure
The Community Aspect of Spider Mountain
- Mountain Biking Community
- Community of Locals in Burnet TX
Closing Comments
- Spider rides much bigger than it is
- Committed to awesome trails on the terrain they have

Links:

Mountain Capital Partners: https://www.mcp.ski/

Support for Trail EAffect Comes from Smith’s Bike Shop in La Crosse, WI https://smithsbikes.com/

This show has been edited and produced by Evolution Trail Services, for more information go to:

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