Posh accomodations thanks to the Western Pennsylvania Field Institute.
Old logging roads do not always make good mountain biking trails. Poor original design, continued use and lack of drainage create muddy and rutted conditions.
A Western Pennsylvania Field Institute instructor works to create a "knick" to improve drainage on the Bill Albert Trail. Note the semi-circle shape and increased outslope that will drain water off the trail. Learn more about knicks here:
Sean Brady of the Western Pennsylvania Field Institute and Bob Tait of the North Country Trail explain two potential singletrack re-routes to LHORBA members that have recently taken on trail maintenance duties at the site.
Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew stud, Aaryn "Noodle Arm" Kay, destroys the female competition in the Festival's Huffy Toss. Aaryn attributes the win to a "lucky bounce off an over-inflated tire."
The Laurel Highlands offers great terrain and plenty of rocks.

Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew Attends First Annual Laurel Mountain Bike Festival

Three hundred mountain bikers were drawn to the Laurel Mountain Bike Festival, organized by the Western Pennsylvania Field Institute (http://www.wpfi.org), over the weekend of July 26-28, 2002. Although riding and beer were on the minds of many, advocacy and trailbuilding was a close second.

More than 30 participants skipped the afternoon rock garden ride to attend a Saturday afternoon Trailbuilding School, including leaders of the Laurel Highlands Off Road Bicycling Association (LHORBA), Pittsburgh Off-Road Cycling (PORC), and the PA representative for the North Country Trail, a long-distance trail that will extend from New York to Minnesota when complete. The Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew also led a trail design seminar on Sunday afternoon. The seminar focused on transforming some of Laurel Mountain's novice trails from muddy, rutted, wide logging roads to dry, sustainable, twisting singletrack.