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:
Spider Mountain Bike Park: https://www.spidermountain.com/
Mountain Capital Partners: https://www.mcp.ski/
Thunderbird Lodge: https://www.thunderbirdlodgetx.com/
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:
Evolution Trail Services: www.evotrails.com
Contact Josh at evolutiontrails@gmail.com
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