Greenhorn Beginner Trail Now Open at Mountain Creek

Mountain Creek Bike Park, home to 47 downhill mountain bike trails and 10 miles of cross-country terrain is proud to announce the Grand Opening of its new top-to-bottom Beginner Greenhorn trail.

Mountain Creek Bike Park officially opened the nearly 2-mile beginner flow trail on Saturday, July 18 with a Ribbon Cutting ceremony, celebrating the culmination of two years of construction totaling 2,500 man and machine hours and 1,200 tons of dirt.

This new trail was specifically designed to introduce new riders to the thrills of gravity-fueled mountain biking by using the pitch and grades of the terrain to naturally control riders’ speeds. The Greenhorn Trail is a long awaited addition to Mountain Creek’s trail offerings, opening the world of downhill to all levels and types of riders.

"I'm super excited to see our guests riding this trail. The resort and the Trail Crew worked long and hard to bring this addition to reality,” said Marc Tremain, Mountain Creek Bike Park Operations Manager. “We have a great group of instructors and lesson programs here at the mountain and now we've given guests the terrain to take those experiences to the next level."

Mountain Creek Bike Park’s expert lesson programs include private instruction sessions as well as group camps and the popular Experience Downhill Package, which provides 2-hours of guided instruction with a downhill bike rental and protective equipment on beginner-friendly terrain for one low price.

Get an in-depth view of the Beginner Greenhorn Trail and a behind-the-scenes look at the work that went into building it:

Lower Greenhorn Now Open!

by MCBP

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Mountain Creek Bike Park is open Daily through September 7th and Friday through Sunday until November 1st. Get more information on hours, rates, lessons and events at www.mountaincreekbikepark.com / @MCBP

About Mountain Creek Bike Park
Mountain Creek Resort is a unique gateway to the mountain lifestyle for millions of local urban and suburban adventure seekers. Mountain Creek Bike Park is the NY metro area’s closest lift-served resort biking destination, located just 47 miles from the George Washington Bridge in Northwestern, NJ. Mountain Creek offers Downhill Mountain Biking for riders or all ability levels with 47 natural and manmade downhill biking trails, more than 60 freestyle terrain features and 1,040 feet of vertical serviced by the high speed Cabriolet open-air gondola. Mountain Creek Bike Park is proudly supported by: Red Bull, Specialized Bicycles, SixSixOne, SRSuntour, GoPro, and Fly Racing. More information at www.mountaincreekbikepark.com

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driftmonster (Jul 23, 2015 at 7:10)

sweet !! now i can ride my cyclocross bike at creek

KozSlow (Jul 23, 2015 at 7:10)

They never really had a rideable trail for beginners so this is an awesome addition! Should definitely get more people onto their trails.

Twreck (Jul 23, 2015 at 8:53)

This is a solid move! I have brought my girlfriend with me to Mountain Creek the last three years and we love it! The only thing that we thought was missing was an easy trail top-bottom. She will rip some of the blue runs but still nice to be able to get warmed up without having to navigate some of those rocky switchbacks before you get to the midway road. She took a dirt nap after about 4 runs this year so this new trail will be a great way to convince her to come back later this season and conquer those demons!!

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willy970 (Jul 23, 2015 at 9:15)

Basically a trail for good riders to haul ass on and scare the shit out of tourists

finalgear (Jul 22, 2015 at 15:47)

Thats my boy.

neologisticzand (Jul 23, 2015 at 10:02)

This article was a nice surprise! I'm actually about to head up north today and already was planning on visiting Mountain Creek for a few days!

orastreet1 (Jul 24, 2015 at 6:26)

It's a hard thing to work on a trail that isn't full of "fun" features and elements. But it is a worthy cause.

cptstoney (Jul 24, 2015 at 11:11)

2 years seems like a really long time to build a 2 mile trail with machines.

mtbvt (Jul 23, 2015 at 7:27)

It takes four of you guys to cut a ribbon? Hahaaha! Nice work boys!

wyckoffcycle (Jul 23, 2015 at 10:36)

I hear it's a nice climb on the Trail bike