Video: 11 & 14-Year-Old Hit Huge Jumps at Revolution Bike Park

 Maybe I'm misunderstanding the situation, but I thought they just have to clear the diseased trees away, and then the area can be reopened to the public. Will the removal of the trees be damaging to the bike park? I've never been there, so I don't know how the trails interface with the trees.

 @danielfloyd: the removal of the trees will definitely do a lot of damage to the park.

 @dk1996: ok. will it be rebuildable, or will it not end up being worth it?

 @danielfloyd: they are going to rebuild but it's going to take years and it's likely that the trails there at the moment will be destroyed. They're hoping to save sections of track but we won't know for sure until it's done

 @danielfloyd:
As others have mentioned, it could take a long time to rebuild and because of the steep hill it's going to take a long time to clear the trees before they can even think about rebuilding.
A lot of the trails are rooty and tech and are well sheltered from wind by the trees so the loss of trees could also significantly change the nature of the park/trails. Hopefully they will replant trees and it can come back similar to what it is now.
I would think that the trails that would take the most time to rebuild (like 50:01) would also be the easiest to avoid damaging. The majority of trails at Revs are more natural with fewer man made features and are almost certain to be destroyed by heavy machinery.

 @timsim07: @DC1988 makes sense. Thanks for the insights

 @inked-up-metalhead: hes not wrong though and hes not taking anything away from them

 There's an infection in the trees that means the entire forest needs to be felled. Trails will be trashed by all the machinery and they won't be able to rebuild until the tree cover gets adequate

 @tom666: Wonder if that's the same crap that's taking out the Sierra's. Combination between Beatles, the infection and drought. Destroying the forests. And we don't have fires coming through to clean it all out every few years.

If you fly over the sierra's you see HUGE chunks of red trees. They can't keep up with it.

 @onemanarmy: Beatles: dam British Invasion

 @onemanarmy: Due to Phytophthora ramorum infection of the larch forest. m.pinkbike.com/news/revolution-bike-park-closes-indefinitely.html

Sounds like it is occurring in CA in oak trees, www.aphis.usda.gov/aphis/ourfocus/planthealth/plant-pest-and-disease-programs/pests-and-diseases/phytophthora-ramorum

 @onemanarmy: probably the same pine beetles that are devastating BC forests leaving swaths of dead red trees. Fun fact the beetles are usually kill off by the cold winters but we have warmer winters now due to global warming.

 We've dealt with Bark Beetles and Tussock Moth "outbreaks" in CO for the last few decades, and it continues to plague some areas worse than others. I've learned from Colorado State foresters that there's many factors to these outbreaks, such as warmer/"shorter" winters which give the insects a longer "season" to procreate and move around.
The big one I've been told is the forests being too dense resulting more sickly trees which makes them more susceptible to the native insects. A healthy tree can deal, repel, and recover, but if it's already fighting for limited soil nutrients, dealing with drought, etc. then it's becomes more susceptible to those native insects doing their thing. A big problem we have around here is that the forests need to be cleared manually due to us living amongst it. Historically it would all burn and cycle, but now allowing all that dead/diseased forest to burn would put too much life and property at risk. It's a very difficult and costly problem.