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Pinkbike - OZ Trails Bike Park

Trail Design
Publications
BELLA VISTA, Ark. (February 4, 2025) — OZ Trails™ unveiled plans today for a chairlift-served downhill mountain-biking destination in Bella Vista, marking a significant expansion of Northwest Arkansas's cycling infrastructure...

Joplin celebrates groundbreaking of new recreation area

Publications
JOPLIN, Mo. (KOAM) -- Joplin community members and city leaders roll over to Dover Park for the groundbreaking of a new outdoor recreation area. The project known as DORA, for...

A $13 million urban trail system with MTB as its focal point has just opened in Iowa

Publications
Trail Construction
Mason City is a small Iowa community of 27,000 surrounded by cornfields and bisected by rivers, which lend some modest topography to the landscape. Located just off I-35 and almost...

MTB opportunities expand near the newest US national park

Publications
Trail Construction
If you’re planning to visit the New River Gorge — America’s newest national park — be sure to bring your mountain bike. While the New River Gorge is already one...

“This isn’t just a treasure for Wood County, this is a significant site for the entire state,"

Trail Design
Trail Construction
WOOD COUNTY — A lifetime of educating, and yet he remains passionate about his subject. For more than 60 years, Dr. Robert Freckmann has been sharing the treasure that is...

SPEARFISH, SD — Black Hills Trails and global bicycle component manufacturer SRAM, have partnered to craft a long term vision plan for city owned and managed trails in Spearfish.

Trail Design
Consulting
SPEARFISH, SD — Black Hills Trails and global bicycle component manufacturer SRAM, have partnered to craft a long term vision plan for city owned and managed trails in Spearfish.

Rock Solid Planning brings Tennessee community together to improve local trails

Consulting
About 70 volunteers hiked through the woods at Brentwood’s Marcella Vivrette Smith Park, clearing narrow paths for the city’s new mountain bike trails. The workday was organized by the Southern...
Volunteers help build first miles of trail Rock Solid designed for City of Bren…

Long-awaited trail work underway - Winona Post

Trail Construction
The Bluffs Traverse trail-building project is a multi-year project that will improve hiking and biking trail options with an end goal of connecting Sugar Loaf Park, Garvin Heights, and Bluffside...
Long-awaited trail work underway - Winona Post

Great Lakes Now, building trails on the shores of Lake Superior

Trail Design
Publications
Feature Fabrication
Trail Construction
Consulting

Pisgah SORBA awards Rock Solid the contract to build Butter Gap

Trail Design
Trail Construction
Consulting
Pisgah Area SORBA is thrilled to announce the Butter Gap Trail Project has been awarded to Rock Solid Trail Contracting. Rock Solid is based out of Copper Harbor, Michigan and...
Rock Solid Trails is awarded the contract for Butter Gap through Pisgah SORBA

Devil's Den is a road trip worthy Destination

Trail Design
Publications
Trail Construction
Consulting
Devil's Den Singletracks article

Lake Atalanta Newspaper Article

Trail Design
Publications
Trail Construction
Trail Maintenance
Lake Atalanta bike trails in Rogers getting a makeover

East Bluff Singletracks article

Publications
Article from Singletracks on our bike park in Copper Harbor, East Bluff and the ever changing state of trails in our home town.
East Bluff Map
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Cuyuna | North Mahnomen Trails - Sinter - Sledgehammer

Publications
The Rock Solid crew rides two new trails constructed spring and summer 2021 in Cuyuna, Minnesota.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hg-kBHDq1X0

TRAIL EAFFECT

Trail Design
Trail Construction
Welcome to “Episode 1” of the new show, Trail Eaffect. Josh headed up to Copper Harbor, Michigan to check out the unique scene in the tiny town at the tip...
Listen to the Podcast

MOUNT NEBO TRAILS NEARING COMPLETION

Publications
Trail Construction
Ever since the completion of Phase I of the Monument Trail system at Mount Nebo State Park, mountain bikers have anxiously awaited the return of Rock Solid Trail Contracting to...
Building Destinations

Ride Petoskey

Trail Design
Publications
Trail Construction
PETOSKEY, MICH. -- Fans of the renowned mountain bike trail system in Michigan’s Copper Harbor now have another Michigan destination for getting a taste of that outstanding trail design. The...
Full Article

Mt Nebo Rim Trail

Trail Design
Feature Fabrication
Rock Solid Guys preview the newly completed Rim Trail at Mount Nebo. Rock Solid took this already existing trail built by the CCC in the 1930s and revamped it to...

Lake County Bike Trails

Publications
Trail Construction
Two Harbors—In recent years, the Lake Superior Basin has been developed into a renowned mountain biking destination, drawing riders from around the country. In places like Duluth, Thunder Bay, Marquette...
Read About Our Work

LITTLE SUGAR PHASE 2 NOW OPEN!

Trail Design
Publications
Trail Construction
Trail Maintenance
After five years of planning and construction, the Northwest Arkansas Trailblazers have opened the second phase of the Little Sugar trail system to mountain bikers, hikers, and trail runners. The...
Check 'Em Out

Glowing trail, lonely takeout, Hobbs trimming

Trail Construction
A new trail surface glows Tuesday on the mountain bike trail next to Lincoln Junior High School in Bentonville. Rock Solid Trail Contracting completed a project Tuesday to resurface the...
Glowing Reviews

Jackpot Trail

Publications
Trail Construction
Fifteen years ago, the idea for creating the area’s finest mountain bike trails at Britton Peak (Tofte, Minnesota) and the Pincushion Trail System (Grand Marais, Minnesota) began coming to life...
Hit Jackpot

Ride It!

Trail Design
Feature Fabrication
Trail Construction
Some new Centennial Park trails open!
Check 'Em Out

Redhead MTB Park

Trail Design
Publications
Feature Fabrication
Trail Construction
Trail Maintenance
Consulting
Redhead MTB Park in Chisholm, Minnesota is a great example of repurposing mining lands. Carved out of the walls of an abandoned iron mine pit, Redhead is like nothing you’ve...
redhead mtb park

Giants Ridge

Trail Design
Feature Fabrication
Trail Construction
No this is not B.C. - this is Giants Ridge in northern Minnesota. Rock Solid trail builder @ryan_russell07 showcases the different lines down the this huge rock feature on the...
giants ridge

Ride Goliath

Publications
Trail Construction
Trail Maintenance
Take a rowdy ride down the "Goliath" with Rock Solid trail builders Kaden Degenhardt and Christian. This double-black diamond trail at Giants Ridge might be the most difficult trail in...
Goliath Trail

The Path is the Destination

Trail Design
Publications
Trail Construction
Consulting
The passion for recreation geared toward physical challenges and fitness along with an explorer’s spirit is what led to the boom of mountain biking as a hobby throughout the nation...
River Valley Magazine

Mt Nebo State Park Trail System

Feature Fabrication
Trail Maintenance
After the completion of Phase I of the Mt Nebo State Park (MNSP) trail system in 2019, the 7-mile Chickalah Loop has attracted riders from across Arkansas, with the highlight...
Ride It!

To the Max

Trail Design
Mountain bike trail building - meet the next level.
next level trail building
"Rock Solid literally wrote the book on trail building"
-CMBR Alaska

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