Red Elephant Trails is a Hailey, ID based trail construction company founded in 2014 and became a member of the Professional Trail Builders Association (PTBA) in 2015. Our goal is to continue the evolution and development of trails throughout Idaho and beyond by providing sustainable, aesthetically pleasing and user generated trails. Our focus is on more than basic trail building, we incorporate best management practices for sustainable trails and awareness of local social issues in our build concepts.
Our deep roots in mountain biking and various other mountain sports such as backcountry skiing have developed a deep understanding of flow and terrain management. We take pride in building uniquely sculpted dirt and rock that incorporates our personal and professional experiences, all while acknowledging the limitation of terrain and planning for future users. Through Crew management, equipment operations and trail consultation we have developed an extraordinary ability to build sustainable and fun trails.
With over a decade of experience building trail for many user groups and in a variety of landscapes we understand how to Lay out the best alignment to give you what you're looking for.
Following a corridor laid out by the KRD (Ketchum Ranger District) and refined by Red Elephant Trails we built 4.5 miles of backcountry flow trail connecting Osberg ridge to Baker CR Rd. This trail replaced the previous fall line alignment with a more appropriate grade for the weather and soil condition. The trail is designed for two direction travel however it was built optimized for downhill travel.
I worked in conjunction with Trail Solutions and Sun Valley Company’s Hand Crew to build 7.5 miles of downhill lift access mountain bike trail. 5.5 miles of trail was built to an intermediate level flow trail while 2 miles is expert ability with Rock technical Features.
Working with Progressive Trail Design to build a 3.5 mile of gravity oriented trail from 8,500’ on the west flank of Galena Peak and descend 1000’ to connect with the Spring Creek trail. Along with a mile and a half of singletrack on the north end of the Grinder trail
Rebuild of Croy Creek Trail system following the Beaver Creek Fire. Using the existing alignment, we re-established trail in accordance with BLM request. IMBA operated the Sutter 300 for most of the project and Red Elephant Trails operated the mini excavator behind them, along with hand finishing where it was needed.
Construct one mile of road to trail conversion and two miles of new trail in an area of terrain too steep for Ridge to Rivers crew and volunteer workers to build. Constructed and approved of with in contracted timeline
1.5 miles Downhill beginner mountain bike flow trail through second growth forest in town limits, constructed and finished within the contact timeline with mini-excavator and volunteer finished
