What is a Bike Skills Park?
It’s a looping trail system of rollers banked for biking with small jumps, wooden decks and obstacles to learn basic mountain biking skill. The parks are a fantastic place for young and old to learn new biking skills. What's also really great about bike parks is that they are relatively easy to build, maintain and reclaim (if needed) because it's really just a bunch of dirt!
Our Mission
We seek to further active transportation and bicycle initiatives for all ages in and around Dakwakada/Haines Junction.
How will we build it?
We have formed a society (Pedal Junction), and now we're asking community partners to help us identify suitable land, do some fundraising and apply for funding (like to YG's community development fund). And then we'll design it, build it, play in it and maintain it.
It's going to be great! And we want you to be a part of it too!
It's going to be great! And we want you to be a part of it too!
Want to help out and/or do you have ideas for how it should be built?
Complete the short survey to have your say!
Who are we?
We are a group of dedicated volunteers who already have a history of success organizing fun biking activities in our community.
We're also the volunteers who in 2023 hosted the Community Bike Nights! Last year the Haines Junction community demonstrated an interest in cycling programming and infrastructure. Throughout the spring, summer and fall a series of 8 volunteer-led Community Bike Nights were held on the Spruce Street cul-de-sac. These events brought together cyclists of all ages to ride bikes, play on wooden ramps and teeter totters and try out different skill stations. The season finale, a Bike Parade through the Village streets, brought out a great and energetic crowd of people of all ages and life-stages. We estimate that the average participation in Community Bike Nights was 15 people per night, and the Bike Parade drew more than 20 riders.
We're also the volunteers who in 2023 hosted the Community Bike Nights! Last year the Haines Junction community demonstrated an interest in cycling programming and infrastructure. Throughout the spring, summer and fall a series of 8 volunteer-led Community Bike Nights were held on the Spruce Street cul-de-sac. These events brought together cyclists of all ages to ride bikes, play on wooden ramps and teeter totters and try out different skill stations. The season finale, a Bike Parade through the Village streets, brought out a great and energetic crowd of people of all ages and life-stages. We estimate that the average participation in Community Bike Nights was 15 people per night, and the Bike Parade drew more than 20 riders.
