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!
Project Updates
February 16, 2025
The Pedal Junction planning team met on January 31, 2025 to discuss the year ahead. We have decided to proceed with a Yukon Lotteries Fund submission. The application deadline is April 15, 2025. We had applied to the Community Development Fund (CDF) last spring but were declined funding because it was anticipated that clearing YESAB and getting land tenure through YG Lands would take longer than we had anticipated. And they were correct. We cleared YESAB in late August 2024 and we are optimistic that the Village of Haines Junction will receive title for the site by this Spring. Our plan is to develop the land for the Village of Haines Junction through a lease arrangement with the Village holding the insurance for the site under their general policy.
We have release a new Expression of Interest for companies who are interested in designing and building the park for us. Please check that out here.
The Pedal Junction planning team met on January 31, 2025 to discuss the year ahead. We have decided to proceed with a Yukon Lotteries Fund submission. The application deadline is April 15, 2025. We had applied to the Community Development Fund (CDF) last spring but were declined funding because it was anticipated that clearing YESAB and getting land tenure through YG Lands would take longer than we had anticipated. And they were correct. We cleared YESAB in late August 2024 and we are optimistic that the Village of Haines Junction will receive title for the site by this Spring. Our plan is to develop the land for the Village of Haines Junction through a lease arrangement with the Village holding the insurance for the site under their general policy.
We have release a new Expression of Interest for companies who are interested in designing and building the park for us. Please check that out here.
Our Mission
We seek to further active transportation and bicycle initiatives for all ages in and around Dakwakada/Haines Junction.
How will we build a Bike Skills Park?
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.
