Last day in "Swamp land"

Today we worked on the berm leading into the step up jump and also started building the kicker. It is turning out pretty good, hope we get some dry weather for a couple of weeks so we can ride it soon...




Can not wait to get out of this sh.. :-)




The kicker will be pulled back a meter or so.

Step down landing

Since we out of the mud section things start to happen a lot faster, Today James finished of the landing to the last step down before the road crossing in the new section of roller coaster.



This is how deep we have to go to get the water out. A BIG pipe is coming on Monday, it will keep the trail nice and dry when in place

Old School news

The mud pit in before the steep section in Old School was more than “bottom bracket deep” and it was about time to do something about it.



It was not possible to dig a ditch so we ended up building a bridge over it. First we had to empty it as good as possible, and then we could start building the bridge.









We also removed a couple of “flow killers” witch did not ad anything to the trail except killing the all-important flow.

The landing

We started working our way down what will be the landing for the last step-down in the new section of Roller Coaster. It will lead you straight into a berm -witch turns into a kicker at the end, sending you "up and away" to the landing of the following step-up jump. I really hope we don`t need to go back and fix something in this section anytime soon…

New step down

This step down will be the last step down in the mid-section of Roller Coaster.
About 2,5 meters high and 8 meters to the sweet spot






Needs a lot of dirt to build a trail with this size ehhh, -everything…
Everything is just bigger :-)




This creek is now going through the kicker in a big tube. Unbelievable how much water there is coming through this area.
Big ditches and enough pipes takes care of that..

Roller Coaster update

The red dot is where the Roller Coaster Air Downhill has been starting until now.
One step down, one step up and a table left to build before we connected the two sections.We now have 15 meters left before we are past the swamp in the Mid-section of Roller Coaster.



It is massive. This is the landing of the Hip/high speed corner, we are working on right now. The landing will go straight into a step down. Both the hip/corner and the step down have an 8 meter gap but will be pretty mellow to ride. The kickers are pretty slack on both of them.


This is the view looking down the landing of the step down.



This is the view looking up the landing of the step down.

Progress in Roller Coaster

The awesome weather is helping us a lot making better progress in the mid-section of Roller Coaster.
We are also past the wet area that has been causing so much trouble. This is a high speed corner/ “hip jump into a step down” combo.



This is the massive kicker



No, it is not a road. This is the tranny...

World cup jumps

Finally, a week late we got the excavator so we could start building up the jumps at the start of the world cup trail (European champs trail, last year).
The UCI rep asked how we could top of last year’s event…
There is only one answer to that of course, -GO BIGGER!
So that is exactly what we are doing.
This is the last of the 4 jumps just after the start, we are pulling the lip back around 3 meters and putting it more to the side so we can leave it over the winter. That also make it more into to a hip jump…
Also the first jump will be bigger. We are moving the start house about 10 meters to north witch give us a longer run in to the jump = more speed :-)





Fast-girl Kari Anne had a look and the comment was "F... its big!"


Up and away!!! (Doing my "Usain Bolt"...)



Tomorrow it will be adjusted and get the final touch

Ekspressen smoothening :-)

The short but heavy rain shower on Saturday washed out the landing of the step down in Ekspressen and while we were at it we removed a lot of rocks down to the road crossing. The trail crew got some much appreciated help.
Girlpower rocks !



The ditch was 40 cm at the deepest spot and it took some elbow grease to fill it



When it was done it turned out really good and we also removed some rocks in the landing on the right hand side.




These girls not only ride hard, they work hard as well :-)

Roller Coaster, mid-section.

We are now 3 weeks into this year’s building on the mid-section of Roller Coaster. (Above the road were you are dropping in today, going all the way up to Moe`town).
This is jump number seven in the making so far. This is in the worst part to build in and it is really wet and muddy, so it is taking it`s time…

Roller Coaster

Monday we started building at the mid section of Roller Coaster.
This is the section betwin the crossing of Moe`town and Døldaveien (today`s start).

Ready for the weekend!

The flow-killer is history and here are the new berm



It is a bit longer now, can`t wait to ride it!



This is were the mud pit was. We filled the bottom with rocks, raised it and made the berm bigger. (Always better...)

last section of Moe`town!

Traffic jam in Moe`town



We have been changing the "flow-killer" and rebuilt the mud pit...





Berm in tha making

Getting there

All the rain has been keeping the soil nice and wet here in Hafjell.
The last day’s dry weather have made it possible for us to finally make some “real” progress. Moe`town mid-section is now fully restored and the very last section before the Parktrail will be done tonight.
Here is the second to last jump in the mid-section witch we extended the table 1,5 meter and the landing another 1,5 meter. I twill match the speed you have there, much better now :-)



James is reshaping the landing of the step-up, leading into the last section of Moe`town.

A littel bit of rain

After the massive rain this early morning the trail crew have been working hard getting the trails back into shape. After the enormous effort, we are proud being able to keep all the trails open this weekend.






Knut Sofie in his sweet kilt :-)

The rain is threatening to make us close a trail that we have opened permanent, for the first time ever.
The Express trail looks more like the Grand Canyon and we are mainly checking trails for damages these days and leading water out of the trails.
Moe`town were getting it bigtime in the spring and now water was becoming a treat again. We had to redirect one of the main water pipes today. It was starting to wash out a big chunk of the trail.
It would be nice to get back to actually building some trails soon…

Lunch and a new trail

Lunsj break marking off a new trail, awesome or what. Except the fact it is designed to be ridden uphill. SAY WHAT!
More to come on that one.

Back to everyday life

After the amazing opening weekend we are back to normal life here. The Buldre trail keeps getting TLC and right now it is the top section getting sorted. We have been removing “some” who did nothing for the trail but were killing skies in the winter. In the process jumps were growing and new ones popping up…