Aaron Ruff of the Central Wisconsin Off-Road Cycling Coalition #106

Trail EAffect Episode 106 with Aaron Ruff of the Central Wisconsin Off-Road Cycling Coalition

• The path to finding mountain biking and becoming President of CWOCC for Aaron
• Mountain Biking at Nine Mile County Park
• List of Trail Systems that CWOCC manages
  • Big Eau Pleine County Park
  • Prairie Dell / Underdown County Park
  • Ringle Trails
  • Sylvan Hill County Park
  • Nine Mile County Park
• The Sylvan Hill Bike Park Backstory
• Partnerships
• Ringle Trails and the Partnership with Marathon Solid Waste Dept.
  • Matt Block – Creator of this Trail System
  • Trail Lease Agreement
• The backstory behind the Greater Wausau Prosperity Partnership and the Wausau Chamber of Commerce
  • CWOCC Working Hard in Silence and letting their work speak for itself
  • Support the Rib Mountain State Park Master Plan
• Fat Biking in the Wausau Region
• Opening Nine Mile County Park to Fat Biking for the first time (12/26/22)
• Shared Use in the winter months
• Using other regional trail systems as positive examples for winter fat biking
• How Fat Biking complements XC Skiing and how the users are the same person a lot of times
• CWOCC Sponsors and community partnerships
• Gary Barden Design
• Closing Comments

Links:

CWOCC: https://cwocc.org/

WDNR Rib Mountain Master Plan Press Release (12/21/22): https://dnr.wisconsin.gov/newsroom/release/65341

Granite Peak Ski Area: https://www.skigranitepeak.com/

Wausau Chamber: https://www.wausauchamber.com/

Greater Wausau Prosperity Partnership: https://www.wausauchamber.com/greater-wausau-prosperity-partnership/

Gary Barden Design: https://garybardendesign.com/

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