Mountain bike trail construction and design

Mountain bike trails, built to last.

Elemental Trailworks designs and builds creative mountain bike trails that fit the land and focus on providing the best experience possible. Steep, feature packed bike park lines, quiet backcountry singletrack, flowing green trails and multi use trails. We also provide land and corridor clearing, working with an experienced tree clearing crew that builds great trail too. Based in Texas and Oregon and available for projects across the country.

Talk about a project
Ryan Rodriguez with a shovel and rake at a mountain bike trail construction site in the forest
12 yearsPro riding and racing
6 seasonsRed Bull Rampage dig crew
2025Rampage Digger’s Award

Services

Planning

Site assessment and phased plans for singletrack, backcountry trail networks, and bike parks.

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Design and Field Layout

Flagged trail lines with grade, drainage, and flow worked out before digging.

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Construction

Mountain bike trail construction and bike park construction, machine rough in and hand finish.

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Maintenance and Rehabilitation

Trail maintenance and rehabilitation: drainage fixes, reroutes, feature rebuilds, and ongoing care.

Maintenance →

Land and Corridor Clearing

Tree and brush clearing for trail corridors and land projects, done by an experienced clearing crew.

Consulting

A second opinion on a plan, a contractor, or a problem trail.

Trail types: singletrack, backcountry trail, flow trail, jump trail, technical trail, bike park, and full trail systems.

Our work

Now planning: new beginner and intermediate flow trails and a skills zone at Spider Mountain Bike Park in Burnet, Texas.

Mini excavator shaping a jump line at Buzzard Butte, Oregon
Machine rough in, Buzzard Butte, OR
Finished hand cut singletrack tread through ferns at Buzzard Butte
Finished tread, Buzzard Butte, OR
Large dirt jump face built in the forest at Buzzard Butte
Jump build, Buzzard Butte, OR
Fresh bench cut singletrack on a forested hillside
New bench cut, Buzzard Butte, OR
Dig crew setting a large rock on a Red Bull Rampage line
Setting rock, Red Bull Rampage, UT
Shaping a ridge crest on a Red Bull Rampage line in the Utah desert
Crest shaping, Red Bull Rampage, UT
Removing a stump from the trail corridor at Buzzard Butte
Stump removal, Buzzard Butte, OR
Two builders hand digging a line at Red Bull Rampage
Hand digging, Red Bull Rampage, UT

Background

I’m Ryan Rodriguez. I’ve raced and ridden professionally for 12 years, spent six seasons on the Red Bull Rampage dig crew, dug for Red Bull Formation, and won the Rampage Digger’s Award in 2025.

I was a lead trail builder on the Buzzard Butte trail system near Pacific City, Oregon, working on the contractor crew for TORTA: flagging lines, machine work, hand cutting and finish, and leading volunteer dig days across 4 to 5 miles of green through double black trail.

Now I build under Elemental Trailworks with an experienced crew that loves to travel.

Ryan Rodriguez in the air over a flowing dirt trail in the forest
Ryan Rodriguez holding the Red Bull Rampage Digger's Award trophy on the podium
Ryan Rodriguez with a shovel overlooking the Red Bull Formation venue

Contact

Tell me where the trail is and what you want it to do. I answer these myself.