http://www.ambmag.com.au - 43Trailbuilder Craig Stonestreet was involved in all these
projects and managed the TVT’s construction for Jindabyne
Landscaping. He explains how the Thredbo Valley Trail has
inspired the region.
‘Now we’re developing a regional destination. The Snowys are
unique in that we’ve got great trails at Thredbo, Crackenback,
Jindabyne, Bungarra, and another area that may be developed
[near Bungarra]. Between those places, we’ll have a trail
that links everywhere together. It’s all become about linking
communities and trail areas around town.’
Stonestreet says he has already seen an increase in riders
of all abilities, especially tourists, using the trails around
Jindabyne since development kicked off.
‘These days it’s 50 per cent women using the tracks. It’s all
walks of life, local riders, families and more and more tourists,’
he says. ‘In the last 12 months the focus has been on the TVT.
Now the big focus is extending the TVT so riders can travel
all the way from Thredbo to Jindabyne. If the money comes
through we should have the fi rst stage in by winter 2015,’
says Stonestreet. Linking Thredbo to Jindabyne would yield
over sixty kilometres of trail connecting the best singletrack
networks in the region, but the long term vision is that Lake
Jindabyne’s ‘Community Trail’ will form a complete circuit
around the lake itself, and applications are already underway
for funding to get construction started east of town.
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