A few years ago, Belgrade Community Coalition board member Emily Decker kept loading her kids and their bikes into the car for drives to Three Forks or Bozeman, because that was where the pump tracks were. She told KBZK that it led her to a simple question: "So why couldn't it be easier for us?"
On October 5, 2026, Belgrade answered it. The new asphalt pump track at Mayfair Meadows Bike Park, off Meadow Circle at 632 Meadow Circle, opened with a free ribbon-cutting from 4 to 5 p.m. Mayor Mike Meis and the Belgrade Community Coalition gave remarks, and The Service Station of Belgrade handed out quick tune-ups before the first laps.
The order of construction is unusual. Belgrade built the most technically demanding piece of Mayfair Meadows first, and the parking, restrooms, jump lines and landscaping are still on the master plan. For the rest of this fall, anyone who rides the track is using a finished, competition-spec surface in the middle of a park that's mostly still planned.
A track built to race standards, laid in asphalt
According to the City of Belgrade's opening announcement, this is a Velosolutions asphalt park designed to be certified by the Union Cycliste Internationale, cycling's international governing body. That certification would qualify it for high-level competition and race-qualifying events. The city calls it the only asphalt bike park of its kind within a 430-mile radius and the only one in Montana. The Belgrade Community Coalition says Velosolutions designed the track to UCI specifications and CT Architects designed the site.
A pump track is a continuous loop of rollers and berms built to be ridden without pedaling. As Montana Right Now described it, riders build momentum by pumping their bodies through each rise and dip.
The asphalt is what lets the track serve so many kinds of riders. The city says it was built for "all wheels" and all movement types: bicycles, rollerblades, scooters, skateboards and specialized wheelchairs. When Decker spoke to the council in January, she described the range as everyone from toddlers on strider bikes to Olympic hopefuls, "and it is adaptive-optimized for people with disabilities," Montana Right Now reported.
Compare it with the closest familiar option. The Gallatin County Pump Track sits in the far southeast corner of Gallatin County Regional Park in Bozeman, and the Southwest Montana Mountain Bike Association says volunteers have built and maintained it since 2011. When it was being built, the Bozeman Daily Chronicle described it as a dirt track that needed clay. Dirt tracks suit bikes. A paved loop also works for a scooter, a pair of inline skates or a wheelchair, and those riders didn't have anywhere comparable in Belgrade before October 5.
Decker also pointed to Belgrade's BMX riders. "They don't have anywhere to train, so they usually have to travel to Bozeman or beyond," she told KBZK. "This is going to allow them to qualify for races here and to be able to train here."
Five years of fundraising, then one construction season
The Coalition says the project has been in development since 2021, as a partnership between the Coalition, the City of Belgrade and local residents. According to Montana Right Now, the Mayfair Meadows master plan was finished roughly a year before Parks, Trails and Recreation Director Jordan Green walked city council members through it at their January 20, 2026 meeting.
At that January meeting, the council approved a contract with American Ramp Company to build the track, with a not-to-exceed price of $299,999. By mid-September, the Coalition was posting that "after 5 years of fundraising and planning, the dream is finally becoming a reality," and that builders were turning "a long-vacant lot" into recreational space. Three weeks later, people were riding it.
That gap explains the current state of the park. Years of planning and fundraising went into the first phase, and that first phase is the track. The city names the partners behind it as the City of Belgrade, the Belgrade Regional Parks, Trails and Recreation District, the Belgrade Community Coalition, the Yellowstone Club Community Foundation, the Gallatin County Open Lands Program, the Rieschel Foundation, Morrison-Maierle, DSC Construction, Cushing Terrell and Rivers Landscaping.
What's on the ground this fall
With the track finished first, a visit this fall works differently than it will once the master plan fills in. Here is how the site compares with the plan.
| Element | Status as of the October 5, 2026 opening |
|---|---|
| Asphalt pump track | Complete and open |
| Bike jump lines | Future phase |
| Parking | Future phase |
| Restrooms | Future phase |
| Landscaping | Future phase |
| Gathering spaces, playground, walking path | Described as future additions |
Parking matters most for a first visit. The site has no dedicated lot yet, so for the grand opening the city sent drivers to Bridge Church at 608 N. Jackrabbit Lane. That arrangement was announced for the opening event only, not as standing guidance. Families who live close enough will find it easier to ride or roll over than to look for a place to leave the car.
Without restrooms, a session is limited to however long the youngest rider can wait. The city's facility page for Mayfair Meadows Park lists the bike pump track and bike trail, but no posted hours. The city hasn't announced a winter plan for the asphalt either, so it's unclear whether the track will be cleared, closed or simply left under the snow once it arrives. The weeks between the October opening and the first lasting snow are the dependable riding window for this first season.
If a bike needs work before you go, The Service Station handled the tune-ups at the opening. It's a downtown Belgrade shop that services bikes and skis, set in a building that once operated as a Sinclair fuel station.
What spring 2027 is supposed to bring
The opening announcement says more site work is planned for "next spring," which from an October 2026 notice means spring 2027. Later phases will advance "as funding becomes available." The pieces described so far, in the order the city and its parks director have discussed them:
- Jump lines. Green told KBZK the next phase is "a series of jump lines that will connect to the pump track," where riders can work on their skills.
- Parking, restrooms and landscaping. The city lists these in the later phases of the master plan.
- Places to watch and gather. Montana Right Now reported that the city and the parks district plan to add bleachers or other seating for spectators, plus a pavilion. KBZK listed gathering spaces, a playground and a walking path among the future phases.
The money for those phases is still an open question. The Coalition's bike park page still carries its $75,000 goal. That figure is meant to cover construction items such as the skills course, jump lines, native landscaping, shaded seating, signage, community tool storage and accessibility features. The page doesn't say how much has been raised so far. The Coalition is the group to follow for current fundraising, and the city's parks department is the source for construction dates.
Seating and a pavilion only make sense if people come to watch. A UCI-spec surface built to host race-qualifying events could make Meadow Circle a spot where spectators gather. For now, it's a loop of asphalt beside a mostly open meadow, and that's what riders will find for the rest of this fall.
Sunny Odegard's development practice deals with phased projects like this one, where the first piece is built and the rest waits on funding and entitlements. Mayfair Meadows is worth watching as its next phases come up for funding. If you live near Meadow Circle and want to know how a growing park fits into your home's value, Sunny Odegard can start with an instant home valuation.
