Stop the Sagle Bike Park

MYTH vs FACT

🛑 Myth #1:

Panhandle Bike Ranch is just a small scale recreational facility.

✅ Fact:

PBR is a large-scale, commercial downhill mountain biking resort designed for high-intensity use and profit — not small, low-impact recreation.

🛑 Myth #2:

This bike park fits within Rural Residential zoning.

✅ Fact:

Under Bonner County Code, Panhandle Bike Ranch qualifies as a Commercial Resort, which is NOT allowed in Rural Residential zones.

🛑 Myth #3:

This will barely impact the neighborhood.

✅ Fact:

The park would cause heavy traffic through the quiet Five Lake Estates neighborhood, increase noise, dust, and safety risks, and forever alter the peaceful rural environment.

🛑 Myth #4:

If you oppose the bike park, you must be against mountain biking.

✅ Fact:

We support outdoor recreation — but it must be located appropriately and follow zoning laws to protect neighborhoods like ours.

We think it is wonderful that Bonner County already has mountain biking (downhill and cross-country) on over 100 miles of trails available!

🛑 Myth #5:

There’s nothing residents can do.

✅ Fact:

Residents have a strong voice!

You can submit public comments, attend hearings and meetings, and help ensure zoning laws are respected to protect the future of Sagle and all of Bonner County.

How can I get involved?

✅ Share this information with friends, family, and neighbors.

✅ Follow us on social media for updates and calls to action.

✅ Donate to our legal fees.

✅ Stay informed and encourage respectful dialogue in our community.

Together, we can protect the future of Bonner County.

#StopTheSagleBikePark #ProtectSagle #KeepBonnerCountyRural

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If you currently enjoy privacy, peace and quiet, and wildlife on your rural residential property,

WE NEED YOUR SUPPORT!

Despite massive opposition, Bonner County has approved a conditional use permit to build a 170-acre commercial downhill mountain bike park in the middle of rural residential areas on E. Dufort Road in Sagle. If Panhandle Bike Ranch gets its way, Sagle residents will experience:

over 1000 visitors each week on a 10 mph dirt road from E. Dufort Road through the residential neighborhood of Five Lake Estates from May 1st until October 15th - this equates to over 22,000 cars a season!
$55 pay-to-ride downhill mountain bike trails
shuttle trucks taking bikers to the top of the mountain from 7 am until dusk
a helicopter landing pad at the top of the mountain
overnight camping sites
large weekend festivals and events every month of the summer

Panhandle Bike Ranch is a commercial resort which is not an allowed use in our rural residential neighborhood!

Do you want this in your neighborhood? Because make no mistake - we either stop this now or IT MAY BE YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD NEXT.

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