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Forest Park to open first trail on South Mountain

Lehigh planning director Joe Klocek, who began mountain biking as a student in 1997, is helping develop Forest Park’s first trail on South Mountain.

Published Apr 2, 2026, 3:11 PM EDT | Lehigh University

Forest Park will open its first mountain biking trail on South Mountain. Joe Klocek, Lehigh’s director of planning, design and construction who started mountain biking in 1997 as a junior at Lehigh and first rode the wooded hills above Sayre Park Village, is assisting with the project.