HollyHills Directory 2026

24 2026 | Holly Hills Directory Mountain Bikes in Carondelet Park Ryan Hanlon has lived in Holly Hills since 2007, and since 2007 he’s dreamed of an off-road cycling track in Carondelet Park. Now, Hanlon’s dream has come true. With support from Gateway Off Road Cyclists (GORC), Southside Cyclery, Friends of Carondelet Park and plenty of friends and neighbors, he spearheaded the effort that brought the first and only sanctioned mountain bike course in the city of St. Louis to the park. The trail has been christened Federer’s Folly after the original developer of the neighborhood in the 1920s. The entry-level track is about one mile and consists of two loops through two sinkholes on the north side of the park. Located in the least used part of the park, the trail will provide a multitude of benefits and draw new park users. One group in particular, the South City Otters, will finally have their own practice course, Hanlon said. The co-ed team of 6th through 12th graders is part of the National Interscholastic Cycling Association, whose aim is to get kids on mountain bikes and learn important life skills along the way. Hanlon emphasized that the trail was built and will be maintained by donations and grants and “by sheer will and determination,” without any park money, Hanlon said. “We won’t just build it and walk away.” In fact, Hanlon is one of two trail stewards, along with Deanna Kakouris from South Side Cyclery, who monitor the trail and are responsible for its maintenance. In the short-term, they will be adding features to the trail, Hanlon said. In the long- term the trail would host events such as youth mountain bike events and timed races. River, left, a junior trail steward for the South City Otters youth mountain bike team along with team captain Gabriel. As high school seniors, they aged out of the team at the end of the fall season and are off to college. Recently installed trailhead signage