The Hatfield-McCoy Trail System in southern
"The Hatfield-McCoy Trails is the largest ATV-UTV-Motorcycle riding area in the eastern
The idea of the trail system was hatched more than a decade ago and presented to the
"I would call it a re-use," said Lusk. "The resources extraction has gone on and it’s still going on and we’ve found a reuse for these mountains that’s sustainable. I always argue this is the biggest economic development project in
The trail systems spans five counties and includes more than a half-Million acres of private property. More than 44 new businesses have been created in the last decade centered almost exclusively on trail riders.
"There’s not a month that goes by that we don’t get a call of somebody doesn’t want to go into business around the trail system," Lusk said. "This year we expect to bring in 35-thousand riders to the trail system, of those more than 90-percent are non-West
Lusk admits that’s a number they’d like to improve, but locals and even
"For whatever reason we haven’t got a lot of legs when it comes to that
Lusk believes the trail is still the fastest growing tourist attraction in
"This is a great sport and