LEPESQUEUR & DAUGHTERS LLC was created with the sole intent of planning, designing and constructing high quality trails and bike infrastructure. The name, a nod to Tom Lepesqueur’s young daughters and family has now grown with the addition of James Patterson (and his own daughters) bringing over 30 years of combined professional trail building experience to L&D.
Who We Are
Tom Lepesqueur has been an instrumental (though often behind the scenes) designer and builder of mountain bike trails in New England for over a decade and a half. After years in excavation, he was a main player of the team that molded Highland Mountain into a modern day bike park. Along with a myriad of other roles, he led the design and construction of many trendsetting trails like Cats Paw and Hellion, always focusing on developing trails that could accommodate a wide variety of rider abilities. In 2016 Tom founded L&D Trailworks with the aim of narrowing his focus toward providing high quality trail services. Now based in Vermont, L&D Trailworks has seen wide success providing consultations, planning and new trail construction on private and publicly owned land. This has included the reconstruction of the Cady Hill trails in Stowe following catastrophic wind storms to extensive work with the United States Forest Service for projects like the Rochester Valley trail network and the Velomont Trail system. Tom’s wealth of knowledge coupled with his continued desire to improve the art and science of trail building is uncompromising.
James Patterson is a trail builder who found his start on the Highland Mountain Bike Park Trail Crew in 2009. For twelve years, he played a key role in the evolution of the park into the world class destination that it is today. As a result, James understands what keeps a bike park running: designing trails that are built to last, always keeping both riders and the environment in mind. As the Director of Highland Trails, James created site-specific master plans for ski areas throughout the Northeast, and oversaw Highland Trails’ role in the major project of establishing the Loon Mountain Bike Park. Beginning in 2017, he worked with ski area staff, the National Forest Service, and environmental engineers to design, plan, and build a network of trails specifically designed for Loon clientele, in a phased approach based on the resort’s terrain. In addition to park based progressive trails and features, James has a wide-range of trail building expertise – from Kyle Strait’s 2013 winning Redbull Rampage run to a public school asphalt pump track. James has a keen eye for developing trails that are attuned to rider safety and enjoyment at all levels