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thanks all!
Yeah I wasn't being serious on that recommendation. I've seen people walk down it and it's not pretty. Ms Boissal insisted on walking one of the corners last year, ate shit hard, got on her bike and made it down fine while cursing my name the whole way...Quote:
Originally Posted by yehoosh
The rocky stairstep left? I believe my partner and I had a similar experience.
That's the one! The names I was called on that ride... :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Phall
In other news, the aspens have about wrapped it up at the top of canyon. There are some golden patches left but most trees are in the nude.
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Still glorious out despite how dry and blown everything is. I almost got punished by a frozen patch on a N facing corner, no idea where the moisture came from to actually produce ice. Also, some knob decided to take down the bridge at the bottom of silver fork back door. The thing has been there in various iterations for as long as I can remember (not long, 5 seasons) and was clean and solid, now it's in the creek. The bigass tree supports where chainsawed through and most of the planks tossed in the water. You can easily walk across what's left, it's stable with a tiny bit of wobble at the end. Whoever decided to remove the bridge hasn't accomplished shit other other than dumping trash in the creek and making it look like crap. Guess we can't have nice things.
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No aspens, but lots of yellow in the bushes beneath the pines...
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snowing at mm around noon....pretty saturated up there, ...puddles, snow, greasy and some mud.
one more ride before the snow...good times.
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Oooh that's a nice slab. Is that a tent down there?Quote:
Originally Posted by SJG
The lovely wife and I will be in town Thursday the 3rd for a handful of days. Looks likes it’s supposed to snow a bit. We wanna bring bikes. I can check back in when it’s closer so we have a better idea what the weather is doing, but what are the odds we can find dirt to ride? Even if it’s just shoreline or something like that?
The shoreline around the U is already dry from this last storm so should be able to take a little bit of rain and drizzle next week before it’s back to mud. The approach from the west city creek side stays drier longer than from dry creek; or you can drive 40 minutes to eagle mountain and usually find dry trails! Calling it 30 percent chance for the foothills and 75 percent for eagle being rideable.
feel free to PM closer to the time, on both bike rides and what's new in the brewery scene and where the goods are!Quote:
Originally Posted by EWG
PSA: This was at the Backcountry store on 3200 W. Looks to be about $500 cheaper than what’s online. Full SLX and DVO fork rather than the zook z1 coil. I think they also had another Ripmo AF with a Fox Factory 38 which surprised me. I think that was $3.2k, but don’t remember for sure. Maybe a Ripley AF with a Factory 34 grip 2 as well. Apparently my short term memory is going. The takeaway is they had some builds that were different than what’s online and at prices that appeared cheaper.
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anybody been to Midway or Heber to ride? Anything rideable there? Looking for an shortish (1hr - 1.5hr) ride to stretch the legs.
Went to corner canyon. South facing trails were dry. North facing or in shade were good down low but up high, very muddy and probably not smart to ride. Rush up top was closed as well as other DH trails. Would imagine they get worse after this week’s snow.
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Not Wasatch but Gooseberry was great this weekend with limited crowds. Friday PM passed maybe 5 riders, Saturday, maybe 15? Wire Sunday was a bit more crowded. Nice to get down for one last foray before tearing the bike down for the winter rebuild and ski season.
God damn white stuff fucking up all the fall riding! New Shoreline between Wild Rose and N Canyon was borderline, I keep forgetting that the whole section behaves as if it were at 8000'. All the N facing stuff was snowy and in the process of thawing, some peanut butter was encountered. Fled further up in the hills where things were nice and dry. Decent views before it all turns white. Finished in the cold and dark as is fitting for any late season riding by people who are incapable of good planning.
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What are all of the ribbons and arrows around Ahab and Jackson? Enduro I don’t know about?
Yes, I did a perfunctory search.
Rolling back into town tomorrow midday. Would be able to ride Sat, Sun and Mon, but weather looks to be shit. Is there anyplace within an hour or two that will be rideable with the rain coming? Should I even bring bikes?
Looks like rain as far south as eagle mountain and north to Ogden. May be a good weekend for beer drinking, and check the wasatch thread there’s a gathering at TFW’s place Saturday afternoon
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EaMo rides well in the rain but honestly I wouldn't go out of my way to ride there if I didn't live locally. I grumble enough when I have to drive 40 minutes to get there, can't imagine the disappointment if coming from out of town. And that's with Shoreline and Corner Canyon as a quality benchmark so we're not exactly discussing stellar options here...
The weather looks to be excellent... for skiing
Crap.
Nice heads up. I missed that. Sweeeeet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phall
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Anyone want some free TLD skyline shirts? Mens 34, I’m a 36 in jeans and carhartts, these are just about perfect.
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Hell yes! I’m getting closer to a 34 all the time. Not smaller
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I'll take the TLDs if it falls thru
Detrusor nabbed em. Thanks for playing all.
There was a tree down second section of bobsled yesterday. This rain probably has it closed for a while, but just a PSA
Damn, between that and the deep gravely rut of doom that runs down the whole thing Bobsled is turning into a pretty serious run...Quote:
Originally Posted by Yukonrider
Shoreline and bobsled are as good as they get right now, and very little traffic
^^ truth, some quality riding on Shoreline at the moment. It's not the alpine but it will have to do.
Rode Lake Mtns on Friday then Antelope Island Sunday. Fun to go from a full day pushing the bike up super steep stuff and riding chunder to flying around on the flattest trails in the state. It was about 1/2 the vert in 3x the mileage, definitely a different flavor.
Got in an argument with a angry bull and had to bail on the island loop. Oh well, still a fun ride with solid views:
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That last pic is gorgeous. We do a camping trip out there every year in September and have seen some of the most spectacular sunsets and weather I've ever seen.
Yeah the light show out there is always glorious. I try to time my rides so I finish on the NW side of the island with the fun tech trail that comes out at the campground. Invariably I end up grumbling most of the day cause it's cold and cloudy but the sun always comes out below the cloud band for that last half hour of riding. It redeems the day. The campground is usually bathed in glorious pink light when I go through, and no matter how nasty cold it is there are always people camped out there looking like they're having a good time. Lots of big bison roaming around the campers this ride, they seem to love the area.Quote:
Originally Posted by basinbeater
FYI....
https://www.tricanyontrails.org/
Cliffs notes?Quote:
Originally Posted by Touring_Sedan
USFS is working on a new master trails plan for the tri canyons area.
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I surmised that much. Any specifics yet on new trails or, God forbid, closures?
FFS, get out of the PR for 10 minutes and fingerbang your way through it. Long story short, sign up for updates, and peruse some of the involved entities current plans. Looks like they're getting ready to draft an all encompassing plan.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
Thanks for sharing. Added the Feb 6 meeting to my calendar.
I just noticed the Like or Dislike buttons, haha
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Re-routing Honey out of the rock chute? Re-routing the top of Beartrap cause it's too steep?
May I suggest paving the whole thing as well so it's not as hard?? I understand that this is probably driven by hikers but it likely means that the rock chute will be filled with branches and more rocks to prevent any traffic, just the way the rut from Dog Lake down into MillD was erased when the new segment was built. Hikers can't help themselves, you give them the option between the nice new trail and the old fall-line rut, they will go up/down the rut then bitch and moan that it should be closed.
Fucking hell... This is why we can't have nice things.