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I'll go for a ride tomorrow morning... I'm over by the u.
Sweet, sending ya a PMQuote:
Originally Posted by basinbeater
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Tried to ride Bountiful B today. Made it about 3 miles up Skyline Drive and it was still mostly snow covered with some clear patches in between. Trail was dry below this point but looked to still have considerable patches of snow above.Attachment 457532
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Antelope Island report - insanely buggy and a bit hot
In related news - the Crest needs some time before it's rideable.
I also rode the B yesterday and strugglefucked my way up Skyline as far as I could to scope just how much snow remained.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoSlowGoFar
The snow is entirely gone below the road crossing at 6160ft, and is in good shape.
I barely made it to the highest point where the trail crosses Skyline(elev. 6520ft), and dropped in there, to 50% snow covered trail that should be pretty clear in about a week.
I’m guessing three weeks til the uppermost section in the trees is snow free.
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Putting this in the calendar, Parrish creek in the first couple weeks after it dries is definitely worth the slog.Quote:
Originally Posted by MegaStoke
Happy to report that the crux of Dry Creek has reverted to its former chunky glory and is properly techy to ride now. Almost made it yesterday, got thwarted by wet tires on slick rocks.
Unhappy to report that this happened to me on Skyline:
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I was all riled up after Marshall said it was good to go and ignored the 2nd part of his sentence where he said it was even more chundery than usual. He wasn't kidding, the whole thing is filled with loose cobbles. I thought I was styling my way through it but the rear derailleur disagrees... Finished the down without the chain then shortened it to get back to the car single-speed, promptly blew 2 quicklinks as the chain had a couple of bends I hadn't notices which torqued them opened, and ended up walking to the car. Went back the next day with a shiny new derailleur and managed to keep it on the bike.
Agreed, Happy to see nature's handiwork. Also rode it yesterday, and two dabbed it. Totally doable. Next time!Quote:
Originally Posted by Boissal
FYI those trails off black mountain ridge looked dry as I was hiking around up there this morning.
The gullies are flowing hard though. 70s Bush is a ways out, the one that starts between it and Terror is also wet with major water damage.Quote:
Originally Posted by Phall
Terror is bone dry already and looser than ever, someone built a nice little berm at the bottom of the crux which has saved my ass already.
Good heads up @phall - but Not going to lie. I am scared of the bottom of suck me sideways/upper dry creek’s Riverbed portion rn…
central wasatch stoke
last week. tank -> big red -> faulty -> lower spinal tap loop.
solo, empty trails, and the occasional snow squall, so i kept the aggression in-check on the down.
fkna that spinal tap is so primo.
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Richfield is the shit.Quote:
Originally Posted by skiSilent_skiDeep
Did you happen to be rolling on a Why Cycles hardtail?Quote:
Originally Posted by MegaStoke
Nope I was on my rigid custom bikepacking bike. I knew it would be splattery so I opted to leave the squishy bike at home. I’m not sure I’ll be doing that again though, riding Bountiful B fully rigid with half worn out XC tires was a bit much hahaQuote:
Originally Posted by GoSlowGoFar
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Went back up Bountiful B again yesterday and the snow is now 99% gone to the road crossing at 6520ft, meaning now only the uppermost section in the trees is still snowed in. I live right below Skyline drive so I ride this trail all the time, will post up again when the top bit thaws out in a few weeks.
Thanks Mega. We should get a shuttle day going up there soon. I can shuttle 5-6 people easily.
I haven't been up there in many many years but I'll probably pedal up there on Sunday to check it all out.
First ride with the 10 month old puppy, I'm soooo happy how well he did. 6 months ago I had a sinking feeling I would never be able to ride with him, he was so out of control mentally. Still needs more training but he was A Very Good Boy today.
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I've never been on this part of the BST but all these people and more were there to get their pics taken by 'pro' photographers - some graduation pics maybe and I saw at least 4 brides. And all those dots on the horizon? one of three high school mountain bike teams I ran into. Kinda depressing. Rest of the ride was sublime.
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Anyone know how the Lake Mountain trails are shaping up? I’ve never been over there but wanted to check them out tomorrow but not if they’re still snowed in or muddy
They should be fine. Might be really good if they get a little sprinkle today/tonight. I rode moto out there last week and it was already very dusty and loose on the lower and south stuff.
AC has been up CC the last two days, pretty much 100% GTG. Amazing how fast that dried out.
I rode the Jakarta loop 2 weeks ago and it was bone dry.Quote:
Originally Posted by MegaStoke
Just to clarify.... Ann's is mostly closed, Clarks is closed, the upper portion of the road is closed, Vertigo is closed, Levitate is closed, Upper Rush is closed.......Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
But yes, the stuff that is open is running well. [emoji16]
making friends with the locals
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he was hanging around all day, been seen a lot lately in the park
At this point you can't be very picky. It's not just Clarks that's good out there so who really cares about that one? I was just SUPER happy to out on my mountain bike. I rode Potato Hill-Ann's-Edeweiss-Rush and it was great! Rode up Canyon Hollow yesterday and the dirt was some of the best I've seen. Now, if it rains tonight it'll be too wet but yesterday. GOOD. Rush was a bit too wet in a few spots but one day of warm and it'll be fine. Also, you could just ride south facing stuff and connect some super fast Limelight laps. Win-Win.Quote:
Originally Posted by Touring_Sedan
Checked it out. I now redact my shuttle day invite - that no one accepted. I don't think I will ever bike there again. Garbage everywhere like a third world country, a group of gun enthusiasts 20 feet from the trail shooting ACROSS the trail to a target 10 feet on the other side, and still, after all these years, sketch jumps everywhere. Just bigger now.Quote:
Originally Posted by muted reborn
Yeah the scene up there leaves a lot to be desired. Only reason I’m up there so much is I live right by the trailhead…Quote:
Originally Posted by muted reborn
As for the jumps, they actually hit pretty nice once you get them figured out. Not a line to blindly send though, that’s for sure.
I see it as a young-ish mans DH line, and I'm aging out of that stuff to be fair to the builders. No need for me to hit anything that's not intuitive and easy these days. A lot of the jumps look like they have nice takeoffs but a lot of them I'm also like, why put it right here?? Or why not some more space for a landing before the next one? But they're clearly not built for me so my opinion is irrelevant.Quote:
Originally Posted by MegaStoke
I definitely don’t understand the whole let’s shoot across the road into the creek business. But it seems like it’s common practice up there, or maybe it’s just the same group of folks littering the area in different places…
At least we didn’t have a bullet ricochet near our group like we did pedaling over in the Lake Mtns I suppose…
Side note, Lost Lad is a blast, just moved to the area and that was a highlight in the foothill trails for me so far. Looking forward to when Bobsled isn’t a river.
LOL, it's probably been 15 years since I rode the B and it sounds like not a thing has changed!Quote:
Originally Posted by muted reborn
It’s too bad really. Could be a much nicer area if it wasn’t for assholes. I live about 5 minutes from there but have never done anything other than ride my dirt bike with the kid. Even that freaks me out with all the unsafe shooting I see.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
It wasn't across the road though, it was across the singletrack. Lake Mountains sound similar, ha. Scary.Quote:
Originally Posted by GoSlowGoFar
Lost Lad is great - you may grow a distorted view of biking around here if you think Lake Mountains, Mount Van Cott, and Bountiful are normal rides for us though, ha.
True. One of the last time I rode it was Mr Altagirl, Altagirl, Skiing Bear? and people were shooting across the singletrack then too! I yelled and swore at them but this time I thought better of arguing with a few heavily armed inbred patriots who didn't even make eye contact when i went by.Quote:
Originally Posted by Dantheman
The only place I've had issues with both guns and dirtbikes was on Bountiful B a couple seasons ago. First a groups shooting at an old TV in a gully. They were on one side of the road, TV on the other, plastic and glass was flying all over (including on their truck parked not far from the target). The last round went off when my 2 buddies and I were about 10' away, and shooting resumed the second we cleared the line of fire. The entire time the peeps weren't shooting they made fun of us for not being on dirt bikes. Classy crowd.Quote:
Originally Posted by muted reborn
A bunch of teens on dirt bikes harassed us after that, brapping really close by, dusting us, calling us a bunch of fags, again because we were on bikes? Really weird vibe. One of my riding buddies is a guru on the moto and got really riled up about the whole thing, I just shrugged it off. Not interested in getting in a fight with a bunch of turds with body armor and brains the size of of small rock.
My experience in the Lake Mountains has been positively glorious compared to BB. I've run into dirt bikes every time I've been there and they've always been super nice, pulling off the trail as soon as they saw me, chatting, offering water and beta for other trails, super positive. The gun people I've ran into out there weren't degens, shooting with actual backdrops, not directly at trails, and even one one occasion standing on a tarp to collect casings.
Any current info on corner canyon? Considering a trip there tomorrow if there are some dry options?
most of it is gtg other than top of rush and the section w parts of a house on the trail. don't think the suncrest dh trails are open yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by Canada1
I'd recommend following the Draper City Trails and Open Space IG page or app. They update regularly there.Quote:
Originally Posted by Canada1
Since it's dry today I bet Canyon Hollow is GTG still. You can get on Rush via Fly by Night or just ride south facing aspects north of Canyon Hollow for something else. Ann's- Eldeweiss is also a good option
Ok since we can all agree the Bountiful B is kind of whack(but I’m going to keep riding it because I like janky bullshit), what other trails should I be checking out that are similarly steep, rowdy, and gnarly? I thoroughly enjoyed Honeycomb Canyon last summer, but it’s gonna be months til that thing is good to go, and it’s a bit of a shlep to get up there even when thawed out. Any other gnarly low hanging fruit I should be looking at?
Parrish Creek when it clears out, bonus points for still having to go up the same endless dirt road you slog for Bountiful B. If it clears out this month and you want to ride it let's make it happen, it's a hilarious pad-burner, almost 4000' to the valley floor. There are a few others in the same area accessed from the same road but I haven't done them yet.Quote:
Originally Posted by MegaStoke
Lots of cool chunky gnar in the upper Cottonwoods and AF but as you said, it's not going to melt until October this year.
Oh yeah I rode Parrish Creek at least 5x last season. One of my all time favorite descents anywhere, so good.Quote:
Originally Posted by Boissal
I’ll be sure to post up when Skyline is thawed out enough to get up there.
What’s the story with Black Mountain? Was thinking about checking it out in a couple days, or at least seeing how far up I can get from the BST.
I ran out the ridge yesterday, the ridgeline is clear until the base of Black proper, I'd gather you can get a decent ways up the west face, but, there is still some snow up high on the trail.