Wasatch Dirt Thread

[SJG]

[mar123]

snowing at mm around noon....pretty saturated up there, ...puddles, snow, greasy and some mud.

one more ride before the snow...good times.

[Dantheman]

Oooh that's a nice slab. Is that a tent down there?

[EWG]

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?

[Spencer123]

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.

[Phall]

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?

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!

[g_man80]

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.

[TheK12]

anybody been to Midway or Heber to ride? Anything rideable there? Looking for an shortish (1hr - 1.5hr) ride to stretch the legs.

[TheK12]

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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[Phall]

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.

[Boissal]

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.

[Canada1]

What are all of the ribbons and arrows around Ahab and Jackson? Enduro I don’t know about?

Yes, I did a perfunctory search.

[EWG]

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?

[Phall]

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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[Boissal]

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...

[Benneke10]

The weather looks to be excellent... for skiing

[EWG]

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[EWG]

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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Nice heads up. I missed that. Sweeeeet.

[Phall]

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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[detrusor]

Hell yes! I’m getting closer to a 34 all the time. Not smaller


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[SJG]

I'll take the TLDs if it falls thru

[Phall]

Detrusor nabbed em. Thanks for playing all.

[Yukonrider]

There was a tree down second section of bobsled yesterday. This rain probably has it closed for a while, but just a PSA

[Boissal]

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...

[Benneke10]

Shoreline and bobsled are as good as they get right now, and very little traffic