Wasatch Dirt Thread

[skiSilent_skiDeep]

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.

[One (+) Sentence]

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.

Richfield is the shit.

[GoSlowGoFar]

I also rode the B yesterday and strugglefucked my way up Skyline as far as I could to scope just how much snow remained.

Did you happen to be rolling on a Why Cycles hardtail?

[MegaStoke]

Did you happen to be rolling on a Why Cycles hardtail?

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 haha

[MegaStoke]

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.

[muted reborn]

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.

[muted reborn]

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.




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.

[MegaStoke]

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

[g_man80]

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.

[Dantheman]

AC has been up CC the last two days, pretty much 100% GTG. Amazing how fast that dried out.

[GoSlowGoFar]

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

I rode the Jakarta loop 2 weeks ago and it was bone dry.

[Touring_Sedan]

AC has been up CC the last two days, pretty much 100% GTG. Amazing how fast that dried out.

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.......

But yes, the stuff that is open is running well. [emoji16]

[mar123]

making friends with the locals





he was hanging around all day, been seen a lot lately in the park

[altachic]

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.......

But yes, the stuff that is open is running well. [emoji16]

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.

[muted reborn]

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.

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.

[MegaStoke]

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.

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…

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.

[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…

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.

[GoSlowGoFar]

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.

[Dantheman]

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.

LOL, it's probably been 15 years since I rode the B and it sounds like not a thing has changed!

[alias_rice]

LOL, it's probably been 15 years since I rode the B and it sounds like not a thing has changed!

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.

[muted reborn]

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.

It wasn't across the road though, it was across the singletrack. Lake Mountains sound similar, ha. Scary.

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.

LOL, it's probably been 15 years since I rode the B and it sounds like not a thing has changed!

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.

[Boissal]

It wasn't across the road though, it was across the singletrack. Lake Mountains sound similar, ha. Scary.

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.

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.
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.

[Canada1]

Any current info on corner canyon? Considering a trip there tomorrow if there are some dry options?

[criscam]

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.

[altachic]

Any current info on corner canyon? Considering a trip there tomorrow if there are some dry options?

I'd recommend following the Draper City Trails and Open Space IG page or app. They update regularly there.
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