Rustlers is still not good. the sweet downhill singletrack is rutted from people trying to ride it while it's muddy. it's in the shade, still not dry. moments ago as i type this, (4:51 pm, sunday) just talked to some guy (not from around these parts) who said prime cut is muddy. no f^&*ing s%^t.
we all love riding and want to ride. it's not like we are trying to keep all the riding to ourselves. seriously, let the trails dry out so they aren't all jacked up when it actually *IS* riding season.
Agree with snark. I don't think there is any viable "lunchtime" riding. Mary's out and back to the gate possibly but it was all frozen when I rode it this am so I can't say if parts would be too soft during mid day. It looked ok though. We're just all gonna have to stay patient. This was my first ride in like two months and if it wasn't still frozen around Steve's it would have been bad!
This Saturday conditions at the lower ends of Lunch Loops were great - before 9am, at which stage there were perhaps 5 cars in the parking lot. Trails such as High Noon and Holy Bucket still had significant stretches which were moist, but still frozen early. Once it thaws these will be a sloppy mess as the new ruts show.
On Sunday afternoon, I took my son to the LL bike park, which is fine. The parking lot was half full! Droves of people were out. Perhaps some trails were dry, but it's hard to imagine completing much of a loop without plowing through some slop.
Ok, I have a good alternative trail option for all. I rode Spanish Trail / Gunnison Bluffs yesterday (Sunday) afternoon. The trail conditions weren't the greatest, but mainly because of extensive horse traffic. The desert or north end of the loop was soft and bumpy but tolerable and not muddy. There was only one shaded wash crossing which was muddy so aside from that area there was no trail damage to be had. The river or south end of the loop was solid and fine. I am also eager to ride better trails too but patience, restraint and some good judgement by people will help improve future rides. Please post open alternative trail suggestions / alternatives on here. Maybe that will help keep pressure off of the trails not yet ready to ride.
Thanks.
Amasa Back and slickrock are both snow free and riding great. I hit up Moab this last weekend, saw at least 10 other people from the valley. Please stay off the valley trails, make the 1.5 hr drive to Moab. We have a lot of maintenance to do on our trails this year, if you'd like to help the calendar should be up on the COPMOBA website soon.
18rd is not ready yet. With the 50s forecast for the next week or so it might be good by next weekend. We are going out to walk the trails later next week to plan for some maintenance and finish the new trail. I'll give you a true report sometime next week. Marys is good as an out and back to the end of the singletrack.
Thanks Heckled. Might do Mary's or hit the LL early. Might even get a wild hair and head over to Moab if Klondike or Sovereign are ready. Time to check the UT forum!
we hit Amasa two weeks ago and EKG last weekend. they were both good to go. I had a trail report for Sovereign as good to go from another guy here in fruita. Poison Spider has a fest with demos going on this weekend if you head down there.
I rode at Tabegauche this morning (3/1) for the first time since mid-Dec. Parked at the Clunker TH and did Holey Bucket-Clunker-Ali-2xMiramonte Rim-Clunker. There a still a few damp spots that were frozen (not quite frozen, but firm enough to ride on). Overall, those trails were great.
It would probably be prudent to ride in the early morning thru this weekend while the ground is firm in the extreme shaded north facing sections. Plus I bet it will be tough to find a parking spot this weekend during the day if it hits 50 deg. Everyone and there dog will be there (possibles multiple dogs per person).
Rode at LL yesterday (2/28) while it was still frozen. Did Miramonte Canyon, Ali-ali, Raven's Ridge, High Noon and Eagle' Tail. Those were mostly clear of snow and damp spots except for:
High noon - snow covering the trail at the NE end. Hard to say once it warms up.
Eagle's - big snow patch amidst one of the boulder jumbles downhill from the Andy's intersection. This will probably be no-go once it thaws.
Got out to Fruita today. I rode Marys to Wrangler/Wrangler Cut-Off. Then over to Horsethief. The Enrty/Dougway still has snow and ice and there was also about 20 yds of snow back on the "stairsteps". There was only one section of real mud and that was the last 100yds of the trail (going clockwise).
Overall the trail is in great shape and continues to dry out a bit more every day. Northern exposure's continue to hold snow/mud but as the days warm up they too will become rideable.
Any trail updates in Fruita? Was planning on coming out Weds-Sunday this week but looks like a mixed bag...possible rain/snow. Has it been wet there recently? Does it look to be dry by thurs? How's 18Rd? What's dry? Anything looking good or should I plan on heading down the road to Moab? Cheers!
I hit marys/steves and part of more fun today-end of steves was quite wet. I ended up turning around on more fun as it was very wet! Marys was a great ride though and a ton of riders out there today.
Rode Joe's Ridge and Zippety thurs and it was really nice, 77 degrees, no wind, dry, sunny. Then rode part of Kokopelli fri morning. Other than a few spots in the trees , it was dry. We left Friday around noon, just got out of there in time. Now skiing powder at A-Basin...
2 separate thermometers with us on the rocks up near the top of Zippety said 76,77...whatever, it was well warm enough for me to take an outdoor shower, which I did after my ride back in camp. Temp dropped to 40 and colder Fri as we were leaving, storm clouds over the La Sal's pushed us back east into the mtns..for some great powder skiing Sat and Sun.
The lunch loop trails were excellent today! If you haven't been out riding-get out there.
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