Barring rain, I'm hoping to hit Dana Peak tomorrow, Thursday 9-14, around 9 a.m. If anyone wants to ride with a slow singlespeeder...post up. I'm on a black Voodoo.
Trail was great. Good & clean. Talked to a guy, Mike from Georgetown, said there were some trees down on top of Dana Peak...didn't see for my self.
Anyone got a good map of the place? Map My Ride route? Anything. I haven't ridden there regularly in years. I used to come off the fence trail and go off to the "right" at some point, kinda skirt around the lake then up to Dana Peak...completely missed it this go round
May go out there next Tuesday.If I go out there by myself, will I have a decent ride or will I just get lost in a maze. I don't have gps. Maybe I could print armyslowrdr's ride map and try to use that. Not sure how that would work being in it, rather than looking from the outside in... Is there any signage?
@keithrad...
No signs. Trails are pretty well defined, theres side trails everywhere...but the "main trail" is obvious. Do you have a smart phone? If so get the MTB Project App. there's a good "copy" of armyslowrdrs map built into it. Haven't used it yet, but looks good. It's a fun place to ride. You can't really get lost if you're mindful of your bearings (going from Dana to Stillhouse...lake is on your right...coming back it's on your left...etc.). I ride SS, there were sections that were a little burly to me...but it was still fun.
Cool, will check into that when the time comes...
For now I will just wing it, and tomorrow looks like a good day for a small road trip down there for some riding! I like the idea of riding out to Stillhouse and back, so I will try that! Looks to be under a 2 hour drive from here.
Made it out there this morning around 11:00, right at 100 miles from my house. Had a great ride, just what I have been looking for. A nice long stretch of trail without too much climbing involved. At least the route I took...
I went in at the corner in the road like armyslowrdr's gps map showed and tried to follow his route best I could remember going out closer to the lake. I'm sure I missed some stuff but I ended up with 15.87 miles total out to Stillhouse and back.
Ran across only 1 guy (on a Cannondale) on what I thought was one of the funnest sections of the trail about 3/4 of the way into the ride towards Stillhouse. The trail is cut into the side of a big hill with lots of quick ups and downs, a little rocky and bits of tech. Super fun! I made it to the Stillhouse rec. area and cooled down with some cold shower water, and took a 10 min. break.
On the way back I took a different route at the little lost and found box thing in the middle of the main trail, and took a right. So glad I did, as that section had some super fun long flowy downhill-ish lines that had me making moto sounds all the way back!! BRRAAAPPP! BRRAAAAPPPP!!!AWESOME FUN! And I was done...
I'm so used to the bigger hills on my home rides that are so littered with rocks and are long, steep slogs that take so much energy trying to keep upright and keep from spinning out on the rocks, that after 10-12 miles I am spent. Would love to have Dana Peak closer to home! I will be bringing my wife back in a few weeks. Should be really nice with the cooling temps. Got close to 90 today but not bad overall.
On the way back I took a different route at the little lost and found box thing in the middle of the main trail, and took a right. So glad I did, as that section had some super fun long flowy downhill-ish lines that had me making moto sounds all the way back!! BRRAAAPPP! BRRAAAAPPPP!!!AWESOME FUN! And I was done...
Yeah, best I can remember. I followed this trail till it came to a T at the top of a short steep little climb ( mostly coasted up it with momentum) at the fenced corner of someone's property line, there was a concrete bench on their side. You could go left towards the lake again or right which I took that ultimately led back to the main jeep road, then took another right back to the trailhead at the corner in the road.
Hey MMS, I'm thinking about hitting up Dana Peak on my SS Thursday morning. I'll probably only ride for an hour - hour and a half 8-10mi. I should be rolling in at the trail head at about 9AM if you're down for a SS ride?
Hell yeah! Think it'll be dry enough? I'm down if so. Lemme check with the powers that be (wife), to see what chores may be on my list...but shouldn't be a problem. I'll keep you posted.
Yeah I think it will be dry. I was going to go today but thought against it because the rain and I was pretty tired. I was in Huntsville all weekend and it was even pouring there. But yeah post up if you'll be there.
Looks like we are a go. I'm in a Nissan Frontier, with a Black Voodoo in the back. Hour, hour & a half ride time is probably best for me. Don't think I've got time for the Stillhouse run. See ya tomorrow.
Yep I'll only do 8-10 miles between an hour - hour and a half normal pace. Ok I'm in a silver kia rio hatch back with a black ss with white bits. See you there at 9.
How does Dana Peak compare to Cameron Park? Everything written here makes the trail sound like fun so was thinking of driving down soon while gas is cheap(er).
I would say that the scenery is similar but there is definitely more climbing and tech at cameron park cause the trails are marked for difficulty at c.p. at d.p there is no trail markers. Some climbing. No technical spots and quite a bit of good flow. Just decent cross country riding imo.
Agreed with Awshucks and I would add, where Cameron is mostly in tree cover, Dana has more exposure. Except for a small section of the trail about 6-7 miles into the ride out to Stillhouse, I think they call it Goat Hill (correct me if I'm wrong), there is less climbing at Dana. Also less Rocky at Dana. It's a good trail to stretch your legs and big ring (if you run one). It was about a 2 and 1/2 hour drive for me but was worth it for something new, and I plan on coming back soon.
Thanks to Awshucks for a fun ride this morning. Good dude, good knowledge of the trails...good times! Thanks man!
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