I am planning on heading down to Ft. Lauderdale this weekend and was thinking of trying out the trail at Markham Park. I heard that the trail may be underwater due to the recent rains, is this true? Should I wait for another time to go for my first time, if so is there another park nearby I can hit while I'm down there? Thanks
Im planning on riding here this weekend for the first time. What should I expect for trail conditions? I see there has been a good amount of rain in the area the past few days. Thanks.
i'm expecting everything to be great. we needed some rain. there maybe some areas with some mud, but generally i think they should be fine. route66, which is one of my favs is prone to getting muddy. Oscar will know better then me what the current conditions are. i'll be out there Saturday for a personal inspection
Markham did get 2" of much needed rain and yesterday the trails were wet but not too bad. The usual spots will have mud and, as I didn't ride today, I expect 66 to be very wet possibly needing to be closed. I will ride tomorrow and the group will make a decision about the 66 trail. Just remember that the wood features are slippery when wet.
This Sunday we also have trail maintenance day to address overgrowth and various issues on the trails in order of urgency. The big county dozer broke this week and we couldn't stage fill where needed so we are limited in what will happen..
I was there testing my new Santa Cruz Heckler in that rain, was fun! Didn't ride Route 66 although the intermediate warm-up trail was pretty overgrown, but that's part of the fun! lol
How does the volunteer trail maintenance impact the availability of trails?
A little late, but usually when we do trail work we try to minimize closures but sometimes we have to close one entire trail if there aren't any bypasses in that trail. Today Pipeline was repaired but the rest of Area 51 remained open. We also worked on Rte.66 but that trail is closed due to mud and standing water. When we work on Armadillo we also have to close part of RockGarden as the exit drop shoots you into Armadillo. Today we closed the second Outback trail as we rebuild the big berm and the drop leading into it. Doing that work required partial closure of the AMTB trail that also got fixed near the end of it. We never got around to doing any cutback so that will happen in March I guess.. :smilewinkgrin:
You're welcome!! I like riding as much as building and the new berm in the Whale trail (before Gun-range) came out beautifully! Dropping in makes for such fast flow that the only pedaling needed is just before the exit drop. Next major fix in there will be the climb after the wooden berm.
This Sunday there is the usual TM day. There is lots of cutback to do and also trail repairs that are overdue. The crew can use some help as our trusty Dingo is in the shop for a leaky seal in the hydraulics..
This weekend we will have two races. The one on Saturday PM is a short track race put on as a fundraiser for Cory Zimmerman who was involved in a car wreck. Cory is one of the main guys in the free ride area and has helped us numerous times in the regular trails as well. Check out this site… Home
The Markham 100 on Sunday is our trail fundraiser. It will be great fun while we help out a fellow rider and the trails all in one nice weekend.
Not that I am aware of either, but I am also not in town or haven't been in 5 weeks. I had my first ride this AM and it looks like my only one for quite a while. Fishing business has been busy after an extremely slow slow-season… The trails are in good shape and all that needs to be done is cutting back of the vegetation.
Yes the trails will be open except for those that will be worked on. I have no idea what is being done as I haven't been in town for several weeks. Just keep an eye out for the trail crew and enjoy the ride!
Has been cleared up last Saturday already. My brother and I, with another guy, took care of it and Iguana Ridge too. Warmup was cleared as well. I guess the 40MPH did gusts were too much for these trees..
^^LOL! The course has been laid out and so far 99.99% of the riders like it. It does have some surprises in it as well. It is flowing, fast and suddenly a bit technical. However not too much so newer riders should have fun too.
The weather has been kind so far and if the rains hold off until after the "race" we should be fine. Most of the course is on higher ground after we reevaluated the initial lay-out yesterday because of potential rain. However it is MTB after all and who doesn't like a bit of mud?? See you out at the trails tomorrow!!!
Almost 300 riders showed their support for the trails yesterday and the race was a great success! The weather was great as the rain stayed away until well after the clean-up was completed. A big thanks to all our sponsors, donors and riders for a great fun day at Markham!!
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