It seems awfully quiet in here and I just joined the community, so I’ll be the change I want to see in the world.
Title says it all, what’s your favorite mtb trail of all time? Could be something you ride in your hometown or something you’ve only ever ridden once.
Mine is Resurrection Pass trail on the Kenai peninsula in Alaska. Super beautiful area, and I’ve had a bunch of amazing days and overnights with friends there.
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artyom@piefed.social · 2 pts · 8d
Lair of the Bear in Denver
crafty_consumer@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 9d
I've only been into mountain biking for a few years but I'm going to go with hide and seek in the Sandy ridge trail system in Oregon. In particular the lower portion. It's a very nice flow trail with berms, rolls, and jumps that can be taken at a variety of speeds and skill levels.
fake_meows@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 7d
I've been lucky enough to travel extensively in north America and rode bikes in a lot of places. I love it all. I have a really hard time picking a "top trail".
Anyhow, trails that are on my top ten list tend to be big memorable epic all day shuttle drop rides. I really enjoyed Frisby Ridge in Revelstoke and The Lemmon Drop and CDO in Tucson. My all time favorite destinations are probably Kingdom Trails, Sedona, Whistler, Fruita and St. George.
My riding style is kind of rare because I am not a great rider in any one discipline but I color outside all the lines. I can ride DH and Enduro and hang with faster riders, but i can also do all day pedal fest rides and enjoy backpacking and pure fitness riding also. So with a ride like the Lemmon Drop, it has a lot of "flow state" where I'm doing a huge all day endurance ride but there is also a lot of bigger tech and scary drops and rock rolls mingled into the experience. I have a whole list of secret trails that I can't share from BC, PNW and the Rockies that are at a higher level DH hidden away in the backcountry. That's basically my jam.
kersploosh@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 9d
Kingdom Trails in northern Vermont is probably the top of my list. It has lots of variety, beautiful landscapes everywhere you look, and that wonderful rural New England vibe.
The eastern half of Oregon also has some spots that I absolutely adore, and which are often overlooked. My riding buddy and I regularly have the trails to ourselves. They aren't as big and grand and well-maintained as trails in the Cascades, but the sagebrush steppe and the smaller, less populated mountains out there have their own charm.
fake_meows@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 7d
Curious if you're talking about the Fremont trail in eastern Oregon?
kersploosh@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 7d
I haven't had a chance to ride there yet. It's on my list, though.
I was thinking of Anthony Lakes area, Umatilla Rim, and even the Echo West Vineyard. I don't think Echo would be on anyone's top 10 list of places to ride in Oregon, but when I'm there and it's just me and the prairie grass swaying in the wind it's really beautiful and peaceful.
Umatilla Rim is a sad story right now. Last December's wind storms brought down a ton of trees. The forest service got about half the trail cleared and rideable, then the summer wildfires hit and now parts of the trail are burning.
fake_meows@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 7d
Cool, those are some riding zones I'll have to add to my bucket list.
It seems like the bucket keeps filling up. Lol.
Similar story from the Waldo Lake trail this year. It started the season with 400 logs across and the forest service went and knocked it down to 100 but it seems as if they quit at that point. On Trailforks a guy from the COTA saw crew wrote that he offered to volunteer on the opening and he was told he's not welcome to work and that the trail has now been closed. I feel that the volunteering isn't managed very well sometimes and I also don't see how the FS can keep the trails open without lots of capability from the volunteers. How can they afford to turn away trained volunteers?
fake_meows@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 7d
Does Resurrection Pass ever become less buggy in August and September? Amazing area but I think I hit the trail at peak mosquito season (June?) and it was so heavy for bugs that its almost hard to describe. Like a constant swarm of clouds of mosquitoes. Probably the #2 worst place I've ever been for mosquito levels.
porkloin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 7d
Yeah there are some times of year where the bugs are brutal out there, early June especially but it depends on spring timing. Not sure if you’re from AK or a visitor but after a while of living there you kinda just start to accept mosquitoes as a fact of life like death and taxes. I recently moved away from AK am blown away by the lack of mosquitoes outdoors everywhere. Hopefully I’ll be able to finally give my body a break from the annual summer deet baths
fake_meows@sopuli.xyz · 1 pts · 7d
That checks out. I could tell the trail gets some use so I assumed I had bad timing. Gotta return. I was a visitor, but incredible area on the Kenai...
Kolanaki@pawb.social · 0 pts · 7d
Oregon.