@Fat Trout I finally made it over to Mooch today to check out your handiwork...THANK YOU!!!!!!!
Candy Ass is a fantastic trail and it's great to see that it's been revived!
I go there when I feel like I need a good ass kicking, but take it as a victory if I clear a couple of the harder features and leave without excessive bleeding.Attempted Candy-Ass with Jim today, it kicked my ass, I am a Candystriper.
No thanks @Fat Trout I will stick to Stephens.
I go there when I feel like I need a good ass kicking, but take it as a victory if I clear a couple of the harder features and leave without excessive bleeding.
Extremely excited to be back in the states and riding Allamuchy on Sunday after 2 months studying in London. How's the newly maintained candy ass riding now? Wanted to get a couple runs of it in as soon as I get back.
Does anyone have intel on current conditions of CA? i haven't ridden before so curious if conditions would allow a first timer to follow
This is exactly true. If your new to it....Its not heavily ridden and it is a back and forth switchback kind of path through much of it. Check out trailforks and you'll see that. I've had some progress in getting the overgrowth cut back but the leaf cover is still there as raking the whole thing just isn't practical....and this time of year has heavy leaf drop everywhere. I have thoughts of bringing a backpack blower up there to get the heavy stuff cleared and help the burn in since it is so much in the "lightly ridden" category but dang that's a tough one to get the motivation for lol. reality is that its a slow trail and something of an adventure. Once you know it better you can anticipate trying to work through something in a progression with more "flow" from feature to feature. No shame at all for just finding your way through slowly and then trying some features a few times. I walk stuff back and try again all the time. In Mid May / June its probably in its prime to follow just because of the weed growth along the sides as the trail center doesn't grow weeds. I don't ride it a lot but its really cool (IMO) enough that I've made it a pet project to try to keep it open.You will have "some confusion" first time through. The trail isn't always obvious in the best of times. If you see a really steep uphill or downhill, that's probably where the trail goes.
This is exactly true. If your new to it....Its not heavily ridden and it is a back and forth switchback kind of path through much of it. Check out trailforks and you'll see that. I've had some progress in getting the overgrowth cut back but the leaf cover is still there as raking the whole thing just isn't practical....and this time of year has heavy leaf drop everywhere. I have thoughts of bringing a backpack blower up there to get the heavy stuff cleared and help the burn in since it is so much in the "lightly ridden" category but dang that's a tough one to get the motivation for lol. reality is that its a slow trail and something of an adventure. Once you know it better you can anticipate trying to work through something in a progression with more "flow" from feature to feature. No shame at all for just finding your way through slowly and then trying some features a few times. I walk stuff back and try again all the time. In Mid May / June its probably in its prime to follow just because of the weed growth along the sides as the trail center doesn't grow weeds. I don't ride it a lot but its really cool (IMO) enough that I've made it a pet project to try to keep it open.