They have been working on this for a while. Last year there were only two runs down, but they were set on building more. It's the perfect place for it so I hope they can make it work.
2016 gravity season
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DownhillR3
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I left Bike Park Ops at Creek last year. Those of us who love the sport did everything we could to make riding a better experience for people but when a company doesn't take care of you, after putting in 10years... had to think of myself more than doing it for the love of the bike community.
Alias, now i'm just a rider again and love it. I'll never work where I play again. Learned that lesson. But was honored to be a part of the build up of Creek Bike Park, before all the negativity that seems to be in the air this year.
olegbabich
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Creek started to run the triple lift. It is soooo slow. 
We were there yesterday and it was a glorious day. There were a couple of MTBNJ Jerseys on the hill.
Ellsworth Bikes has a demo going on this weekend.
We were there yesterday and it was a glorious day. There were a couple of MTBNJ Jerseys on the hill.
Ellsworth Bikes has a demo going on this weekend.
respect
That's getting your money's worth.
I had 47 days skiing when I first met @pedals and know that's a great season.
njkayaker
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Thank you. lucky I am healthy enough and can make time for what we all love.
njkayaker
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you see they raised the prices for next season? i was lucky enough I purchased the bike park pro app for $5. competition for app owners most days and laps at several bike parks. there were like 4 people at Creek who purchased the app. I won next seasons pass easily. $5 for a season pass.
DownhillR3
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Man, I remember the days when I used to easily surpass 50 DH days at Creek. Never got a free pass for it.
Ian F
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Maybe a side effect of more competition for park riders in the area? A few years ago, Creek was pretty much the only game in town - yes, there was Plattekill, but it's not an easy day-trip drive and while Launch tried hard, but the simple fact is Spring Mtn doesn't have a lot of elevation to work with. Now Blue and Thunder competing for riders. Blue really needs a proper top-to-bottom jump/flow trail to get taken seriously, but Thunder has definitely invested some serious $$$$$ into making it a place that can really compete with Mtn Creek and even Highland.
Ian F
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Agreed, although I do like the more natural trails at Blue. The only change I saw from last year was the new bridge on the DH race course so the DH and Enduro could both run at the same time - also eliminating a potentially bad near head-on trail-crossing situation.
Looks like my time in NH will be coming to an end soon, so weather permitting, Oct 22 will likely be my last day at Highland this year.
Didn't ride DH at Blue this season (or anywhere for that matter, sigh) but I heard about a new machine-built freeride trail called Hell Camino? Also, the DS track was new and pretty sweet in my opinion.
DownhillR3
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Agreed, a lot of competition these days. Keep an eye on Killington too in the near future. Thunder is great, but have a feeling its going to end up the same way Windham did. Gravity Logic came in and built amazing stuff but after the first season, no maintenance was done due to lack of experience in house for trail building and it went down the drain. Lets hope for the best, more places to ride the better! I may be at Highland next weekend too.
just heads up highland over mountain enduro is 10/23 , not sure how this will affect trails . I'm planning to get out there 10/21 to get the stages dialed and hopefully have time and energy to explore and play ride a lil
Ian F
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Yep - one of my teammates reminded me of that. I'd forgotten. So instead I'll be there with a few teammates for one last hurrah on the Carbine (before I swap a number of the parts over to a new Tracer frame I have) running the enduro.
Typically, the other trails will be open to ride during practice, but may be closed for the event on Sunday.