Mildly Wild
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Anyone been here recently?
Conditions at Stewart?
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Mildly Wild
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Trying once more. Anyone been to Stewart recently?
jimf
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I am going today, will let you know. Hoping for dryness, it has been windy with the temp change so I am optimistic.
jimf
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Stewart was dry, it was even dusty in some spots. There was a few tacky spots edging toward mud but not quite, it grabbed your tires a little and would slow you down a bit but there were not too many spots like that.
The campground trail has a tree down right at the really fun step up turn, there is a go around in place but it pretty much destroys the flow of that part of the trail. Hope that gets cleared at some point
I ran into them on the escarpment trail, I recognized Luke having met him a few times before at ringwood but spazzed and could not place the name as I passed them going the opposite way
The campground trail has a tree down right at the really fun step up turn, there is a go around in place but it pretty much destroys the flow of that part of the trail. Hope that gets cleared at some point
I ran into them on the escarpment trail, I recognized Luke having met him a few times before at ringwood but spazzed and could not place the name as I passed them going the opposite way
gtluke
The Moped
ha!
yeah conditions were great.
Santa Cruz?
jimf
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The green bronson, a bit much for Stewart but its all I have.
huffster
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Took a chance since it was a little hard to know how much rain happened up there. I had next to nothing in Rockland. I couldn't find any intel here or fatsinthecats so, only 1 way to find out.
Rated it a 3. Not any muddier than any other time...just the usual spots. Otherwise trails were in great shape. A little tacky even.
There is some new signage at the South Barron trailhead, so I went and looked on the NYS DEC site and there is a new map. Despite the fact that I never use a map there, I like the one at Stewards of Stewart site better, but here is the one on DEC site (PDF attached as well as photo of kiosk)
Rated it a 3. Not any muddier than any other time...just the usual spots. Otherwise trails were in great shape. A little tacky even.
There is some new signage at the South Barron trailhead, so I went and looked on the NYS DEC site and there is a new map. Despite the fact that I never use a map there, I like the one at Stewards of Stewart site better, but here is the one on DEC site (PDF attached as well as photo of kiosk)
Mildly Wild
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Conditions at Stewart great today. The trails we rode (Camp, Windsor, Causeway, Orchard) were in very good shape . Bypass was total soup. Recommend stay off this one. I always check the weather history on Accuweather when I am in doubt. Stewart showed 0 precip for Saturday and less than .25" for the 3 days prior. Made for good day of riding.
Bleeder
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The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation declared Stewart Air National Guard Base, home to the 105th Airlift Wing of the New York Air National Guard, a state Superfund site.
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/13/n...-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well
http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/13/n...-region®ion=bottom-well&WT.nav=bottom-well
What does this mean?
huffster
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Haha ok, thanks! Headed there tomorrow. Will try not to sip the streams!To your mountain biking at Stewart...pretty much nothing...bring your own water...
Mildly Wild
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Still snow on the ground yesterday. Mixed conditions: magic snow on Pine Root (yay!) but many other trails had a lot of refrozen crusty snow, almost moonscape. Rideable all, but after a while felt like riding on constant railroad ballast. Still worth it.
onetracker
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Anyone take a shot at Stewarts after the storm? I am sure it will be ready for fat bikes once the snowmobiles groom the trails. Conditions report?
Had a few friends check it out with fatties around 5pm today. Almost knee deep and not rideable. Ridge lot was plowed and some horses were out. They tried riding a few hundred feet before turning back and heading home. Needs a few passes.
