onetracker
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Was out hiking today. Things were soft today with standing water in places. Going to need a couple of days IMO. Maybe Tuesday.
Ringwood State Park Conditions
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serviceguy
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Soon after the massive amount of rain came down on Saturday there was a strong wind that helped drying things and the temperature dropped. That said, the amount of standing water was huge, and the dirt started being very soft around 9:00 a.m.
serviceguy
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Can you pin it on a map? Thank you.
Zack 54
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onetracker
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Were conditions soft yesterday or good to go.
Captain Brainstorm
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That tree looks easily jumpable, I say leave it. Helps discourage the dirt bikes/quads at the very least, a natural barrier.
Zack 54
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I doubt dirt bikes on that side of the park as it close to the lake! But with the planned group ride on Friday it might be too much for some riders…. I’m okay leaving it as it is a good feature!
Zack 54
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Soft conditions at various spots, but best on Cooper Union, stateline and white crossover west of the lake!
serviceguy
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The question is...does it interfere with the sharp turn just ahead (or before in case coming from the opposite side)? I can't remember that specific location so I've no idea. As a general rule, I believe the trail should be kept the way it was designed as a whole, not that improvements are not welcome every now and then. Not sure anyone would be able to get there before the group ride anyway, so jump it is!
That is usually the case, they tend to ride in the Ryerson general area for the most part...
serviceguy
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Dog picture for rererence, she’s not a Chihuahua by the way. I’m going to clear it, it’s about 2ft up in the air in a section where you need to gather speed for the approaching climb while going uphill, also coming downhill just breaks the flow. I was there this morning and none of the riders I met tried to jump it and they all had to step over it after dismounting.
serviceguy
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Gone! It needed to be gone, someone was already building ‘features’ on the side of the trail (top right corner of the picture below).
This section of the park is still very soft in places, ride with care…
This section of the park is still very soft in places, ride with care…
I do not know but someone also reached out to JORBA Facebook page about it. I do not think these are official closures, but no one in the know has responded yet as far as I know. @pixychick , what say you? If not official, i will gladly open these back up tomorrow on the group ride.
Thanks for the update and better picture. We are aware of the situation, but have not figured out who or why this happening. We are not aware of any closures on Skylands ( blue triangle blaze on white ). However, that picture looks to me like a section on Ringwood-Ramapo, one section north of warm puppy and intersection of Crossover (white). It is helpfull if when taking photos, one has a blaze showing. That way we can be sure what trail we are talking about and not go by trailfork or strava names. We hope to be able to inspect in person in a few weeks when we return. In the mean time, we have spread the word around bike and hiking community to see if we can get some insight.
chris12453
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The third photos from the top is the rock garden to the left before you come down the rock roller to the intersection of white/warm puppy and back down to lot C. I ripped all of that out 3-4 times last year. Glad to see it is back yet again. I have been told it is a disgruntled hiker. Not sure what the issue is and can't confirm it myself.
serviceguy
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I’ve hiked Skylands back to Sheperd’s lake and removed all of the piles of wood Icould find on the trail, not sure if I got all of those in the pictures above, so think someone else had cleared some already. They’re going to be back no doubt, this guy is a douche of the highest grade…