Stocky
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We usually do our 6am Sunday Mahlon ride ( been at it not for 3 months) .At the last minute my buddy called Friday and said he's on his was home ( it was 3:30) "Ya wanna ride ?" he asked . Hell yea. I close my shop at 3:30 on Fridays . We also rode Sunday morning.
Some how we've been bypassing Stone Gate every time we ride Mahlon, just never noticed the left turn before Devils Satircase.
HOLY CRAP, what a great friggin trail. It's by far the best trail Mahlon has to offer ( unless of course I'm missing something else) .
Fast single track, lots of trees to cross, rocks to climb, that rock ledge, the climb up to the rock platform just before what I assume is " Stone Gate" .
Did the Stone Gate trail always exist or was it done to bypass the Staircase ? Just curious.
Also somehow I didn't notice the "Turtle" it's on this trail correct ?
Can you guys give us rookies some thoughts on riding up and over those few LARGE rocks right in the middle of the trail . What's the approach tecnique ?
The same goes for when you approach those pyramid log formations. What's the proper way to get over them ?
Also hats off to the two guys that we passed just as we hit the bottom of Stone Gate / Devils Staircase. They were riding up the Staircase and then headed up Stone Gate.
Some how we've been bypassing Stone Gate every time we ride Mahlon, just never noticed the left turn before Devils Satircase.
HOLY CRAP, what a great friggin trail. It's by far the best trail Mahlon has to offer ( unless of course I'm missing something else) .
Fast single track, lots of trees to cross, rocks to climb, that rock ledge, the climb up to the rock platform just before what I assume is " Stone Gate" .
Did the Stone Gate trail always exist or was it done to bypass the Staircase ? Just curious.
Also somehow I didn't notice the "Turtle" it's on this trail correct ?
Can you guys give us rookies some thoughts on riding up and over those few LARGE rocks right in the middle of the trail . What's the approach tecnique ?
The same goes for when you approach those pyramid log formations. What's the proper way to get over them ?
Also hats off to the two guys that we passed just as we hit the bottom of Stone Gate / Devils Staircase. They were riding up the Staircase and then headed up Stone Gate.