Best DH in NJ.... Not MCBP...

JimN said:
Please remind me that you said this next time we ride Wildcat.
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I kinda figured you are thinking
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There’s obviously a lot of Wildcat bias here...but it really does have a great selection of gnarly descents if you can put in the work.
 
I over shot and almost died on tally ho. Made a fatal error by decreasing psi today. All this after a full speed to dirt nap on white woods trail up top. One thing about flats and low bbs. My clowny feet can get caught on babyheads.
 
for me ringwood. white from top at pierson's ridge and keep going down Warm Puppy. what's the mileage, like 2.5 miles or so? What a payoff when you finish at Ryerson.
 
Tally Ho is the shiny new object and damn good, but Stephens has a few good ones at other points along the same ridge. That white on Ringwood from the top of Piersons. That just goes on and on. Sure, it's not all really down, but close enough. As soon as you feel a little pedaled out, it goes down again. Purple to orange at Mooch also gets an honorable mention. That also goes on forever if you power through a couple of quick uphills. Also at Mooch, fire road from scout camp that turns into single track and goes down to Waterloo Rd. Can't remember the name.

Forgot to add for folks that want something a little more to the south, that one in Round Valley on the main trail that goes towards the main lot is also a good one. Not as high quality as some of the others mentioned, but the amount of descent almost makes up for it.
 
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Hard pressed to think of many sustained downhills in NJ but as far as mostly downhill, here are some of my favs:

Wildcat new way down
Wildcat blue down
Wildcat Oreland down
Ringwood white
Ringwood warm puppy
Sourlands boulderama final downhill to the lot
Chimney rock yellow to the 4way
Jungle cages to tiger pen
Jungle Fish (until I got wide bars lol)
 
Allamuchy:
Red
Yellow
Purple either direction from the top where bypass comes in
The White Downhill from the top of 4 bump or the White to Tranquility

Oreland for sure at Wildcat
 
Ramapo State Forest has a few really good downhill sections. The unmarked (but clearly visible) trail down from TOS that meets up with the yellow halfway down is great. White downhill coming down from the castle crossing the pipeline is short, but also real good. My favorite though is coming off the Wanaque Ridge on the Orange trail. That ridge is so fun to ride.
 
Hands down, best downhill I’ve done is at Stephens. It’s a downhill singletrack past a Sasquatch crossing sign all the way down the trestle trail. not sure how it compares to anything at wildcat, but it’s long, has some jumps, some technical, banked turns and it’s really long!
 
roc said:
Hands down, best downhill I’ve done is at Stephens. It’s a downhill singletrack past a Sasquatch crossing sign all the way down the trestle trail. not sure how it compares to anything at wildcat, but it’s long, has some jumps, some technical, banked turns and it’s really long!
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If you start at the top of the cooler trail, and hammer that first left turn into skeezix and then follow the Trestle Trail its close to 3 miles of downhill.
 
DontBiteMyDog said:
If you start at the top of the cooler trail, and hammer that first left turn into skeezix and then follow the Trestle Trail its close to 3 miles of downhill.
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3 miles, I didn’t realize it’s that long. Just saw a sign today and yesterday saying cooler trail. If you include that part, it has to be the longest downhill I know. The very bottom of ttrestle back to the maze can be a bitch, for me, it’s usually the last part of the ride and I’m cooked from hammering down that section.
 
Tally-Ho at Stephens. It's the closest thing you'll find to a bike park(you can send it), yet in a state park. Really well built.

White downhill at Ringwood is awesome too, but a bit more xc in feelz.(not a drastic vertical drop, which is why it's a looong downhill). Really well built as well.

Two distinctly different downhills, equally awesome for what they are.
 
Also, I'll add in Splitrock at Wawayanda. Another distinctly different downhill. When riding the massive boulders it feels like something glaciers built thousands of years ago, nature flow tech.

Of course this was built with a crew but it feels so organic.
 
pooriggy said:
Also, I'll add in Splitrock at Wawayanda. Another distinctly different downhill. When riding the massive boulders it feels like something glaciers built thousands of years ago, nature flow tech.

Of course this was built with a crew but it feels so organic.
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You’re right about Splitrock, i have not been over there in a long time. Do you know if that one section with the metal meshing and man made bridges is good to ride? Last time I was there (been a while) it was very sketchy.
 
roc said:
You’re right about Splitrock, i have not been over there in a long time. Do you know if that one section with the metal meshing and man made bridges is good to ride? Last time I was there (been a while) it was very sketchy.
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That sketchy bridge is actually on Budda? Splitrock is immediately after Budda. The bridge is too damaged to ride, there is a go around.
 
roc said:
You’re right about Splitrock, i have not been over there in a long time. Do you know if that one section with the metal meshing and man made bridges is good to ride? Last time I was there (been a while) it was very sketchy.
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I know the one you're referring to. It's been a while, but last time I rode Split Rock (5-6 months ago?) that bridge was essentially collapsed and there's a go-around to the left right before it (assuming you're going up Split Rock).

This begs the question as to why I chose to go UP Split Rock that day. I don't have a good answer to that one.
 
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