Well it is called the WATER tower trail. Next time stick to Cactus Alley.
Hartshorne/Huber Conditions
- Thread starter jerzey111
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Well it is called the WATER tower trail. Next time stick to Cactus Alley.
Second one is wrapped in vines with thorns. It also like it brother trail twice because it fell by a sharp turn. I didn’t attempt to get through it.
knobbyhead
Next off the Island.
So based on pics, I'll let park manager know there are two trees down near blue dot. Got it.
Where is the vinee tree? They cant find it.
If you’re going clockwise it would be right before you come out to the pavement that you could take down to the dock or continue up back to the trail. If that makes sense.
Did a lunch ride today and looks like some of the recent work got beat up pretty bad this weekend.
Laurel was in Great Shape, new work holding up well.. I didn't go to the lower section of Grand Tour as it was visibly muddy from the alligator. WaterTower DH was actually in really good shape, except the double after the S bend. Seems like the people that didn't jump it ate into the landings fronts . .. or they went around them , building side ruts. *( I'll post my ride video later )
Worst of it was on the Questa to Laurel Detour, lots of foot prints, but also a lot of tracks leading around the sides...
*( I have to think people were out there when it was raining, or soon after before it had a chance to dry up a bit )
did they all come thru at the same time side by side ?
avoiding the main part of the trail?
new sign was cool to see..
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Laurel was in Great Shape, new work holding up well.. I didn't go to the lower section of Grand Tour as it was visibly muddy from the alligator. WaterTower DH was actually in really good shape, except the double after the S bend. Seems like the people that didn't jump it ate into the landings fronts . .. or they went around them , building side ruts. *( I'll post my ride video later )
Worst of it was on the Questa to Laurel Detour, lots of foot prints, but also a lot of tracks leading around the sides...
*( I have to think people were out there when it was raining, or soon after before it had a chance to dry up a bit )
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bobkennelly
Member
Well Im thinking of going tomorrow with the bike,,,,,,Sunday,,,3/8....has anybody been there, walking or otherwise????
There is still snow, Ice or mud. The southwest sides aren't bad but the North faces need time yet.
Also there's a lot of blowdowns from the storm. We started clearing them on Friday. We'll be back Monday at 9am, Buttermilk lot. If you're available come join us, we could use support from the mtb community.
If you cant come out on Mondays, and you ride Hartshorne we have opportunities for you to give back. We'll be starting wknd sessions at Bradevelt in Marlboro and Crosswicks in Upper Freehold. Please make it a point to give back this year if you ride. Thanks!
3/28 Bradevelt, old state psychiatric hospital in Marlboro on 520. 9am-12pm.
Post up if you need help help finding it.
4/4 Crosswicks: 91 Walnford rd Allentown. 9am-12pm.
How were conditions yesterday? Still too soon?
Conditions are good, the trails have dried out nicely. There is some ruts on new stuff from people who just cant wait to ride.
We cleared Laurel Ridge and Cuesta of blow downs yesterday. We'll be back next Monday, from 9am-12pm clearing Grand Tour. Reach out for parking info.
For as many people that ride here, it would be nice to see some new faces coming out to help. It seems that everyone can make time to ride, but find no time to maintain trails.
If you ride, make the time to give back. There are plenty of opportunities to volunteer, if you cant do Mondays, the previous post has wknd sessions coming up.
@Bike N Gear this is not directed at you, but everyone who rides Hartshorne. Giving me likes for a post does not help, showing up to volunteer does. Start the season of right and join in. Reach out if you have questions.
I can confirm that conditions were ideal today. I did most of the park and did not encounter any mud. Trail surfaces were mostly dry and tacky. I noted two downed trees however as reported above.
First one could be rolled over but it’s right about at chain ring height. I elected to walk over it since I didn’t want to risk hurting myself or my bike.
Second tree was a more significant obstruction. You are definitely not rolling over this one.
While there I checked out the shore battery too.
Oooh, spooky!
I would not want to be targeted by this absolute monster of a gun! Size does indeed matter... 🤭
Great day to ride. You should send it!
First one could be rolled over but it’s right about at chain ring height. I elected to walk over it since I didn’t want to risk hurting myself or my bike.
Second tree was a more significant obstruction. You are definitely not rolling over this one.
While there I checked out the shore battery too.
Oooh, spooky!
I would not want to be targeted by this absolute monster of a gun! Size does indeed matter... 🤭
Great day to ride. You should send it!
Karate Monkey
Well-Known Member
^^The gun is one of the individual guns from a turret of the USS New Jersey. Though the emplacement originally had 12" guns, they were mounted in the casement on a turret. Today, you can just make out the outline of the casement as a large circular slab underneath the gun (and on the other end where there is just an empty bay).
IIRC, there's a blog post out somewhere in the MCPS that details the move by rail+delivery/setup at Hartshorne, completed several years ago.
IIRC, there's a blog post out somewhere in the MCPS that details the move by rail+delivery/setup at Hartshorne, completed several years ago.
Cool, thanks for the history lesson! Yeah I vaguely remember reading about this.
Looking back at the pics I took today, I think I can see the outline you mentioned too.
knobbyhead
Next off the Island.
Next time take the lighthouse trail to twin lights. The views are amazing. Thanjs for the trail report.
Was there yesterday. Was rideable, some small trees down, lots of sticks etc...Did notice a fair amount of face slappers, actually.
One tree blocking the trail on Meadow Ramble pretty much where the blue square is.
I do appreciate the work done at the steps riding up into the Claypit lot from the bridge...that was a nice surprise!