The water tower is amazing. My buddy wouldn't shut up about it. "Dude, it flows like Kingdom Trails."
That's funny as I had some people DM me on IG that were pretty pissed about us making the trail a "flow line". Iggy wanted to keep the original route of that part of GT and make certain changes to help with the erosion which I thought was going to be way more work and harder overall. My first thought was to shit can some of the steeper sections and cut a couple more switchbacks instead (which is how the newer trails are made in Stowe, VT and I think is what they do in KT too).
But in the end I really like how it's coming out. There are still a lot of the classic Hartshorne pieces on that section (the all rock area in the middle then followed by the narrow section with 2 stepping logs) And the main tread is 90% of what is was - less sand and bomb holes. I still think it has the Hartshorne "feel" but with some modern stuff thrown in here and there.
Where it mellows out pitch wise there are some rollers and berms to continue to help with water control but also give some flavor. I don't know about you guys but I hate plowing thru 6" of sand and would much rather push off a little berm or roller dip any day of the week.
We had some nasty storms the past few weeks and it's holding up pretty well which is hard given the pitch and material content at Hartshorne. During the TM's we see a LOT of sand on the side of the trail in our drains and not on it.
I could kinda see how someone isn't happy about losing a technical climb, but the Buttermilk steps, and the heart-exploding devil's elbow climb (plus the pop onto the rock, not around) are still, hands down, the hardest climbs if you stay in the middle of the trail instead of using the cheater lines. The water tower, even before the work, was in the top 10, but I can think of 4 others, off the top of my head, that were harder to clean if you used the 'correct' line.
Two, you should remind them that they're complaining that there is less danger of a face-breaking endo. Is that what they want?
I mean, I'm not going to complain that someone is bothering to maintain the park, but what's stopping them from taking the original line, other than they have to look at the well-manicured trail?
That's funny as I had some people DM me on IG that were pretty pissed about us making the trail a "flow line".
You climb over the rock? Respect. I don't even go over it when going down any more.I could kinda see how someone isn't happy about losing a technical climb, but the Buttermilk steps, and the heart-exploding devil's elbow climb (plus the pop onto the rock, not around)
You climb over the rock? Respect. I don't even go over it when going down any more.
Same.... only the pavement was wetRode it today. Trails were amazing!! I love the water tower changes.
You climb over the rock? Respect. I don't even go over it when going down any more.
Not even Lenosky can make that rock now.Not for 3 years 😛
I'm gonna miss you Dave.
I don’t blame you @pooriggy …it’s those damned NYCers. And not soon enough! But I’ll miss you too boo…I'm gonna miss you Dave.
When did you say you where going to get the fuck out of here?
Now Iggy gonna cut that out!!!You could always log ride the gator
I’m surprised the log pile next to the gator is still there. I was heart broken when they removed the rooty section in Rocky Point.Now Iggy gonna cut that out!!!