Paul H
Fearless OOS Poser
Overall, it was pretty good yesterday. I am thinking it should be great today.Anyone ride since the rain this weekend? Did she dry out yet?
Overall, it was pretty good yesterday. I am thinking it should be great today.Anyone ride since the rain this weekend? Did she dry out yet?
Let's me look thru strava for my introduction ride at HM. Will pm it to you tonite.appreciate it, might do a little riding there today and maybe check it out tomorrow too. downloaded the maprika map and put a route through on strava so i should be alright.
Let's me look thru strava for my introduction ride at HM. Will pm it to you tonite.
Edit... found it
Check out my 10.9 mi Ride on Strava: https://www.strava.com/activities/407180887
No problem. Have fun out there and would love to hear your thoughts of the place.awesome! thanks a bunch. looks pretty solid for a first go around. hopefully can leave work sooner than later!
High Mt has more elevation change than most parks around.
Stick to the plateau trails if you want to avoid major climbs:
Glass, Junkyard, Secret, Wolf, Indians, Shelf and Twisty Deer Path,
These three all terminate at the same spot and have moderate climbs:
Cracked Foundation, Snake, and Dark Forest. Dark Forest is the easiest of the 3 to climb.
These all have tough climbs:
Skytop, Deer Pen.
Most of the blazed trails are washed out fire roads.
Maprika will be a big help if you don't have a guide. Enjoy!
Many who visit HM alone are introduced with the colored trails and they don't come back. You have to ride the unmarked trails and since the unmarked trails usually runs along the colored trails, it could get confusing which is where a guide can be of help. There are hardly any loose rocks on the unmarked trails. But I do love the the colored trails when ripping it on a downhill.will have to get back out there. i really stuck to the yellow and red trails and took my time getting around but holy hell were there a ton of rocks and can see what you meant by washed out roads/trails. will have to explore the options you mentioned. are they are rocky and loose as the red/yellow trails? those were pretty brutal haha
Many who visit HM alone are introduced with the colored trails and they don't come back. You have to ride the unmarked trails and since the unmarked trails usually runs along the colored trails, it could get confusing which is where a guide can be of help. There are hardly any loose rocks on the unmarked trails. But I do love the the colored trails when ripping it on a downhill.
This map is on Maprika. It is the one you want to use. Everything on Strava (from OSM) + more is on this map.
https://sites.google.com/site/njlocalmaps/high-mountain-park-preserve-historic-trail-map
Caution! Someone has been sabotaging the trails at High Mt. Today I found 8 piles of roofing nails covered with leaf piles in the trail on the lower half of Dark Forest. I removed everything I found and filled up gallon bag with the nails. Please post if you find any other nonsense to keep us all aware.
where is dark forest?Caution! Someone has been sabotaging the trails at High Mt. Today I found 8 piles of roofing nails covered with leaf piles in the trail on the lower half of Dark Forest. I removed everything I found and filled up gallon bag with the nails. Please post if you find any other nonsense to keep us all aware.
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Other than that...the trails are in perfect conditions.