Is the trail closed?

[pedro's kanabis]

I heard some rumors the trail is closed due to errosion. True???

 

[A Potted Plant]

I heard some rumors the trail is closed due to errosion. True???

If people keep riding it wet I would think there will be no other choice

 

[pedro's kanabis]

I just saw another post about it. This is sad, soon no more trails to ride if people abuse it.

 

[MissJR]

 

[Patrick]

it will be back when it can handle the traffic.
we'll all have to chip-in a bit with some raking, and tamping.

 

[jdog]

I heard some rumors the trail is closed due to errosion. True???

Hey Peter Pot,

The lack of a hard freeze compiled with a wet winter left the trails particularly susceptible to trail damage.

The park has closed all entrances and they have every right to ticket anyone who ignores this.

We will regain access shortly, but till then I ask that you respect the temporary closure and share this with riding buddies.

 

[Xler8]

I heard some rumors the trail is closed due to errosion. True???

There’s only one perpetrator to erosion: Mother Nature. The rain from above moves more dirt on trails then any bike ever will.

 

[SmooveP]

There’s only one perpetrator to erosion: Mother Nature. The rain from above moves more dirt on trails then any bike ever will.

Not exactly. In most of NJ, there's a relatively thin layer of "good" dirt over top of clay or sand, both of which are not great trail surfaces. The top layer is mostly made up of decaying vegetation and is held together by living and dead root systems from grass, other ground cover and nearby brush. It's already weakened by the process of clearing the live vegetation to create the trail, and when it's wet, the traffic on the trail easily tears up the stuff that holds the top layer together. Once this happens, it's much easier for rain to wash the soil away. That's why you usually don't see much erosion of the ground that's not part of the trail.

 

[Xler8]

Not exactly. In most of NJ, there's a relatively thin layer of "good" dirt over top of clay or sand, both of which are not great trail surfaces. The top layer is mostly made up of decaying vegetation and is held together by living and dead root systems from grass, other ground cover and nearby brush. It's already weakened by the process of clearing the live vegetation to create the trail, and when it's wet, the traffic on the trail easily tears up the stuff that holds the top layer together. Once this happens, it's much easier for rain to wash the soil away. That's why you usually don't see much erosion of the ground that's not part of the trail.

It was meant more towards the myth that bikes only cause erosion and are to be blamed for any and all damage a trail is exposed to...

 

[SmooveP]

It was meant more towards the myth that bikes only cause erosion and are to be blamed for any and all damage a trail is exposed to...

But to people who want to ride in the mud, it sounds like you're telling them that it's not them, it's the rain, so might as well ride.

 

[Mountain Bike Mike]

@pedro's kanabis Tell all your friends and family amd have them tell their friends and family and so on and so on...

Cool?