My 15 minutes
- Thread starter icebiker
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Jeez, they'll let anyone in on that site.
Kidding, good stuff man!
Kidding, good stuff man!
Yes, for sure. Best thing to do is head north on 7 to Lenox. Park at the Arcadian Shop (bike/hike/XC ski, plus a great cafe). The trail head to Kennedy Park is right there. Literally park and ride. You can get a map at the store. While you're there, also ask them for a map to the Burbank and Pudgy's trails. Essentially Kennedy Park is a town park with a ton of fun singletrack and double track trails and great views. Surprisingly hilly too. The remains of an old hotel can be found at the southern end, near the main overlook. There's a lesser know trail called Log Hop that runs the upper length of the park and is not on the map. Ask the shop to show you.
If you head to the extreme west of Kennedy, you'll get to a more remote/rugged area called Yokun Ridge, where Burbank/Pudgy's are. Some great technical riding in there with some fast/flowy downhills and more amazing views. When I rode Kennedy a few weeks ago, there was a ton of snow around, and the proximity to the town/Arcadian shop meant plenty of XC-ski/snowshoe/foot traffic had packed it down. Saw a fattie track in there too, turned out to be one of the shop's guys. Yokun Ridge might have been less packed down. I suspect that, despite the brief thaw/rain we had, there should be some decent snow cover up there still. Let us know how it goes.
Arcadian Shop here: http://store.arcadian.com/index.htm
Kennedy Park map here: http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl...ALUdKGA_K-0QGI9oDgAg&ved=0CFYQ9QEwBw&dur=2757
Yokukn Ridge (partial view...it's missing the Pudgy's sections) here: http://www.bnrc.net/media/YokunRidgeNGuide.pdf
Indeed. I'm slummin as usual. 😀 Jersey's got to represent, don't it?...too bad I had to leave NJ to do so :hmmm: