Maybe something in western central jersey with a round reservoir near it........😀
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Maybe something in western central jersey with a round reservoir near it........😀
Davinchia1981
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Would it be safe to ride these trails tomorrow morning? I've only been here once in summer and I rode the cushetunk trail.
It’s always safe to ride there. Enjoy the pain!
Davinchia1981
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midtlyng923
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Sorry for the ignorance…never been to this spot. Why is it pain?
Lots and lots of climbing. The standard loop is around 6 miles out and back and well over 2K of elevation. Parking on the Cush side adds even more.
midtlyng923
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Ahhh gotcha. Thanks.
VanDbtRiver
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Hit it today… super sloppy in low spots but the climbs were super dry, so 90% of the trail was dry in this case.
Davinchia1981
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Rode and hiked my bike today. It's all dry minus the campground access road and the power line field to the parking lot by the train tracks.
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Don't ride the field when wet - cause now ya know!
That lower trail in the woods is nice - a little bit of tech - not too much.
One of these days i'll put in a proper route on TF -
Rather than doing the climb out of the Cush lot by making that first right on the trail, stay low, and climb it as a giant switchback.
On strava it is the "Z Climb"
You rode the proper direction on the ridge on the way back. Well done. Lots of fun up there.
But ya skipped the lung busting climb on the way out by going to the camp road to the pavilion.
Someone shut down the current ridge trail - not sure if the one you took is the new one or old.
Gotta get there - maybe tomorrow.
Well done.
That lower trail in the woods is nice - a little bit of tech - not too much.
One of these days i'll put in a proper route on TF -
Rather than doing the climb out of the Cush lot by making that first right on the trail, stay low, and climb it as a giant switchback.
On strava it is the "Z Climb"
You rode the proper direction on the ridge on the way back. Well done. Lots of fun up there.
But ya skipped the lung busting climb on the way out by going to the camp road to the pavilion.
Someone shut down the current ridge trail - not sure if the one you took is the new one or old.
Gotta get there - maybe tomorrow.
Well done.
Davinchia1981
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Hiked out of the scuba/south lot to the top of puke hill - with a few side-ventures.
Cleared the trees on the switchbacks, and along the scout camp.
Also got a few blow-downs that were sticking out into the trail, along with the usual stick pick-up game.
I like the new kicker on the powerlines - we'll need to work on the lip, and clear the landing area.
Cleared the trees on the switchbacks, and along the scout camp.
Also got a few blow-downs that were sticking out into the trail, along with the usual stick pick-up game.
I like the new kicker on the powerlines - we'll need to work on the lip, and clear the landing area.
Was perfect today. Even the new stuff was just tacky. No standing water anywhere.
https://strava.app.link/XqnAqsc1ezb
https://strava.app.link/XqnAqsc1ezb
It's fine, but about as wet as it gets. The lower stuff is wet where you expect it. In 2 days I'm sure it'll be bone dry.
@Patrick we got like 4-5 trees down now. There's a new park super and I'm not sure there are any maintenance guys driving the quad on the big loop anymore.
In 2 weeks, this place will be too overgrown to ride a lot of it.
The switchbacks/powerline area is terrible. I'm calling the park on Monday to get them to commit to letting me go out and start to work on that. We're in that strange in between phase where the old super moved on and the new super doesn't know anyone yet.
@Patrick we got like 4-5 trees down now. There's a new park super and I'm not sure there are any maintenance guys driving the quad on the big loop anymore.
In 2 weeks, this place will be too overgrown to ride a lot of it.
The switchbacks/powerline area is terrible. I'm calling the park on Monday to get them to commit to letting me go out and start to work on that. We're in that strange in between phase where the old super moved on and the new super doesn't know anyone yet.
grilledcheeseking
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Robin
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Road out to the campsite and turned around. Large log down across Trail towards campground split. Marked on trail forks.
Lots of overgrowth. I went down the water bars near the fence. It seems more traffic is going that way. The switchbacks are completely overgrown and unkept.
Lots of overgrowth. I went down the water bars near the fence. It seems more traffic is going that way. The switchbacks are completely overgrown and unkept.
ok ok ok ok ok...
Just got off the phone with the new RV super and we are going to find some time to go out and take a look at that section together. Building a new relationship so it may not be something I can address immediately. But the process is in the works.
Steve Vai
Endurance Guy: Tolerates most of us.
Let us know if/when we can go in there to do some work. Was there yesterday and a vast majority of the park is unridable. The fence "re-route" has been taken back by nature almost completely. First descent to the Camp has many trees and overgrowth. The split before Cushetunk towards the turn-around is also gone.