Sourlands Mountain Preserve Conditions

[Rented Mule]

Gotcha, that's a great trail

 

[JPark]

Tree down on Chunky Monkey.

 

[gmb3]

Tree down on Chunky Monkey.
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reported to rangers

 

[gmb3]

Chunky to 3 Amigos to the Pipeline has been cleared by rangers.

 

[snashters]

Trails are in good shape.

There's been some recent work done on the main trail from the parking lot to narrow it down:

 

[Patrick]

Trails are in good shape.

There's been some recent work done on the main trail from the parking lot to narrow it down:
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That wasn't us.
That trail is washed out badly, and should be rerouted. Probably not happening tho.

 

[JPark]

I was also there yesterday and the Pipeline was barricaded off with boulders uphill from the Riverbed connector. You can get around it going into the grass area.

 

[Patrick]

I was also there yesterday and the Pipeline was barricaded off with boulders uphill from the Riverbed connector. You can get around it going into the grass area.

Weird.....wonder if they are blocking service trucks from trying to cross the dislodged pipes???

 

[gmb3]

Rangers had a corporate volunteer group and needed to give them something to do. JORBA is donating lumber to fix bridges which was supposed to be their project but the timing of Somerset approval didn't work out. They tried narrowing that section a couple years ago and it didn't last. Pipeline rocks are new since our group ride i think. Patrick's guess may be right. It did look like there was some work happening on the pipeline at the top crossover when we last rode.

 

[JimN]

It did look like there was some work happening on the pipeline at the top crossover when we last rode.

When I took the pipeline out at the group ride, there was a section of it that was closed off with rocks. There was a sign that said not to hike over the rocks. After hiking over the rocks, it looked like there might have been a path around them. Not sure if that's what you guys are talking about or not.

 

[gmb3]

When I took the pipeline out at the group ride, there was a section of it that was closed off with rocks. There was a sign that said not to hike over the rocks. After hiking over the rocks, it looked like there might have been a path around them. Not sure if that's what you guys are talking about or not.

it probably is.

 

[rick81721]

I was also there yesterday and the Pipeline was barricaded off with boulders uphill from the Riverbed connector. You can get around it going into the grass area.

It's been like that for awhile

 

[clarkenstein]

Just saw this - looks like a day of closure coming.

 

[rick81721]

Just saw this - looks like a day of closure coming.

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Finally paving over all the rocks? Yes!!

 

[jklett]

Leafy AF, hard to see where the trail was. That said, conditions were great where we went. Take the leaves out of the equation and it was definitely 9/10 today. The hikers must've realized the same thing though because the place was packed by the time we got back to the lot.

 

[rick81721]

Leafy AF, hard to see where the trail was. That said, conditions were great where we went. Take the leaves out of the equation and it was definitely 9/10 today. The hikers must've realized the same thing though because the place was packed by the time we got back to the lot.

Like many CENTRAL Jersey parks, SMP is a stay away place on weekends or holidays. Way too crowded. At least until it is either really cold or unbearably hot. That keeps the riffraff away. Anywho, I hope to get there a few more times before we are down in FL permanently.

 

[gmb3]

@Patrick what gives? when i click the thread title i get this error, but if i click on Page 71 i get in.

 

[Patrick]

@Patrick what gives? when i click the thread title i get this error, but if i click on Page 71 i get in.
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The first 300,000 posts to mtbnj.com are currently archived until we can get more space after we are migrated to new hardware.

I may try to code around the current error if i get time.

 

[gmb3]

Got some snow squalls last night and trails were sloppy once the sun came up and started thawing. If riding Sunday, I'd recommend going early before the thaw and be very careful on the woodwork.

 

[JPark]

Some new trees down and some widow-makers from the wind yesterday.
locations are the photos on the map

Sourlands ☀ - Justin P's 7.6 mi mountain bike ride

Wind 20mph SW Propelled by Windfield.app ↗

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I also found 2 broken boardwalk boards we missed on TM day on the C Climb trail.