Stephens State Park Conditions

[HiFiGuy]

Easy to get to, up top by fire tower

 

[Cassinonorth]

Tally ho is back to its former glory. Very fast and a bit overgrown, but so fun. I haven't been hitting it for a while and I really enjoyed it today.

Trestle is ready for a brush hogging and if I find a day to do it, i'll hit it.

Awesome, so happy to hear that. There's some sightlines I'd love to open up around turns and some berms that need to be built up.

I'm planning on trimming that and trestle this week hopefully now the sinkhole has been closed.

 

[xc62701]

Holy NICA madness today. I stopped by the concert field and said NOPE. Drove up to the station road lot and had and enjoyable ride with my boy up top. White/Golden/Upper Meisterberger were all in great shape.

 

[chainsawer]

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So good up high. Took 2 guys out for a little tour who were blown away with this loop/.

Very wet by the lake.

One log down on the northern leg of the maze. I remember on pinch point on Hally Toe and one on Tally Hoe.

Tally ho is back to its former glory. Very fast and a bit overgrown, but so fun. I haven't been hitting it for a while and I really enjoyed it today.

VERY welcome trimming below the mulch. Could use a quick trim of the first 100 feet on the mulch trail.

Trestle is ready for a brush hogging and if I find a day to do it, i'll hit it.

Thanks. Nice ride. What means "northern leg of the maze"? Is that in the area where you rode over twice, or was on lower or upper?

 

[avc8130]

Holy NICA madness today. I stopped by the concert field and said NOPE. Drove up to the station road lot and had and enjoyable ride with my boy up top. White/Golden/Upper Meisterberger were all in great shape.

June 7/8 is NICA race weekend at Stephens. Expect Blue/Green Rock trail areas to be quite crowded all week as local teams try to get in as many race-prep practices as possible.

 

[Shredley]

What means "northern leg of the maze"?

I think he is referring to this section where I put a red arrow on the attached photo. I also saw the downed tree on my ride Sunday afternoon. The downed tree is close to that arrow, but the arrow is not an exact pinpoint. Wish I could give better intel to you. Sorry that I'm doing this from memory and it's not an exact screenshot.

For future use, can anyone tell me how to take a screen shot of Trailforks on an Android phone? Thanks!

 

[chainsawer]

Thanks. On my android, there's three buttons on the right side. the upper one is the screen lock. The lower two control the volume. To take the screenshot, simultaneously press the screen lock and lower volume button. Reminder: In trailforks, press the locator button on the top right of your screen to make sure your curser location is updated.

 

[gmb3]

I think he is referring to this section where I put a red arrow on the attached photo. I also saw the downed tree on my ride Sunday afternoon. The downed tree is close to that arrow, but the arrow is not an exact pinpoint. Wish I could give better intel to you. Sorry that I'm doing this from memory and it's not an exact screenshot.

For future use, can anyone tell me how to take a screen shot of Trailforks on an Android phone? Thanks!

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With both of my Androids so far, if you hit the volume and power button at the same time, it takes a screenshot. Your phone may be different

 

[jdog]

I think he is referring to this section where I put a red arrow on the attached photo. I also saw the downed tree on my ride Sunday afternoon. The downed tree is close to that arrow, but the arrow is not an exact pinpoint. Wish I could give better intel to you. Sorry that I'm doing this from memory and it's not an exact screenshot.

For future use, can anyone tell me how to take a screen shot of Trailforks on an Android phone? Thanks!

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Yes. This.

 

[chainsawer]

Just a little note about blowdown reporting here. Maybe this helps.

As you already know, the 2 following types of pics are wonderful if you can get 'em; 1.) The screenshot of the location in Trailforks (or other GPS app) and 2.) a pic of the blowdown. That's the super A+++, gold star award, Holy grail of intel.

If you're on a ride with others, I know it's a headache to stop and hold people up. If in a rush, forgo the pic of the blowdown. The GPS location pic is *SO MUCH MORE* important, and quick to execute. A verbal description of the tree will suffice in a pinch, I'm mostly interested in the diameter and a simple description anyway. The pic of the blowdown is more important if it's unusual in some way, more than just the run-of-the-mill 6-12" trunk perpendicular to the trail.

Verbal location descriptions have been kind of hit or miss recently. When choosing my cut plan for the day, I'll opt for targets with solid intel over fuzzy intel.

Thanks again for everyone's help though! Much appreciated!!!

 

[chainsawer]

I think he is referring to this section where I put a red arrow on the attached photo. I also saw the downed tree on my ride Sunday afternoon. The downed tree is close to that arrow, but the arrow is not an exact pinpoint. Wish I could give better intel to you. Sorry that I'm doing this from memory and it's not an exact screenshot.

For future use, can anyone tell me how to take a screen shot of Trailforks on an Android phone? Thanks!

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I got this one today. Thanks.

 

[chainsawer]

Easy to get to, up top by fire tower

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i got this one today. And the Widowmaker behind it! Thanks!!

 

[chainsawer]

In addition to the targets mentioned above, I cleared 3 juicy widowmakers today... One right at the RR crossing, and two out on green, near the fire tower/gravity cavity area...

 

[rjr44]

For future use, can anyone tell me how to take a screen shot of Trailforks on an Android phone? Thanks!

Depends on version of android. What @gmb3 suggested will always work. On newer versions easier way for me is just do a slow pull up from bottom of screen and you get something like the below where you can choose screenshot. Once you choose that you can crop, edit, etc.

 

[KenS]

In addition to the targets mentioned above, I cleared 3 juicy widowmakers today... One right at the RR crossing, and two out on green, near the fire tower/gravity cavity area...

So happy to see the red line in that last pic. Scary one.

 

[KenS]

Holy NICA madness today. I stopped by the concert field and said NOPE. Drove up to the station road lot and had and enjoyable ride with my boy up top. White/Golden/Upper Meisterberger were all in great shape.

NICA teams don't bite, I promise =p

 

[chainsawer]

So happy to see the red line in that last pic. Scary one.

Good eye. That's kevlar linesman rope which helps to encourage unstable widowmakers to fall on their own. I still had to make a saw cut but the rope worked for the dicey part.

 

[YaGottaBelieve]

The park has been in such great shape this week; the mazes, under the mulch, around the lake, blue rock all freshly trimmed and riding great.

Passed someone doing some trimming on blue rock today! Thank you to all who do trail maintenance!

 

[gmb3]

The park has been in such great shape this week; the mazes, under the mulch, around the lake, blue rock all freshly trimmed and riding great.

Passed someone doing some trimming on blue rock today! Thank you to all who do trail maintenance!

Thanks, upcoming NICA race! Kids these days - so spoiled 🙂

 

[YaGottaBelieve]

Thanks, upcoming NICA race! Kids these days - so spoiled 🙂

Since the new Green Rock Trail was built I've taken that almost exclusively to get back to Kinney, but yesterday I wanted to check in with the downhill flow of the older Blue Rock Trail. My timing was perfect to encounter 20-30 NICA kids heading uphill at me.

Happy to see the kids will have great conditions to compete.