Wawayanda State Park Conditions

[Single Speeder]

One section of the bridge on Stone Bridge is busted and the other sags.
ATV use on Cemetary thats making trails wider as well.

 

[trekfan]

One section of the bridge on Stone Bridge is busted and the other sags.
ATV use on Cemetary thats making trails wider as well.

probably unrelated, but i've seen 10x more atvs and dirt bikes this season than any year in the past. it's getting a little out of control

 

[stilluf]

Overall good conditions today for my first ride here. Slick conditions made some of the rock gardens a little tricky. It was a challenging and fun ride, thanks to @onetracker for the tour!

 

[V-Dub]

dose anyone know what all the ribbons and arrows are for , was there an event this past weekend or left from something else?

 

[Patrick]

Cancel that - David had a gravel thing.

 

[2Julianas]

dose anyone know what all the ribbons and arrows are for , was there an event this past weekend or left from something else?

I think there was an Ultra trail running event. Friend posted on IG

 

[V-Dub]

Cancel that - David had a gravel thing.

cancel what?

 

[Patrick]

cancel what?

oh, whoops - I posted that it was a David event, but he was in Bedminster.

 

[V-Dub]

there are a bunch of David's arrows left in the trails but there's a lot of other stuff too, that's why I'm asking

 

[sundaydoug]

I rode there yesterday and saw the arrows on Laurel Pond, starting at the furnace and all the way to top of Wingdam. When I was riding at 4pm-ish there were still a few people running, so whatever event there was it didn't finish until late

 

[trekfan]

I rode there yesterday and saw the arrows on Laurel Pond, starting at the furnace and all the way to top of Wingdam. When I was riding at 4pm-ish there were still a few people running, so whatever event there was it didn't finish until late

according to the race site the cutoff is 36 hours so they could still be out there...

WILD GOOSE TRAIL FESTIVAL | Sassquad Trail Running

www.sassquadtrailrunning.com

 

[chris12453]

I saw one arrow on sitting bear today and that was about it. I didn't go up laurel pond or wingdam. I did go plymouth, banker, wall, mojo, hemlock, load, pickle, tombstone, rattlesnake timber, south end, sitting bear and double pond. All of those were clear.

 

[trekfan]

I can speak for the reasons of closing Red Dot trail. When I was out last week clearing blowdowns I came across a dangerous tree along the trail. It's a 70' tall dead tree, split at about 5' up to another 20' or so. If the wind blows the right way and someone is in the area it will kill someone. It's best to let nature take it down.

has there ever been any follow up with this? trail has been closed for 4 months now. if we're leaving it up to the park to monitor we may as well just say it's permanently closed because they're never going to check on it.

otoh, if the tree has survived for 4 months of storms and weather unfelled, was it really that dangerous in the first place?

i ask because 1. it bothers me to see trails closed, especially for so long and 2. i happen to know as absolute fact that a decent number of people continue to ride it regardless of closure status

 

[icebiker]

Big tree down on Banker. No pic but def needs a chainsaw. Can crawl under. Small clothesliner on one of the plank bridges on Plymouth. Didn’t have my handsaw 😒

 

[chris12453]

That plymouth one is new. Wasn't there on Tuesday. Btw, we should get a trail maintenance day together and fix those bridges. They are starting to move as well. The one on banker has been for a few months and its just keeps getting lower. I like to think of it as a game now.