Wildcat Ridge WMA Conditions
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Sorry if i missed this elsewhere but what/where is the "new(old) trail"?
I rode down it today for the second time, and it's definitely a lot of fun. Unfortunately, there are many fun descents at Wildcat, but you have to ride up some of them
It's an old woods road that is basically an alternative to climbing the old Righter Mine railbed along the river from Meriden Rd up toward the reservoir. It was a bit lost to time in some places, but it's been cleaned up and is rideable.
gotcha, so i did not ride near it on my ride
Nope
50 people on the group ride an no one posted an update? Trails were in great condition, obviously, and we didn't encounter any trees down on any singletrack (surprisingly). Lots of leaves and sticks are down, however, as i found out the hard way when one bent my derailleur into the spokes. There were 2 big trees down on the Darlington Drive dirt road but we cleaned them up enough to be rideable. 
stilluf
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that first big tree down was already rideable!50 people on the group ride an no one posted an update? Trails were in great condition, obviously, and we didn't encounter any trees down on any singletrack (surprisingly). Lots of leaves and sticks are down, however, as i found out the hard way when one bent my derailleur into the spokes. There were 2 big trees down on the Darlington Drive dirt road but we cleaned them up enough to be rideable.
A Potted Plant
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Any idea on conditions for nonfaybikes
@Chris26er and i did a loop from the batcave up to the hawkwatch, then over to oreland and back. All rideable with skinny tires, no problem.
We moved about 50 fallen limbs, branches, etc. Didnt see anything that was necessarily chainsaw worthy, but a nice bow saw would be great. There is a mess at the intersection where the spine starts at the orange trail fireroad. There is another at the start of the downhill portion of oreland that we couldnt move.
xc62701
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I nicked a big puddle I saw on blue closer to the batcave as well. It should be draining much better now!
I feel like almost that whole section of blue from the batcave to the moto area should be rerouted with some parallel singletrack slightly higher up. Would that effort just be futile with all the moto traffic though? Were you the one who passed me on the raw hardtail 29er on blue?
In.
xc62701
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I think it’s worth a shot to build a bypass trail. Yes that was me.
I'd totally be in to help design and build it but i just don't have much time to get out with family stuff. Peering off to the right as i rode toward batcave though, seems like a quick build with decent terrain.
A Potted Plant
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I'm down so long as i don't have conflicts
Just aligned the family calendar and amazingly have the weekends of 1/18 and 1/25 available! @JimN or @trailhead or whoever, Pick a weekend day and i can do some Sourlands Trailbuilding, LLC consulting work at Wildcat.