This morning coming around eagle crest. It's in great shape after the trail work earlier in the year. [emoji106]
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This morning coming around eagle crest. It's in great shape after the trail work earlier in the year. [emoji106]
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Rideable in the morning? Damn rain...
They are turning creek view into a 2 lane highway. I loved that piece of single track. #%$&!
I liked creek too tell they dumped a bunch of sand on it this year. Every time i hit them sand traps coming down i thought I was going crash.
Yeah true. I just lean back and blast through it! Even with sand I hit some new PR's this year on that trail. It will be a while before anyone gets a PR right now. It is all torn apart.Quote:
Originally Posted by whansen
Creekview will be an awesome single track when they are finished with it. But it will probably not be good for the rest of the year as it will need to season under the winter snow.
ALSO.... I rode the new currently unnamed CC Downhill today. It is still currently under construction and closed to the public. But I was riding today with one of the big dogs of the Draper Trails committee so we were allowed to poach it. The trail isn't much fun at the moment as it's 6" of loose dirt, but I can tell you it's going to be awesome when completed. That is also a trail they want completed before the snow flies so it will season under the wet snow load.
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do tell... where is this new downhill?
Anyone try Mercer Hollow yet? loop it with a little pavment to head back up South Maple.
Mercer is a fun little trail. I just do it from the top as a down and back up as it doesn't currently loop well with anything. But it will when the south side is complete. Connecting Mercer with the Peak View TH is currently a mess with all the construction up top.
The south side is scheduled to have several DH trails. The first is currently being built and starts midway along Eagle Crest just west of the mid point TH. The trail is being built by Gravity Logic. Or you can join the Bogley group of Strava and check out my tracks from Wednesday to see the new DH.
There is a new piece of trail that has been freshly cut on creek view at the bottom. It now takes a sharp turn and connects you to the road. Nice addition.
I hope that's all the work planned, the top section is still 80% single track.
While pedaling up Canyon Hollow today I ran into a flock of wild turkeys. I knew they were in the canyon but today was the first time I've seen them. I also nearly ran over a coyote coming down Ann's. I see two or three coyotes every month in CC.
I ran into a group of 6 turkeys on Canyon Hollow a few weeks back also. I'm yet to run into a coyote...
So I actually hit a deer descending Ghost on Friday.
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I spent the morning riding the South Side of Corner Canyon. The new Maple Hollow Trail is a fun one and will make a great return trail for the new downhill being built by Gravity Logic. Mercer Hollow is becoming an excellent trail as it seasons. I hadn't ridden Mercer since just after it was built and it was still suffering from the typical new construction problems (read loose dirt). The only down side of Mercer is it doesn't loop with anything worth while so I just ride it as a down and back up. It looks like the new downhill is nearing completion, I'm betting they are trying to finish it before the snow flies so it can winter under a blanket of snow and emerge in primo condition in the spring. It also appears they are building a new trail from the Maple Hollow TH that will climb to the Alien Tower (aka survey triangulation marker).
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I've hit several rabbits and almost a couple deer this year. I always see lots of deer in the early morning. They are not shy when I come along with lights.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iceaxe
The new Draper downhill officially opens November 12. This is the DH that starts at Eagle Crest and uses South Maple Hollow as the return.
Climbing back up South Maple Hollow on Saturday afternoon, someone has tacked up a "Foot Traffic Only" sign at the spot on the below map where I put the red circle. It made me have one of those 'what the heck' moments. The sign wasn't there last Thursday. I'm guessing it's a mistake because, if accurate, there is no other way to get up South Maple Hollow, by bike, to the Eaglecrest trail. Seriously, WHAT THE HECK?!
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Originally Posted by tallsteve
Definitely seems wrong. utahmountainbiking.com/trails/maplehollowS.htm just posted this the other day as a new route! They note that this will be the uphill trail to get you to Eagle Crest to run the new DH. Is it marked that way from the top too?
It's not signed from the top down. I'm pretty sure it's not legit. If it was legit I don't think they'd tack it to a tree. As a trailbuilder / maintainer myself, the only time we've ever tacked signage on a tree was this summer for the Tibble Fork trail closure.
The sign is gone now. When I was coming down the trail yesterday a guy coming up looked at the sign and said "that's wrong" and ripped it down. All I said to him was the trail is not signed at the top coming down as I also knew the sign did not belong.
The main reason I knew the sign did not belong is I was taking with some of the trail crew the other day about the new DH and they were explaining the South Maple Hollow would be the return.
Good to know. Yeah, I've heard all along that the new South Maple Hollow cut is the main return to the top for the downhill trail. I suppose you could also head on over to Mercer Hollow but, that entails riding on sucky pavement.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iceaxe
Draper Parks & Rec just fixed it. The sign had been installed in the wrong location. They have re-installed it (looking at my photo) behind me and down the old trail which takes you to the dirt road.
I rode the new Vertigo trail today and it's awesome. The trail currently has a lot of loose dirt and needs to be packed and seasoned, but it was still fun to ride. The trail is well designed and the table tops become fun rollers if you are going slow or huge jumps if you are hauling ass. Next spring this trail will be better than titties and beers.
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Here's my GoPro footage, from last week, of the entire Vertigo downhill run. Pretty fun stuff. Rode it again last night and, holy cow, was it ever crowded!
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I ran into this fella climbing up Spring Hollow today in Corner Canyon. He was nice enough to stop and let me gets some great pictures.
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Holy! :nono:
I saw a HUGE 4 point buck while I was descending back down Mercer Hollow late yesterday afternoon. I stopped to take a photo but, couldn't get my full fingered gloves off quick enough to snap a photo before he was gone. That bad boy was massive!
What computer and mount are you running there? Does it interface with Strava?Quote:
Originally Posted by tallsteve
Yeah, I see a coyote at least once a week in Corner Canyon, but this is the first time I ever ran into one that wanted to pose for pictures. He was such an attention whore.
Wahoo Elemnt. I really, really like it. The interface and setup is all done from your smartphone including what information you want displayed and in what order but, you don't have to have your smartphone with you or the app even turned on when riding. The mapping software is supposed to be better than Garmin. Satellite reception & tracking has been stellar, even in the deep canyons up AF Canyon. Uploads to Strava automatically once the ride is completed. Is it better than the Garmin equivalent? I dunno. I think it may be a tad cheaper and I love the fact that Wahoo is constantly upgrading the software with new features that you don't have to pay extra for. As a part-time bike shop employee, I couldn't pass up the deep discount offered by the Wahoo rep when the unit first came out last spring. http://www.wahoofitness.com/gps-bike-computer-elemntQuote:
Originally Posted by accadacca
Fat biking in Corner Canyon is officially open! Hit the trails tonight - dropped in from the top to the Peak View corral, had to walk and push through drifts thinking I had made a huge mistake having the wife drop me off. It's all downhill I told myself. As I got started across the corral I saw what looked like a groomed trail crossing from Ann's to Brocks. As I pushed the last 50 feet I was elted to see that it was infact a pcked trail! Lots of bike tracks packing it into a good route. There were snowmobile tracks visible through the bike tracks in spots letting us know that someone is starting to groom it already. It appears that the same loop as last year is ready to ride - Coyote, Tater, Ann's, Brocks, Canyon, Silica Pit. We rode down the canyon side and it was great - well packed for the most part. Back at the temple we headed down to the Equestrian Center - the dirt road had some icey sections so we rode on the sides of the road in 5" of untracked snow - muey goodo. I'm thinking tomorrow I will ride clockwise up Canyon and down Ann's.
Shane... If you are interested I have a second fatty - Join Acca and I! I live a few blocks NW of you.
I'm interested, what time?
FYI- Ann's west to the Maple Hollow TH is also groomed.
Sweet!
I tried to start at the top of Maple but was sinking 6 and more inches in and couldn't make it more than 100 ft. My wife waited to see if we were going to make it - fortunately we just hiked the bikes back to the truck then headed down to the new asphalt dropping into Peak View. The trails need to freeze over after Mike grooms them, or get a lot of traffic to pack them down - neither of which happened on Maple.Quote:
Originally Posted by Iceaxe
We usually head out about 7:00 with lights. My truck is in the shop so I'm dependent on my buddy for a few days. There is room for you if he can make it tonight. I'll call im later this morning and get back to you.
I prefer to ride in the daylight hours as I just don't see well enough to ride at night any more. Thanks for the offer and if you ever need someone with a truck to ride in the light with you just ping me.
Headed up AF Canyon this afternoon around 3:30 if anyone wants to join me. I can't ride at night as I have something else going on through December.
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Originally Posted by Iceaxe
Always a new surprise in Corner Canyon.
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Why are it's front legs broken?
I have no clue why the legs were broken, but I'm pretty sure he must have been injured as coyotes won't mess with a healthy buck. The coyotes had obviously had a nice feast last night. These pictures were taken a couple weeks ago just down the trail. Lots of coyotes in CC.
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Roadkill!