I'm going to do a loop after work. Which trails are rideable? Anyone want to come along?
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I'm going to do a loop after work. Which trails are rideable? Anyone want to come along?
All the north facing trails are muddy and closed. All the south facing trails are open. There is plenty to ride but you must choose wisely.
Start at the equestrian center, up to BST, take Rattle up to ghost falls, come down ghost falls north trail (or back down rattle), down pipe line and back to the EQ. You can add BST out to bear canyon and back if you want more. Also the upper CC road is dry.
I'll be riding in CC today at noon and I'll post if more is open, but I doubt it as last weeks storm closed much of what was dry. Tuesday all the north facing trails still had 6" of snow on them. Rattle is the one dependable trail that dries fast and is usually rideable
Great info!
So the BST on the north end that connects rattler must be good? It's lower...
BST from the lower CC road, to the upper road, and out to Bear Canyon are all dry.
On tuesday Creek View was too muddy to ride, but I'm hoping that it's dry today as I use it as my return route to get back to the EQ. I never ride DOWN the lower road if I can help it.
Coolness. Let me know what you find out today. I'm sure you have used TrailForks. I love it.
http://www.trailforks.com/trails/map...z=14&m=roadmap
Creek View is now open and no longer muddy. Everything else I posted is correct.
South facing trails are dry. North facing trails are muddy and closed. Everything above ghost falls is closed
Rattle is currently the must do trail on whatever loop you put together.
Tks for the info. I had a nice ride tonight.
Lots of stuff opened up today. Lower canyon hollow is now open. Ghost falls up to the ghost falls/Jacobs ladder TH is now open. Lower rush is open. Maybe more.
I heard Ann's might be too. I'll be up there later today. :ride:
I did two loops today from the Equestrian Center to Ghost Falls. I rode it this morning and when I got home my daughter said she would have went if she had of known so I told her to grab her gear and I'd ride it again with her. It wasn't too crowded for the first loop but literally everyone and their dog was up there when I did the second loop.
If Ann's is open it will still be muddy at the top. Upper Canyon Hollow will be a quagmire. Upper rush will have some muddy spots. I hate getting into mud because it's so hard on equipment.
Mud sucks. I'm sure it's a circus up there today...
Ann's is still kinda muddy in one section. Needs 3 or 4 days. Canyon Hollow isn't bad. Lotta mushy spots on several trails. Really slows you down.
Rolled Rush last night. I expected some mud but it was dry, except for a three foot spot in the top third. Great grip and fast right now!
Everything in Corner Canyon is now dry and in great shape. Over the past week I've ridden every trail in the canyon at least once.
Awesome! I've been putting in some pretty hefty miles and elevation gain on the road bike (the last 30 days: 573 miles - 36,444' elevation gain). Time to hit the dirt!
Ditto on the mileage and elevation. The last two days I've actually been doing laps in Corner Canyon. :stud:
Tuesday - Start at the EQ, up Canyon Hollow to the top, down Rush to it's bottom, up BST to the Upper Corner Canyon Road, up the road to Jacobs Ladder TH, down Ghost Falls, Down Rattle, Down BST, Down Creek View to the EQ.
Wednesday - Start at the EQ, up Ann's to the top, down Brocks, down Ghost Falls, down Rattle, up BST,up BST to the Upper Corner Canyon Road, Up the road to the rattle cut-off, down to Canyon Hollow, Down Canyon Hollow, Down Creek View to the EQ.
I pedaled my Maple Leaf loop yesterday afternoon- South Maple Hollow to Maple Hollow to Ann's West to Ann's East to Eagle Crest Connector to Eagle Crest to South Maple Hollow. No real mud anywhere to speak of but a bit slimy in spots where the sun never shines on Maple Hollow and Ann's West. Lots and lots of ruts (more than I've ever see before!) on those 2 trails from folks riding when it was muddy. Felt good to back on dirt even though I have a love/hate relationship with CC.
Is it too windy to ride tonight? Nah...
How dicked up did the trails get? When can I ride them again?
Rattle will probably be good tomorrow, I'll let you know. Everything north facing has snow on it right now.
Everything in Corner Canyon is dry and good to ride.
Yep! I did a big loop today. Little windy, but an awesome day.
The weather didn't take long to screw up the trails again. I wonder how long it will take?
I was able to sneak a ride in yesterday just before the storm. Most of the trails were of course dry and dusty. All the snow will be melted by Saturday probably. Most of the canyon will be good early next week with the north facing shady spots taking a couple extra days. Forecast has highs around 80 most of next week.
Rattle to Ghost Falls is dry. North Ghost Falls is dry, Gas Line is dry, Upper Road is dry. Creek View is dry. Everything else still has lots of snow and mud.
I did two laps today from the EQ up to Ghost Falls using different combinations of the dry trails listed above.
DON'T RIDE ON MUDDY TRAILS!
Some of the other stuff MIGHT be dry by Sunday.
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Tks for the info. I'll give it until next week.
Everything is drying really fast. The Ghost Falls trail is good all the way up to the Jacob's Ladder/Ghost Falls Trailhead. There is a good chance everything will be dry tomorrow (Sunday). Canyon Hollow is now dry up to Ghost Falls, but gets muddy after that.
Just came down Rush. It looked good. It started sprinkling at the top and was a little windy. But was still a great ride.
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Corner Canyon is currently under a couple inches of snow, I'll update as the trails dry out.
I'm hoping it is clear by Thursday...
Headed up Corner Canyon Road today to take a look and get a few miles in. When I got to the first parking lot everyone that was passing me (I'm slow) was taking the BST trail instead of the road. I followed, and pedaled it all the way to Ghost falls, passing one 12" puddle. I figured it would be OK there but not elsewhere - as the east side typically is. None of the riders who had passed me came back down... so when I hit the GHost Falls bridge i continued. I peeled off and hit Canyon Hollow, from the bridge to Rush I hit anoter 8-10 mud pudles, only 2 of which I had to go through instead of around. The trail was very dried out with great traction. When I hit the bottom at the Equestrian Center I headed under the tunnel as usual... The creek was out of it's banks at the far end causing 6" of running water that you had to roll through... but it wasn'y muddy. With the increasing temps it will just get better, by tomorrow afternoon I would think all of the trails would be wide open.
If you do encounter mud... work around it and don't dick it up for the rest of us!
Corner Canyon is dry and all trails are open.
Is it going to be too muddy tonight?
I just got back from trying to ride some. Pedaled up South Maple Hollow and ran into sticky, slimy mud a couple hundred yards from the top so, I headed back. I'd guess Maple Hollow is a no go. I've heard that some of the eastern stuff is just fine and got mostly missed by the rain.
Rattle is currently in great shape, it starts to get muddy above there. It should be dry tomorrow. Also they are holding a mtb race from 6-8 tonight so I'd find somewhere else to ride tonight.
I got this too late...about the race. What a circus at the EQ parking!
I drove over to coyote and it was quiet, so I rode up clarks, jacobs ladder, then took the dirt road to brocks, then rush. Mostly dry trails or a little wet and tacky in the trees. No mud. Great conditions.
I was grabbing Subway near the Harmons off bangerter, when the rain started. Heavy rain on I-15 between bangerter and 114, then west to my house.
It's raining again at my work on the west side...damn.
I was peddling from ghost falls to Jacobs Ladder when the storm hit, the trail turned to instant mud.