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Sunday, August 14, 2011
Wednesday, August 03, 2011
Hot summer day at The Woodlot
My bike of choice today was my Rune and the location yet again was The Woodlot. Recently I received information about the logging that is going to take place and I wanted to see if any progress had been made.
At the bottom of the climb there was a sign posted on the side of the trail to inform the area users that logging and trail closures are on their way.
Not too far past the wall of rock there are a number of piles of gravel that are going to be used as the road base for the logging roads. This material is going to make the climb even easier than it is now up the main logging road. Another new thing I have noticed are road markers that mark the distances along the woodlot main road.
At the powerlines I turned left to climb to the top and gain access to Krazy Karpenter. Karpenter is in decent shape given the amount of traffic it sees and the nasty wet year we have had. It never seems there is enough time to work on all the trails that I'd like to, but there is one stunt that Tim and I would like to finish some time soon and it involves a lot of ladders. Maybe by the end of the summer.
I then hit Upper Toadstool which is always a blast and then over to Giant Killer. Ryan has been hard at work dialing in the trail and recently he has put a lot of work into a slight re-route of a corner on beside the long log section. We had talked about his re-route since Christmas time of last year and I'd say it is one more work day away from completion.
I then hit Snakes and Ladders and then Shotgun to finish off my ride ride for the day. It was SMOKIN hot today and it felt great to ride in the summer heat.
At the bottom of the climb there was a sign posted on the side of the trail to inform the area users that logging and trail closures are on their way.
Further up the climb I took another picture of wall of rock. It keeps growing every week I ride. Unfortunately it's going to get knocked down when the logging takes place in a month or so.
Not too far past the wall of rock there are a number of piles of gravel that are going to be used as the road base for the logging roads. This material is going to make the climb even easier than it is now up the main logging road. Another new thing I have noticed are road markers that mark the distances along the woodlot main road.
At the powerlines I turned left to climb to the top and gain access to Krazy Karpenter. Karpenter is in decent shape given the amount of traffic it sees and the nasty wet year we have had. It never seems there is enough time to work on all the trails that I'd like to, but there is one stunt that Tim and I would like to finish some time soon and it involves a lot of ladders. Maybe by the end of the summer.
I then hit Upper Toadstool which is always a blast and then over to Giant Killer. Ryan has been hard at work dialing in the trail and recently he has put a lot of work into a slight re-route of a corner on beside the long log section. We had talked about his re-route since Christmas time of last year and I'd say it is one more work day away from completion.
I then hit Snakes and Ladders and then Shotgun to finish off my ride ride for the day. It was SMOKIN hot today and it felt great to ride in the summer heat.
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