Thread: Roaring Fork Valley trail conditions

OK, ill post up here when i am back and if sat or sunday works best for me.
That is if you dont find anyone else who can show you earlier.

Originally Posted by skideeppow

OK, ill post up here when i am back and if sat or sunday works best for me.
That is if you dont find anyone else who can show you earlier.

I'm in also, but slammed with the concerts this Fri-Sat. This Sunday could work for me.

Just keep me in the loop.

Originally Posted by Nitro

I'm in also, but slammed with the concerts this Fri-Sat. This Sunday could work for me.

Just keep me in the loop.

Im talking a week from this weekend

The stuff on the other side of Cattle Creek on Basalt Mountain is in good shape right now... may be time to explore on Saturday and see how that way upper stuff is

Originally Posted by grskier

The stuff on the other side of Cattle Creek on Basalt Mountain is in good shape right now... may be time to explore on Saturday and see how that way upper stuff is

What what what!??!! Yes....this is Snowmass. Rausch and crew building a drop zone at the end of the GL trail. Including this Gem "The Fruit Bowl!!" Its worthy.

The actual creek (the one you've crossed before) not the trail.. that would be the way out stuff...

Originally Posted by skideeppow

Im talking a week from this weekend

Sat early or Sun late would work best for me.

This was just posted today by Aspen/Snowmass:


New Wall ride feature....

That looks awesome! Can't wait to shred the G-Logic trail top to bottom.

Anyone else know about this new trail? Would love to check it out on Monday.

https://vimeo.com/44314764




one of the previews..

Originally Posted by grskier

https://vimeo.com/44314764




one of the previews..

The wall ride:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4nt5gfTSn-w&feature=plcp

^^^Nifty. I need to get these fucking stitches out my ankle and then it's on!!!

Love to see the final pics of the end "play area."

Valhalla is a decent trail. Snowmass is off to a good start. Valhalla the jumps can be easily overshot(squash the shit out of them and still barely catch backside with the rear tire) then others you have to work for. The dropzone is a little weird, to carry any speed into it takes work. I am hoping it is just early and they have some more dirt work to do before it is really finished. I just cannot wait to get some actual DH trails. Valhalla you need no more then a hardtail or 6" bike. Most I talked to running DH bikes switched back to their trail bike if they had one. I loved running the hardtail all weekend, even the Vapor trail is a blast on the hardtail.

Valhalla top to bottom POV

29'er work on these trails or is the geometry off?

A coworker went big on some jump on Valhalla yesterday and snapped his Rocky mountain Slayer's swingarm.

I rode the secret dh again today off the top of hay park. Trail is easy to find, but not easy to stay on.
I would still recommend riding this with someone who knows it, there are two or three key turns that are not marked.
Here is my description.
Going to the top of hay park, you will see the trail off to the left prior to the cattle gard at the top of hay.
Climb for 10-15 minutes, then the DH starts
The first confusing turn, you come into a field(about 15-20 minutes into the ride) (there where tons of cows there today) and the track ends. Look at the other end of the field and you will see a hanging animal spine off a tree. There is the trail.
Ride that down, you will parrallel bard wire then come to a fence. Hop the fence and goto the left on the double track (you are heading north/ne here, dowhnhill.
This is fast DH and you will come up onto a right hand turn here. The is a metal USGA marker hammered into the ground here. You make a right. Dont miss this.
More DH, then you come to a slight split, the right hand part of this is less traveled. It has a barbed wire fence up. You want to go this way. If you miss this you will end up at the bottom of a hill with a cow water tank and a PVC pipe feeding it.
Turn around climb the hill and you will see this turn that you missed on climbers left.
That is the last turn.
I rode this at medium speed and it was 45 minutes of DH. Pretty sick.

Valhalla = B+/A- Line. I found the trail to be super fun, and after a lap or two, was comfortable with the slightly variable takeoffs. A 6" bike is defintely the way to go. Props to Gravity Logic for building a cool trail. Hopefully they will add a couple bigger options in the future (a la A-line).

Skideep, what do you do at the end of your directions? Is this a shuttle or loop?

either way. loop in about 6 iles of on road riding back to car. Shuttle is easier. YOu can meet up at old school house in emma.
Either way, you end up on west sopris creek

an early edit that Digi posted up:

Coming up next Thursday night to Carbondale for a breakfast meeting in Aspen Friday morning. Bringing the bike, but doubtful I will make it up Thursday night to ride.

My meeting is in the Red Mtn area of Aspen, so I assume Hunter Creek area is the best place to ride thereafter and then hop over the pass back to Denver? Any recommended loops?

Snowmass Freeride just posted this, but I think it's actually down at Sunlight. Looks pretty fun either way. Also, just heard they're putting in a BMX track in Crown Mtn Park, near the current dinky pumptrack. There's a ton of fill that just got dropped off there.

Looks like that pic is in the Basalt area looking towards Sopris, hard to tell. Not Sunlight though with the large commercial looking buildings so close.

Whoa, you're totally right, that's willits on the left in the background. I should know better, that's where I live. Must be up above the treefarm/waterskiing pond. Interesting, guess it's private land, gotta go make some friends.