Thread: Downieville Riding / getting some hours in the legs

nope no fenders. Just a little improv mud flap...i.e. a cut up tube zip tied in between the upper and lower fork crowns. Addy on the way...

anybody want to share some details about skeeters up there? is it 'hatch heavy' in the sardine lake area?

In truckee, in the evening, on the trails, if you stop for a minute there all over exposed skin, so I would bet they are bad near any high elevation lakes.

thank you.

load of snow in Downieville until about halfway down Butcher. After that, it's a magic carpet ride of tackiness. I love DV in the Fall.

thanks for the update, i am heading down tomorrow to do sunrise to Indian valley, should be $$$.

I can't believe I'm asking this mid-January, but how is DV riding right now?

I know that Yuba Expeditions and DV Outfitters have stopped running shuttles for the season, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the DH and other trails are not rideable and perhaps shuttle-able.

Originally Posted by AKbruin

I can't believe I'm asking this mid-January, but how is DV riding right now?

I know that Yuba Expeditions and DV Outfitters have stopped running shuttles for the season, but that doesn't necessarily mean that the DH and other trails are rideable and perhaps even shuttle-able.

Possibility for this weekend? Hmm...

I've heard that Downieville Outfitters will shuttle now if you call them... Also heard that Sunrise is pretty snowy but ridable, and on Butcher is kinda snowy (and icy..especially in the mornings!) to the waterfall....then it becomes $$$$$. I'd be tempted to ride up from town at the bottom and climb 1st & 2nd, then see how far up Pauley or Butcher you can get before turning around and descending 3rd.

I hear North Yuba and Halls and Fiddle are riding pretty good now too.

Originally Posted by Tyrone Shoelaces

I've heard that Downieville Outfitters will shuttle now if you call them...

Can I just throw a rope to your seatpost and you tow me up?


You know......training. Probably beat the bus.

Originally Posted by kidwoo

Can I just throw a rope to your seatpost and you tow me up?

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Sure, as long as you return the favor and tow me on the way back down. I need to work on my descending at Dville (obviously if you read back up through this thread).

Originally Posted by Tyrone Shoelaces

I've heard that Downieville Outfitters will shuttle now if you call them... Also heard that Sunrise is pretty snowy but ridable, and on Butcher is kinda snowy (and icy..especially in the mornings!) to the waterfall....then it becomes $$$$$. I'd be tempted to ride up from town at the bottom and climb 1st & 2nd, then see how far up Pauley or Butcher you can get before turning around and descending 3rd.

I hear North Yuba and Halls and Fiddle are riding pretty good now too.

Thanks, man!

I'm not sure about riding up though. Funny how one can pretty lose all the cardio one gained during the summer after 2 solid months of sitting on one's ass waiting for it to snow.

Originally Posted by Tyrone Shoelaces

Sure, as long as you return the favor and tow me on the way back down. I need to work on my descending at Dville (obviously if you read back up through this thread).

This calls for some video cameras!

Butcher's gotten weird since all those reroutes. I'm not sure anyone goes fast on a few of those sections now. It's like a rut with knee high rocks on the sides.

Check this MTBR thread for a recent report and a video going down Sunrise
http://forums.mtbr.com/california-no...id-761317.html

Originally Posted by TahoeBC

Check this MTBR thread for a recent report and a video going down Sunrise
http://forums.mtbr.com/california-no...id-761317.html

Nice! If Sunrise can be ridden at all, it can't be that bad. When I was last there in early October, Sunrise was in no way possible to "ride."