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Thread: Wasatch Dirt Thread
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08-07-2020, 01:05 PM #551
I'm kinda surprised he made it up that far, did he come up from bcc? I recall a truck getting stuck at s-curves before, though I guess that was winter but still... s-curves has gotta be wall-to-wall with poorly parked cars belonging to folks wandering up lake blanche that time of day...
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08-07-2020, 01:14 PM #552
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08-07-2020, 01:17 PM #553
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08-08-2020, 06:50 AM #554
What is the easiest way to climb snowbird. Taking a kid over to pre ride the enduro course and haven’t been there before?
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08-08-2020, 07:06 AM #555
Climbing up the BMT is much better than the standard fireroad combo. That is miserable.
Technically it is DH only after 11 based on signage but with the tram not carrying bikes it's not too big of a deal IMO.
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08-08-2020, 08:14 AM #556
Here's the course map: https://static1.squarespace.com/stat.../SBME3_MAP.jpg
Looks like the climb for both stages is Gad Summer Road and Rothman. If the point is race prep I'd climb that route at least once so they know what they're in for.
As for the best way to get up Snowbird in general, my opinion on this subject is unpopularLast edited by Dantheman; 08-08-2020 at 10:45 AM.
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08-08-2020, 08:49 AM #557
Had an encounter with a badger on the trail yesterday in pc...was rolling along and noticed a fresh pile of dirt/big hole right in the middle of the trail, normally I’d just zip right by it but was on a steep skidder and it threw me off the line...time I stopped was right on top of it...must’ve spooked the badger while he was digging because he was right in front of me, he either charged me or was trying to get into his hole...I screamed bloody murder and he actually got pinned under my front wheel for a moment thrashing about hissing then he ran away and left a nasty stink...all happened so fast within a few seconds! Little rascals are gnarly
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08-08-2020, 12:24 PM #558
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08-08-2020, 08:15 PM #559
You were lucky. I’ve had one attack a truck I was driving. They are mean!
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08-08-2020, 10:33 PM #560pura vida
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08-09-2020, 01:49 PM #561
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08-09-2020, 04:17 PM #562
For real ...my second encounter with one up there in the last 2 years...this one was pretty scary, shits game on when something is running at you, lucky it got pinned under my front wheel and not get tangled up with it under my bike and legs....easily could’ve been sliced open and trip to the hospital...theres badger holes everywhere up there, but rarely ever see them.
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08-09-2020, 07:37 PM #563Registered User
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I saw a Wolverine once while riding in Alta a long time ago.
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08-10-2020, 09:31 AM #564
Thanks Dan,
My oldest is in the enduro and I used this excuse to bring my 11 year old daughter. Climbing the Gravel road was not fun. Climbing BMT was. The trails over there are in much nicer shape than anything in Park City. It's amazing how a few extra degrees of pitch on the climb keeps the crowds away.
We probably only encountered 8 bikes on the descent as we climbed and everyone was nice. She was dead after that climb.
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08-10-2020, 11:48 AM #565
Say what???
Hopefully it's long gone along with all of its relatives, I do not want to have to worry about wolverines in the Wasatch. I saw one from a distance while on a hut trip in Canada and didn't need to get close to know that it wasn't a critter I ever wanted to interact with. The way it moved around in deep snow oozed badassness.
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08-10-2020, 12:22 PM #566Registered User
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As it sounds like you know; there’s a lot of magic up in Alta.
This was probably 2000. Initially thought it was a badger but the coloring was different. Probably 30ish pounds. Didn’t want anything to do with me and made a snarling hissing sound as it scrambled off into the big rocks above the Castle loop.
Went to the community library above the fire station to fire up the internet and confirm.
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08-11-2020, 10:12 AM #567pura vida
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08-11-2020, 03:17 PM #568Nothing happens now
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So the world is filled with tubular entities. Food goes in one end and shit comes out the other. Sperm goes in and babies come out.
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08-11-2020, 10:19 PM #569pura vida
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08-12-2020, 11:45 AM #570
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08-12-2020, 11:51 AM #572pura vida
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08-12-2020, 12:28 PM #573
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08-12-2020, 12:34 PM #574
fwiw it rained a few mins at my house by the U last night, and the puddle at the bottom of bobsled was bigger than usual this morning
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08-12-2020, 12:41 PM #575
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