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Thread: Wasatch Dirt Thread
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08-19-2022, 09:50 AM #1851Registered User
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I always skip Red Coat because it sucks, or has it been improved on in the last 5 or 7+ years? I remember it as very flat with turns that don't match the speed you get up to.
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08-19-2022, 09:54 AM #1852Registered User
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^^^it's all subjective of course but I think Red Coat is awesome! hand built single track with roots and rocks and a couple of (very) small bridges. wish there were more of these kinds of trails!
The K-12 dude. You make a gnarly run like that and girls will get sterile just looking at you - Charles De Mar
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08-19-2022, 07:31 PM #1853
Came from the north, got a hotel in park city for the night.
Pedaled up hollys then ambush. Got shutdown halfway up ambush by a moose who cared more about eating bushes then getting off the trail for tourists like us. Turned around and took the road to top of insurgent.
Insurgent dirt was insanely perfect, tacky! Awesome trail. Perfect ride after a few hours in the car to close out the day.
Thanks for the recommendations.
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08-19-2022, 09:18 PM #1854
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08-20-2022, 01:06 PM #1855
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08-20-2022, 08:46 PM #1856
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08-21-2022, 06:54 PM #1857
Not really the wasatch, but close enough. Brian head the last 2 days 🤯 What a place. Looking forward to some relaxed shuttle rides tomorrow and Tuesday after hammering at the park.
Quick shot of the mrs finding the line on lil gritty
Heard from some locals they are turning lil gritty into a jump line next year? RIP, glad we got to experience it as it is today
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08-21-2022, 07:39 PM #1858
Glad you're loving it. Brianhead is a special place. Turning Lil Gritty into a jump line would be unfortunate, I think. Brianhead just isn't the kind of place that is conducive to jump lines in general. It's a giant pile of (awesome) rocks.
Excellent dirt in BCC this morning. It's been an amazing summer.
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09-10-2022, 10:50 AM #1859
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09-10-2022, 08:58 PM #1860
Rowdy!
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09-20-2022, 08:16 PM #1861
More of this please, nice work.
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09-20-2022, 09:05 PM #1862
Marshal and Boissal gave me a tour of that zone a few weekends back. Pretty rad stuff, though I can't recall if that specific spot was on the agenda.
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09-20-2022, 09:31 PM #1863
Yeah its at the Bird right off Big Mtn trail...Super obvious, both the skidders up there are signed/flagged/marked...heard from a couple sources that Snowbird sanctioned the trails? Not sure who built them, but they are obviously marked and signed. Hopefully an addition will be added down to the bottom...explored the gad2 zone and there is some very nice potential. It would be an absolute pleasure to hand build trail in there! such good terrain. Nice work whoever built those sections, thanks!
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09-21-2022, 10:17 AM #1864
Oh, hah, I was thinking the pic was at Brighton. We also rode all the Snowbird stuff the following weekend and that kicked ass too. We definitely rode that spot, everything just looks way different from the bottom. Probably a stretch to say that Snowbird has "sanctioned" the trails, but they certainly aren't shutting them down. Pretty cool that they're letting it ride.
Be careful group riding on the lower Gad 2 segment (the one below the Gad 2 base on the far skier's left part of Get Serious). It's pretty raw and I kicked a ~20-lb rock loose that trundled into the lead rider who had already made the switchback. Luckily it ended up just glancing off his elbow with relatively little damage, but it could have ended much worse.
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09-21-2022, 10:32 AM #1865
How far up big mtn to hit these trails? Start from the top?
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09-21-2022, 11:15 AM #1866
Looks like the Bird has "sanctioned" one segment that is very visible but the bulk of the stuff is still on the DL and I would have never found it if I had been out there looking on my own. Even now that I've ridden some sections twice I can guarantee I would miss some of the entrances.
Gad2 has quite a bit of stuff already done. Rowdy terrain, not much dirt to move around before you get to the rocks. Makes for some very committing steep bits.
DTM is right, watch the looseness in those zones. The rock he sent down that took down a rider was one of many that decided they wanted to come along for the ride. It's pretty bad when they stay under your wheels and eventually smack frame/wheel/legs, it's another story altogether when they have murderous intent and attack people 100' down the trail.
Altabird92, there are sections scattered all up and down BMT, none of them particularly obvious except for the one that is now official. I bet a look at the heatmaps would inform you on locations."Your wife being mad is temporary, but pow turns do not get unmade" - mallwalker the wise
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09-22-2022, 05:29 PM #1867
I went to the Fezzari "warehouse sale" today because I have been hoping to upgrade my hardtail without spending a ton, and saw a few people posting that they would have a lot of bikes on sale. I get there and the bikes are 5% off. Lol. Giant waste of time. The only good deal was specialized bottles for $1 but the line to pay was so long I just left. It seems like there is a lot of Fezzari hate and I don't know why, but I will boycott them now because calling 5% off a "warehouse sale" is fucking insulting. Should have just gone riding instead.
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09-22-2022, 06:50 PM #1868
Hooray for only paying some of the sales tax I guess?? 5% is fairly insulting for sure.
It's been quite perfect out there lately. Snuck in an LCC ride last night when the apocalyptic forecast failed to materialize, humid and moody:
Today was even better, cool temps the whole day and quite a bit of wind up high, trees starting to turn in places, real grippy dirt, and fairly quiet. Had an argument with a moose in the Colony, cow wouldn't budge and it took some doing to get her on her way. Anything that exists within that zone is an entitled pain in the ass...
"Your wife being mad is temporary, but pow turns do not get unmade" - mallwalker the wise
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09-22-2022, 09:28 PM #1869
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09-22-2022, 09:47 PM #1870
I wonder if Fezzari was just trying to impress their “ambassadors” with a big turn out. They are doing their summit this weekend and I have an old acquaintance from riding back east who’s an ambassador who’s in town.
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09-22-2022, 10:08 PM #1871
Amazing dirt around Snowbasin today. It doesn't get much better than this.
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09-22-2022, 10:16 PM #1872
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09-22-2022, 10:28 PM #1873
It was a very strange scene. When I was there it felt like half the people mulling around were "ambassadors" all wearing matching camo shirts with the Fezzari logo. I was talking to a guy about some of the forks they were selling and he was being weirdly pushy about how I needed to buy one of the DVO forks they had, then I realized he was an "ambassador." Weird culty vibe.
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09-23-2022, 06:44 AM #1874
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09-23-2022, 10:09 AM #1875
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