Wasatch Dirt Thread

[brutah]

Hmmm. That looks sweet. Heading down from Canada for some mtbing. Doing some stuff in Montana right now. Had wanted to stop in Park City on the way down further south, but then I saw the snow in Alta and had given up on that. Looks like I should reconsider and that conditions are still good?

We’re in the point of the season that a lot of stuff in pc could get muddy fast, some areas will fair better than others. but there’s a lot of riding outside of PC along the wasatch front that is super fun and worth a stop if driving through.

[TOLOCOMan]

We’re in the point of the season that a lot of stuff in pc could get muddy fast, some areas will fair better than others. but there’s a lot of riding outside of PC along the wasatch front that is super fun and worth a stop if driving through.

Thanks! Was thinking tomorrow, Tuesday and Wednesday. Seems like the weather should be good. Assuming it's not already muddy from last weeks precip?

What other stuff would you recommend on the way through? Since I'm usually down south spring and fall, SLC and PC are usually out when I'm here, so not too familiar with other options. Thanks for the help!

[mar123]

Little snow at highest elevations and still rideable...most of it, if not all will be melted this week. PC and the Wasatch front will be excellent riding ...get some.

[TOLOCOMan]

Thanks guys! Gonna do a ride in Pocatello tomorrow and then stop off in PC and see how conditions are. Hoping at least Midmountain down is OK.

[Boissal]

Some fool cut one of the downed trees on Cool Way (offshoot of LCC quarry trail) in the last week or so. Weird, there were rock stacks on both sides and the whole trail is about tech, why go and remove one of many of these things?

[brutah]

That annoyed me too. Especially considering there’s a trail just south of there with no log to roll over so it wasn’t a needed “improvement.”

[SJG]

that tree was cut a month ago, and removed. Fortunately some good souls rebuilt the lot and rock stack portion, and left a window for the gapers to ride thru.

[Boissal]

that tree was cut a month ago, and removed. Fortunately some good souls rebuilt the lot and rock stack portion, and left a window for the gapers to ride thru.

Great, except the window is basically the width of the trail and if I want to go over the tree I have to be in the shrubbery. Possible? Sure. Fun? Not anymore. Ideally the tree would have stayed, no good souls would have needed to do work to accommodate one dipshit's vision, and said dipshit would have seen the tree as an opportunity for progression as opposed to a hindrance. There are 5 other trees and 483 rocks on this trail, do they all have to be removed as well?
People who feel the need to dumb something down to their level instead of upping their game are a plague. Shit like this is why I quit climbing, there was always a chode to add a bolt to a hard section then angrily tell you that you didn't have to clip it if you didn't like it. Entitled shitbags out and about with their sanitizing mindset is why we can't have nice things. This is why unsanctioned shit needs to stay under the radar, the second it becomes common knowledge the Karen crew will make sure all the fun is squeezed out of it in the name of accessibility. Fuck that noise. There are many things I don't get to do on the bike or on skis cause I'm just not good enough. It doesn't bother me, it motivates me. Other people can send it, I can aspire to, but I sure as fuck would never have the arrogance to reset the stage cause I can't perform on it.

Just to be clear, I know you didn't have anything to do with it (other than maybe participate in the rebuilding of the rock stacks, and thank you for that). Just venting.

[SJG]

I had 0 to do with the removal nor rebuild of that one. My wife was pissed, she worked for a year to learn how to clean it, then some choadh removes it?

[criscam]

thx to the crew working on this jump as we rolled thru that my kid was happy to hit. and thx to zzz for the pic.

[mar123]

^hey good to run into you guys, I towed him in the first time...glad to see he sent it.

This last week has been awesome...hopefully get a few more rides with this hero dirt before winter hits!

[volklpowdermaniac]

need to share a bunch of pics but been a great few months exploring.


having an itch to throw on my pnw foul weather gear and go for a cold rainy ride, anywhere that tolerates rain and riding in the rain? or total no go for this area of country?

[zion zig zag]

^hey good to run into you guys, I towed him in the first time...glad to see he sent it.

This last week has been awesome...hopefully get a few more rides with this hero dirt before winter hits!

Right on, nice to 'meet' you. And thanks for the work you do out there, I finally had a chance to explore some of the skidders around PC, pretty damn fun!
And here's one of you:

[alewi11]

need to share a bunch of pics but been a great few months exploring.


having an itch to throw on my pnw foul weather gear and go for a cold rainy ride, anywhere that tolerates rain and riding in the rain? or total no go for this area of country?

There aren't a lot of options when it gets wet around here. Quarry trail is generally rideable in the wet. When it gets cold enough for the ground to freeze, other options open up.

[SJG]

there's usually a period of 3-4 weeks where there's virtually no dirt riding to be had except for Eagle Mountain. As stated, Quarry (LCC) is good even when wet.

Then the ground freezes and there are more options. Same is true for fat biking on snow; the first few snowfalls the ground is warm and you are trying to ride on slush, it just don't play.

[MegaStoke]

need to share a bunch of pics but been a great few months exploring.


having an itch to throw on my pnw foul weather gear and go for a cold rainy ride, anywhere that tolerates rain and riding in the rain? or total no go for this area of country?

Fire Break road from Bountiful to Farmington and the trails adjacent to it don’t seem to ever get muddy. Very sandy/gritty soil that’s best ridden with some moisture in it. Not the best riding I’ve ever done, but there are some surprisingly fun sections of trail scattered around the zone.

[volklpowdermaniac]

thanks all! sounds like enough to keep me busy during hard tail
season

[Boissal]

there's usually a period of 3-4 weeks where there's virtually no dirt riding to be had except for Eagle Mountain. As stated, Quarry (LCC) is good even when wet.

Then the ground freezes and there are more options. Same is true for fat biking on snow; the first few snowfalls the ground is warm and you are trying to ride on slush, it just don't play.

When EaMo seems like the only option the Lake Mtns stuff is almost always good to go. Another 20 minutes of driving, bouncy dirt roads, and mostly pushing the bike up brutally rocky ATV roads, but at the end of a season riding tech it's a bit of shame to go to the XC capital of UT when there are burly options like like Gravity Well and the Punisher to ride. It's moto land out there but in the my experience the moto guys are pretty psyched to see people getting after it on mountain bikes.

[SJG]

The Jakarta one is rideable up the whole way except for a 30m section too steep/loose to make.

I consider Lake Mtns same as Eamo, but more difficult and less people.

[Yukonrider]

Gravity Well and the Punisher to ride. It's moto land out there but in the my experience the moto guys are pretty psyched to see people getting after it on mountain bikes.

Those two trails are really fun on a moto, but I never considered MTB them, I'll have to take another look next time I take the moto out there

[Boissal]

Those two trails are really fun on a moto, but I never considered MTB them, I'll have to take another look next time I take the moto out there

Good fun if you don't mind pushing the bike. GW is a good warm up with lots of small tech moves and a couple big rolls. Punisher is plain burly, the top is some of the loosest choss surfing I've ever done and the bottom has some really cool rolls with relentless chunder in between. It's 100% rideable on the bike and it changes every time I go out there since the motos are altering the trail so much. Lots of ride arounds popping up over the past couple seasons as well but the main line remains a tech fest for the ages.

My favorite loop is to park at the bottom of the ATV road that approaches Gravity well (OHV-0 on Trailforks), pedal up it then push up Brutality, pedal Overwatch East (super fun and hard), connect to Yoga Pants Blondie (sandy shit) then Neverwinter (push) to Terminal Velocity (super steep slide for life) into Gravity Well, back to the car, back up OHV-0 to Lost Planet (moto brake bumps heaven) then pedal as far up Punisher as you can (not far), push up the rest (an annoyingly long miles and 1500', about an hour long hike-a-bike, but it lets you scope out all the moves), take a breather on top, send it, then back on Lost Planet, push up Predator, and depending on how cooked you are exit either Alien (really good flow for the area with some great chunder) or Requiem (loose gnar).

10 miles and some of the hardest 3.5k of vert around, 3 hours without fucking around.

Few pics from previous years:

[volklpowdermaniac]

lost a wallet some point after riding EM friday. Last used at the chevron near roches. half of it turned up Costco Saratoga Springs , unfortunately it was the outer fold and the inner one containing cards and license wasn't with it. Possibly it fell off bike rack at some point and was outside in the recent storm. very likely someone ripped out the valuable part. anyway in the one in a bagillion chance someone finds it. it's denim blue. has a challenge coin in it that's a real sentimental thing for me.

[g_man80]

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[SJG]

ok I stand corrected. I actually cleaned this 30m climb last week, didn't think it was possible.

The Jakarta one is rideable up the whole way except for a 30m section too steep/loose to make.

I consider Lake Mtns same as Eamo, but more difficult and less people.