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Thread: Best "Sleeper" Riding Areas
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05-03-2019, 06:22 AM #76
Help me internet, do we just assume that every trail in outed by Strava and whatever the other websites are with that kinda thing? It is came on to Instabrag even in the trail are "non-system" and promotion increases the likely hood of shutdown? Is it no big deal when a trail gets shut down because the city kids can just rinse/repeat somewhere else? Does it not matter that the "Influencers" generally don't even ride with a saw let alone actually build and maintain trail?
You guys heard of this one https://www.mtbproject.com/trail/5943538/contrivance ? It looks fun.
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05-03-2019, 08:55 AM #77
No, don’t assume that, although mtbproject, strava, trail forks et.al do have a tendency to do so, for better and worse
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05-03-2019, 09:03 AM #78
OP said "sleeper" not "secret." I take that to mean trails that are well established, not at risk, probably heavily trafficked, but not attracting people from great distances. Strava et al are assumed, and in cases where a system gets support from local government etc it seems unlikely that a little more traffic is going to shut these down, more like it's going to generate more support for expansion. Ninja trails need not apply, whether they've been "outed" on some website or not, IMHO.
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05-03-2019, 10:18 AM #79
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05-03-2019, 10:21 AM #80
Fountainhead is fun, but it's all rolling Piedmont Clay and it's just the one stacked loop. Plus it's busy. But it's pretty damn fun.
For a sleeper, you've got to hit Meadowood in that area or maybe go across the river to Murderland to ride Fairland Park.
Or get lost in Patapsco or the Shed for a while. Or head out to Stokesville or Front Royal for endless tech jank.
For my money, the real sleeper in that part of the world is the whole Canaan Valley area. That wetter climate gives you some loamy soils that are hard to find on the East Coast. With Timberline's financial troubles, the town needs visitors. Everyone ought to go visit.
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05-03-2019, 11:22 AM #81Banned
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Love the Front Royal stuff. Great place to break up the drive N S with riding from the camp site at the bottom. Douthat is a great second destination on the N S 81 trip. Both good Va sleeper spots.
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05-04-2019, 06:16 PM #82Registered User
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Penitente Canyon outside of Del Norte.
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05-06-2019, 07:51 AM #85
Anyone ridden Anniston, Alabama? Supposed to have some great trails built in the last few years. I grew up going to visit my grandparents there and hated it, but now I kinda want to go back and check it out.
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05-06-2019, 09:41 AM #86
Same as above, but way far away..
Has anyone here ridden Meeker?www.dpsskis.com
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05-06-2019, 10:06 AM #87
The OP mentioned Meeker in the very first post
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05-06-2019, 02:14 PM #88www.dpsskis.com
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05-06-2019, 02:40 PM #89
No fucking shit? I grew up in Stafford and my dad still lives there. When I was growing up there was almost nothing official around there and most of those trails were just starting to get built out when I left for college. I remember having to drive all the way to Harrisonburg, Roanoke, Lynchburg, etc to find races.
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05-07-2019, 06:19 AM #90
Yeah, I grew up in Montclair. My parents live in Seven Lakes now. My early MTB experience was poaching trails in the Prince William Forest NP. We could just pop across 234 and be right on a trail, and in the early 90s it went under the radar.
The riding at Catoctin or even Fountainhead sounds more to my liking, but who can be bothered with the traffic. I left in 1996 and it’s orders of magnitude worse. NYC metro was far better.
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05-07-2019, 07:04 AM #91yelgatgab
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Canaan was a MTB destination in the 80s and 90s largely because there wasn't much riding in the region, particularly around DC, Baltimore, Richmond, etc. As those places began to see the light and build legal trails, with the loss of the Sods, and I think loss of interest and probably some exhaustion from figureheads in Davis, things slowed down a lot. The new owner of Blackwater Bikes is highly motivated and is working to make it a destination again. IMO, it's a bit of an uphill battle. It's rocky, technical, pedally, and often muddy. Basically the opposite of the flow trails a lot people have come to expect. Timberline has been struggling for years due to poor management. Both struggle due to the wacky weather, though Canaan less so since it's state-owned. On the plus side, Davis and Thomas have seen a bit of a renaissance. The state is putting some money into reviving the area, and there's enough general tourist traffic to keep things going. I agree with Shred. Go there, it's beautiful. The North Fork Mountain trail near there is worth the trip alone, but there's a ton to do in addition to mountain biking.
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05-07-2019, 02:07 PM #92Registered User
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05-07-2019, 03:14 PM #93
These little rural towns in CO are dying a slow death of cycling. Not all of them have a plan in place like Fruita or Durango.
Del Norte used to have mtn bike races to try to generate interest in the area.
Luckily the trails still exist and some of us like to explore and don't need apps, maps, and YouTube videos to make an adventure happen.
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05-07-2019, 04:22 PM #94
Just a couple years ago I was in the area for work and was unable to ride Penitente because there was a 12-hour race happening. A guy sent me out to Limekiln instead which was pretty meh. I should have gone back to Middle Frisco instead. I had ridden that the day before and it was killer.
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05-08-2019, 11:02 AM #95
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05-08-2019, 11:27 AM #96Registered User
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05-08-2019, 11:30 AM #97
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05-08-2019, 11:38 AM #98
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05-08-2019, 11:41 AM #99
Jesus, that landing is tiny for a jump that size. LOL at the color of the creek.
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05-08-2019, 11:42 AM #100
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