Although I've been spending quite a bit of time in the woods of Burlington of late, today ended up being my first rip on the MTB for the 2010 season and boy was it a good one! The weather was June like and as I headed into the woods only the lack of foliage reminded me that it was the beginning of April, none the less with temps in the 80's when I started pedaling I quickly worked up a nice sweat!
Being the first ride of the year decided to take it easy and roll a mellow loop and just cruise through the forest. Planned on parking at and starting from Scoville Road but with the nice weather the parking area was literally full up so I drove on past and headed to the empty AZ preferred parking location, geared up and headed out onto the trails.
Rolled the following:
E. Chippens>Truck Trail>B Street>WC Bypass>Scoville Twisties>Jug>Cemetery Twisties>High Road>Baba's Bypass>Reservoir Road>B Street>E. Chippens
The loop came in at 8.22 miles with 1241 feet of climbing and was rolled in a little over 1.5 hours, not too shabby for the first day out!
The trails I rode for the most part are in great shape! Most everything was pretty dry with the exception of B Street which had one section that was completely water logged and needed to be walked. Logging operations appear to have ceased on the Scoville Twisties and it's almost ridable end to end however new logging activity has started in the area of the Jug, just off Scoville Road. I was definitely surprised by this however the trail is still 100% ridable.
Felt great getting back on the bike today!! Although I'm a little disappointed by the quick end to the ski season, after today's ride that's all behind me now.
Being the first ride of the year decided to take it easy and roll a mellow loop and just cruise through the forest. Planned on parking at and starting from Scoville Road but with the nice weather the parking area was literally full up so I drove on past and headed to the empty AZ preferred parking location, geared up and headed out onto the trails.
Rolled the following:
E. Chippens>Truck Trail>B Street>WC Bypass>Scoville Twisties>Jug>Cemetery Twisties>High Road>Baba's Bypass>Reservoir Road>B Street>E. Chippens
The loop came in at 8.22 miles with 1241 feet of climbing and was rolled in a little over 1.5 hours, not too shabby for the first day out!
The trails I rode for the most part are in great shape! Most everything was pretty dry with the exception of B Street which had one section that was completely water logged and needed to be walked. Logging operations appear to have ceased on the Scoville Twisties and it's almost ridable end to end however new logging activity has started in the area of the Jug, just off Scoville Road. I was definitely surprised by this however the trail is still 100% ridable.
Felt great getting back on the bike today!! Although I'm a little disappointed by the quick end to the ski season, after today's ride that's all behind me now.