George C Waldo Ride - Thurs., 9/11

[Grassi21]

Thanks to gemf (new AZ member and one of the trail builders) and little more exploring on my part, we have a better idea of what Waldo has to offer. I have yet to ride the entire trail so I don't know the distance on the loop. I hope to get a solo ride of the entire trail so everyone is aware of the length of the ride. Below are some links to Crankfire, gemf's site detailing the trail work, and the thread Greg started on my recon mission.

So to my fellow CLITS, when do you want to ride it? I'm 10 min. away and will try to ride it at least once a week until the white stuff starts flying. I'm assuming that we could pull off a RAW. If not I could do a Saturday afternoons or Sundays around 10 am. I will open of Casa de Grassi for some post ride brews for those that attend.

Gremf's site
trail work at Waldo

http://www.crankfire.com/trails/trail.php?trailid=191

http://forums.alpinezone.com/34321-recon-mission-grassi21-2.html#post309506

 

[Grassi21]

Mods, can you please change the thread title to George C Waldo. Thanks!

 

[Greg]

I might be able to pull off a late afternoon RAW. Probably come straight from work. Perhaps a 4 pm start time? Probably not before Wednesday this week.

 

[Grassi21]

I might be able to pull off a late afternoon RAW. Probably come straight from work. Perhaps a 4 pm start time? Probably not before Wednesday this week.

i can do a 4 pm. i'll work from home that day. i'm pretty busy at work until wed. available on thursday. and then its an all weekend bachelor party. :beer:

want to shoot for thurs. and see who else is interested? if so, can you change that old thread title one more time to reflect thursday's date? man am i a pain in the arse...

 

[gmcunni]

I might be able to join you guys. I'd have to leave by 6, i think i have child-taxi duty that evening.

 

[bvibert]

I might be able to make it, but probably can't make it until 4:30 at the earliest.

 

[Greg]

Still planning on this. Will confirm as we get closer.

 

[Grassi21]

i'm hoping to get to waldo tomorrow i'll post a TR and some pics to entice you guys.

 

[bvibert]

Is this still on? Where exactly is it? I should be able to make it provided you guys aren't meeting too early.

 

[Greg]

Is this still on? Where exactly is it? I should be able to make it provided you guys aren't meeting too early.

We plan to get riding around 4 pm. I suspect we'll be parking at one of these places:

http://crankfire.com/trails/waypointlist.php?type=2&trailid=191

I'll let Chris follow-up.

 

[Grassi21]

its on like donkey kong. bri if you want to meet at my place i can PM you directions. if you are running lare you can meet us at the parking lot on purchase brook. my place is on the way to the park. let me know.

the down and back i did took me 1 hr and 15 min. if we take the hunting rd. to the fire rd. it can't be much longer. if we start btwn 4 and 4:30 we should have plenty of time to explore.

 

[Greg]

the down and back i did took me 1 hr and 15 min. if we take the hunting rd. to the fire rd. it can't be much longer. if we start btwn 4 and 4:30 we should have plenty of time to explore.

Cool. I'd like to finish up by 6 pm if possible.

 

[bvibert]

I'll try to get into work early enough to make 4:00, but 4:30 is more likely.

This is the route that Google suggests:
http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=P...70,-73285320,3101602172173418984&ie=UTF8&z=11
Does that make sense Chris, or is there a better way? I can meet you at your house, but I'll probably be rushing to get there in time as it is.

 

[Greg]

I'll try to get into work early enough to make 4:00, but 4:30 is more likely.

Brian - are you going to be there at 4 or 4:30? I was hoping to get rolling home by 6 pm so I prefer starting at 4 pm, but I won't leave work earlier if I don't have to...

 

[bvibert]

I'm shooting to be there for 4. If I don't get into work early enough tomorrow morning I'll let you guys know and we'll go from there.

Sorry for the confusion.

 

[Greg]

I'm shooting to be there for 4. If I don't get into work early enough tomorrow morning I'll let you guys know and we'll go from there.

Sorry for the confusion.

Gotcha. Keep us posted. Looking forward to this ride.

 

[Grassi21]

brian that is the most direct route off of 84. call my cell if u have ???

a ride to the power lines and back shouldn't take more than an hour and fifteen min. so depending what time we get started we might have more time to explore or sess. ;-)

 

[o3jeff]

Greg, I think you need to give him a wake up call in the morning so there will be no problem with that start time.

 

[o3jeff]

And don't forget guys, Grassi is saying 1 -1:15, you 2 can probably do it twice in that time they way you two go some times:smile:

 

[bvibert]

brian that is the most direct route off of 84. call my cell if u have ???

a ride to the power lines and back shouldn't take more than an hour and fifteen min. so depending what time we get started we might have more time to explore or sess. ;-)

I'm guessing that going over to 8 and 84 is going to be faster than heading down something like route 6, right?