Recon mission for Grassi21

[Grassi21]

Sweet, Chris! Nice job. Time for some additional exploration it seems. I'd be happy to head over there and explore with you.

Fo sho. If I had a GPS or better knowledge of the area I would have messed around more. Had to get back for a walk with the fam.

Let me know when. We could crack some beers at my place after the ride. Anyone else interested? :beer:

 

[Greg]

Fo sho. If I had a GPS or better knowledge of the area I would have messed around more. Had to get back for a walk with the fam.

Let me know when. We could crack some beers at my place after the ride. Anyone else interested? :beer:

Propose something in T&E. I'm down.

 

[Grassi21]

Propose something in T&E. I'm down.

I will propose something fo sho, fo sho. Post ride cigars are great. ;-) 8)

 

[Gremf]

Saw the comment over on Crankfire and thought I would chime in, especially after doing trail work at Waldo last weekend.

If you go to my blog using the Trail Work Link you'll find a little map that I made a some parts of the trail.

The trail starts on the left about 50 to 100 yards in from the gate and I think it's marked with two red flags. The entire trail is marked with red tape and flags.

All those trails you found are actually fishermen trails. Paula envisions hooking into those trails at some point but right now she is busy with the main trail.

Weather depending, I might try to get out there this weekend and do some mapping. The trail is rough and I would recommend riding it FS. Rigid is pretty daring. If you want some great trail for riding rigid check out the Upper Gussy Trail in Upper Paugussett State Forest, Newtown. I am building this one and it's great on my rigid 69er.

 

[Grassi21]

Saw the comment over on Crankfire and thought I would chime in, especially after doing trail work at Waldo last weekend.

If you go to my blog using the Trail Work Link you'll find a little map that I made a some parts of the trail.

The trail starts on the left about 50 to 100 yards in from the gate and I think it's marked with two red flags. The entire trail is marked with red tape and flags.

All those trails you found are actually fishermen trails. Paula envisions hooking into those trails at some point but right now she is busy with the main trail.

Weather depending, I might try to get out there this weekend and do some mapping. The trail is rough and I would recommend riding it FS. Rigid is pretty daring. If you want some great trail for riding rigid check out the Upper Gussy Trail in Upper Paugussett State Forest, Newtown. I am building this one and it's great on my rigid 69er.

Welcome to Alpinezone!

You beat me to it! If my power didn't go out I would have posted sooner. I went for a ride while the wife pushed the baby stroller and the dogs ran along side. We took the fire road to the housy and back. As we were leaving my wonderful wife pointed out the red flags! We were heading out so I sent the wife home with our son and spent just 5 minutes checking out the new trail that is marked off. I picked up a hard tail (Cannondale F5) on Wednesday and was dying to ride some stuff like I found on the trail. Very cool from what I saw. I liked those breaks in the stone walls. I bailed out before that first little climb. If the weather isn't horrible I am going to try to get back on Sunday morning around 9 am or so to check the rest of the trail out.

When is the next trail building session at Waldo? I wanted to pitch in last time but we were up at the Cape. I would love to help out since I live just 10 minutes away. I have a feeling Waldo will be a regular spot for me. Thanks for the suggestion in Newtown as well.

 

[Greg]

I have a feeling Waldo will be a regular spot for me.

Let me know once you figure it out. I'd definitely ride it with you.

 

[Grassi21]

Let me know once you figure it out. I'd definitely ride it with you.

Give me an idea of what might work for you (weekend or weekday) and I will post something in TandE. It would be cool to get a few other AZ MTBers in on the ride. And of course beers at my place for those that are interested.

 

[Gremf]

Hopefully Hanna will bug out by Sunday but it will be pretty slick in there. Still it might be worth a spin. Let me know when you are thinking of hitting it. I live in Newtown, next to Upper Paugussett but can be there in about 15 mins.

Not sure when Paula is planning on the next session but I will definitely attend because I am getting more and more ideas for future trail building activities.

Edit: Looks like I can ride Sunday afternoon!

 

[Grassi21]

Hopefully Hanna will bug out by Sunday but it will be pretty slick in there. Still it might be worth a spin. Let me know when you are thinking of hitting it. I live in Newtown, next to Upper Paugussett but can be there in about 15 mins.

Not sure when Paula is planning on the next session but I will definitely attend because I am getting more and more ideas for future trail building activities.

Edit: Looks like I can ride Sunday afternoon!

Gremf I am flexible on the time. The wife is taking our son somewhere in the afternoon so I am pretty open. What is the milage on the loop? I don't have a GPS.... yet. I'll check back here later tonight once we see what the storm does today.

I was checking out your pics from Paugussett. Looking forward to getting over there soon. :beer:

 

[Gremf]

Gremf I am flexible on the time. The wife is taking our son somewhere in the afternoon so I am pretty open. What is the milage on the loop? I don't have a GPS.... yet. I'll check back here later tonight once we see what the storm does today.

I was checking out your pics from Paugussett. Looking forward to getting over there soon. :beer:

The trail that I am building is relatively easy compared to what's going in at Waldo. My trail, the Upper Gussy Trail, is multi-use, which means it has to accommodate horses. So, to make it interesting I have been adding more and more features to make it fun.

The best ride is one that I led a couple of weeks ago: Upper Paugessett: Gnarly Singletrack. Which is basically Fire Road to White trail to Blue Trail (Head north at the two oak trees), to intersection with trail near Pond Brook that goes due south (up hill) back to the fire road. Left (east) on the fire road till you find a tree with two engineer tapes (green) wrapped around it (this is start of the gussy trail). This heads south. Follow it till you hit another fire road/jeep road, keep going south till you hit a dirt road (Sanford Road). Continue south till you get to the entrance to the forest again, and ride back to the lot.

I am going to put up an all encompassing trail map on the Upper Gussy Blog in the coming weeks.

 

[Grassi21]

I am going to put up an all encompassing trail map on the Upper Gussy Blog in the coming weeks.

Very nice. Thanks for all the info.

 

[Grassi21]

Not looking good for tomorrow. I would imagine the trails will be a mess. Might hold off until Monday....