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xcguy

Discussion Starter · Dec 26, 2021 (Edited)

I dove back into the closet looking for more Bartlett. And incredibly the next hard drive I pulled out of the box had what I was looking for...as well as a crap ton of other ride pics from years past

Where I parked I'd go up the sandy trail to a straight up section to access the first area. YMMV as I'd watch others hammer on past my entry point to get up there someplace else

To the newbie-that-I-was at the time, just the shear variation of the rock there was mind-boggling. It still is

Basically in the first section you just got into the mode of choosing which striation to follow, to wherever it led

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After playing here for awhile and letting my co-riders get used to what Bartlett is all about you go across some dirt to the next section

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xcguy

Discussion Starter · #2 · Dec 26, 2021 (Edited)

There you'd make your decision which way to go, or just let the grooves in the rock tell you where

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If you chose to follow a lower line it's a lot of work to get back up to the upper area

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You come in from over there

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Eventually you get up on the top and check out what's to the west

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xcguy

Discussion Starter · #3 · Dec 26, 2021

The Chute of Doom. Coming up on it the first time is a trip

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xcguy

Discussion Starter · #4 · Dec 26, 2021

The Toilet Bowl is back the other way to the east

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I would get into the flow at the top, circling down and around the wall there, dive down, pedal up the far side, circle around then repeat, going faster and farther down the wall as needed

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Faster and faster, which is probably half the speed you'll do but remember I'm the timid guy. But after awhile you'd wall ride maybe a bit too far

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And get too near the dropoff over there. Easy to get in the zone and forget where you are in relation to that. And, ya know, just like a real toilet bowl, you'd be in a world of S

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xcguy

Discussion Starter · #5 · Dec 26, 2021

For years I'd look across the way to another area of potential riding. What's over there I'd ask till finally I did ride it. It was fun but mostly steep off-camber wall riding which led to turning around a lot and dead ends and it took a lot of riding to get to finally you just couldn't continue...then repeating all of that on the way back

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sprockettoothtiger

· #6 · Dec 26, 2021

Great set of pix from my first time. Ancient history but awesome, thx

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KRob

· #7 · Dec 27, 2021 (Edited)

Yes there’s some good riding across the way there. We did a loop a friend had routed from Bartlett Wash over to that butte and along the upper flattish off camber ledges then back across to Bartlett proper. Thankfully he’d done all the hiking and looking and dead ends prior so our route flowed fairly continuously.
I think these two photos were from that ride.
Edit: Never mind, I think this ride was out at Tusher.

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xcguy

Discussion Starter · #8 · Dec 27, 2021

Yup, that is the Tusher area over there. I hadn't realized that till I checked out Google Earth:

Red arrow is where I took my shots from, blue arrows are where I rode, green is Tusher Tunnel Trailhead

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Yet more riding and exploring everywhere you look

Here's some of that flowy rock that blew my mind back in the day

The red arrow is pointing at the area I took my first pic from a few threads ago, west of the whole Bartlett area looking east to Bartlett/Tusher/as taken from somewhere on Bartlett

I tell you, checking out these vintage pics is walking down memory lane. A lot of water under the bridge since then

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_CJ

· #9 · Dec 27, 2021

I rode BW in the early 2000's I think. Without question one of my most memorable Moab experiences. Just so wide open, with nobody else around, and free to ride wherever. I particularly remember sessioning a natural half pipe for a good amount of time.

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