Past experience has been that on Friday before a race the park has been available for racers to ride and inspect the courses, but the lifts were not in full use. Maybe a couple of hours and both lifts were not running at the same time.
Better than nothing! Per RaceCascadia "They're opening for racers, for Friday practice"
There are Shasta vids on YT - not gnar on a N* level which isn't very gnar in the first place. There are go-arounds for bigger drops (I only saw 1 ladder-drop thing that I believe they call a road-gap).
When you say it's a joke... Do you mean everything is so blown out and rocky you can never get enough speed to ever need a real DH bike.
My bike felt overwhelmed. I got down Gypsy just fine but the super rooty and rocky stuff I had to pick thru and wasn't all that fun. Felt like I could use way more travel. Half of the park was closed so I only experienced the gondola side. And I'm not experienced in bike parks so the big hucks are beyond my abilities. I'm looking for more moderate tracks and flow.
Mt shasta is a lot smaller than n*. Its really loose and not a lot of big drops or jumps. The beginner trail was surprisingly fun. If you like more trail and flow id get a shuttle at nearby gateway as well.
I'll be up there about 3pm Friday. Driving my buddy's grey dodge grand caravan. Van camping the night and racing Saturday. Come say hi!
Awesome, the more the merrier! I plan to be there by 9:00ish on Friday for a quick morning pedal.
