It's all excellent
billybobzia said:
so how many trail do they have, is it worth the price?? can you also get a good XC ride in while you are there?? how much is a lift ticket, can you buy per ride?? thanks, thats a lot of questions isn't it..
I went there for the first time a few weeks ago and had a great time. I was silly enough to climb the mountain just to say I did because I'm an asthmatic but on the ride back down I hooked up with a semi-regular who led the way. I figured since he knew the trails but was on a hardtail, that would work about even since I hadn't been there before but I have a full suspension ride.
We started from the top on the green (Suzs' Cruise) which had me a little worried at first because it's pretty rutted and worn in alot of places so I got a little concerned about the blue and black trails further down. We blazed down the green, hooked up with a blue trail (Mosquito Coast I think?) made a few more turns, hit the road for a bit then finished on the WIld Thing trail just for giggles. The guy warned me ahead of time us XC types would have to walk through some parts of that one. But I got to see how the other half lives anyway! There's a great stretch of that blue trail where you get funneled straight down a narrow chute that's really dusty and has some rocks, fortunately not loose, but it was definitely entertaining and fun.
I'm not sure I'd do the double black trails unless you're dh'er but the rest of the mountain would be an XC blast for you I'm certain. I'll be back up there in a couple of weeks and this time I may take the longest way down I can cobble together. The green and blue trials put together would definitely be an 'epic' ride.
The all day lift ticket was $28.
Do it, you won't regret it!