Come on guys... what's the deal.... are you planning on opening the trails today?

Bah....  traffic, daylight and darkness conspired against us again today.  we were able to hit about 2.5 miles but had to walk out the rest...

Website says it's open. There was a lot of rain on this side of town....

so... is there any chance for today?

mlong623 wrote on 10/13/15 at 8:02pm:


Amen...Thanks for all of the hard work that they do at the WWC to clean up after the rain and storms to give us a great place to ride.

If you don't like how long a trail is closed...please volunteer to help do the difficult work to clear a trail after a storm, and do all the drain digging prior to the storms.  There is also the option to build your own trail from the bottom up that you can ride into a sloppy mud hole after a week long thunderstorm.

ChosenOne wrote on 10/08/15 at 1:43pm:


We don't have anything to do with the trails at the USNWC.  And even if we did we still wouldn't "magically" be able to change the soil composition that's been there for millions of years.  I did read somewhere that Poston's always open.

And yes, we'd love to have you volunteer for a trail work day or more.

ChosenOne wrote on 10/13/15 at 9:04pm:


Please enlighten us to how that works.  Would have saved me 8 hours of trail work last week if I just called you and had you ride a few laps on your unicorn...


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ChosenOne wrote on 10/13/15 at 9:04pm:


Yes, because that's how it works.....

The trail was open yesterday and in very good shape.  No real sign of any wetness.  They have Figure 8 closed, which is an expansion of the closure of the section with the intersection of the Thread Trail that was closed last week.  I wish we had an idea of what was going on there as Figure 8 seemed fine when I rode what could be ridden last week.  The work by the Thread Trail and the reroute away from it is somewhat concerning besides the lost of 7-8 miles of trail when Figure 8 is closed.

I am also a bit puzzled why the tree blocking the rocky drop on toilet bowl hasn't been cleared in over a week.  It's not overly large, but is in a very dangerous place.  I've slipped twice trying to climb over it with my bike.  Once landing on my butt on the rocks and once rolling my ankle.  Having to lift the bike over that tree while standing on a slippery rocky incline is not very safe. 

I think they've done a pretty good job this year of keeping the trail open and despite comments otherwise, have selectively closed sections.  They have some of the largest and densest areas to cover and it seems the tree fall makes cleaning up after storms for them to be a fairly large task.