ChosenOne wrote on 07/04/16 at 12:11pm:

I went early Saturday morning, and there were more bikers than I have ever seen. South Main was downright crowded in places with lots of group rides. I didn't check out how much activity there was at the beer garden and restaurant, and it was a little early for the zipliners and climbers to be out, but overall I was encouraged.

I was out there Sunday late afternoon and thru the evening.  The crowd was definitely lighter than normal in the afternoon for a festival/event.  But it really picked up later in the evening, as a LOT of people came out for the fireworks.  I can't remember it ever taking that long to get out of the WWC with that heavy of traffic.  It was certainly encouraging to see the great evening turn-out.

He was directing traffic/assisting with parking during the Green River Revival back in March too.  That was the busiest I'd ever seen that place!

Was there a tornado or something at WWC this weekend?  I rode the CTT last night and I couldn't believe the amount of knocked over trees there were along the entire length.  There are a few trees across the trail and a lot of large down limbs.... they aren't all dead fall either.

Current thoughts as to when the water will re open?

I've seen a few articles that indicated that the problem with the UV filtration was caused by turbitity in the water - IE too much dirt suspended in the water to allow the light to filter through and kill off the bacteria and ameboas. Have to wonder how much off that has been caused by the free climbing project by the lower pool. I've noticed a few times that there is a lot of dust flying from there when the wind kicks up. No idea if they feel it was a causal factor or not but it can't have helped. If they have been thinking along those lines the re-opening date may need to hold off till that is completed.

I'm really disappointed with the restaurant hours.  So many times we've ridden there & wanted to eat after & it's never open.  I'm talking 8 pm on a week night (not Thurs obviously).   First they told us it was too early in the season (before Memorial Day).  Said the restaurant stays open an hour after activities, so pre Memorial Day, activities 'til 7, restaurant 'til 8.  Now finally, activities are 'til 8, restaurant should be to 9.  But guess that only applies for water activities.   

I know 6-8 mtn bikers who were planning to spend money on dinner (& beer) Tue night but had to go elsewhere.  Guess that revenue isn't important.   

Many of us would actually like to avoid the Thurs night beer crowd and ride & eat on the other nights.

I had a huge cuban sandwich there on Tuesday night... $10 with a great potato salad. No complaints here. The only people there eating and drinking were mountain bikers as far as I could tell.

cmowery3 wrote on 07/14/16 at 4:02am:


This has been my biggest complaint since the days when Lindsey & Philip were the Restaurant managers.  They always keep the place open for the MtBikers to have a sandwich and a few beers.  For the past 2-3 summers the evening restaurant hrs have been pitiful at best.  Website says open to 9PM.... except for riverjam days and weekends it's never open past 8PM.  I really had hopes that the Biergarden/grill would stay open a bit later if the restaurant closed early. 

It feels to me like the Mt Bikers are not part of their revenue plans.  This is a lost opportunity to increase the food and beverage revenue.

There could be informal weekday evening rides followed up by late hours for the restaurant.   

They don't need a full staff to do it right.

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Newly released plan for treatment and discharge of the water in preparation for resuming white water activities. Looks like they'll be dumping at the discharge above the entrance to Figure 8? Can we hope to get a head's up if it's going to impact trails being open?