To whomever it was in the red jersey heading downhill on the Tunnel trail towards the Prairie loop about 10am today, that about ran me over as I was climbing in the opposite direction...
Did you know this was a 2-way trail? 

asuprice wrote on 08/18/17 at 1:36am:



Isn't the Prairie Loop multi-directional?

Yeah educate me I always thought prairie was bi directional too. Never been any signs or maps that said any different that I have seen.

IntheBush wrote on 08/18/17 at 2:06am:


There are a couple of places that right or wrong are designed to be fast. Smooth it out, widen it and point it downhill and you can expect guys to go fast. I also think there are some "new to anne springs" riders recently that don't have the necessary awareness to keep this safe. You can go fast and still be in control enough to slow down when another rider is approaching nut if you aren't expecting them it's harder. 

There is no specified direction on Prairie Loop unless they have changed a years old policy in the last week. If you ride that stretch, please keep your head up and look for riders coming the other way.

At this time there are only 3 trails- Paradise and Avery Loop and the Tunnel trail. They are all clearly marked as one direction or bi-directional. You must always be on the lookout for mtb racers who are only thinking about themselves.

JokerSC wrote on 08/18/17 at 3:24pm:

You may not, but clearly folks on here don't even know it's bi-directional.  I think most would agree the bi-directional nature of springs has been both a blessing and a curse.  The variety of riding essentially different trail by riding both ways is shadowed by the danger of riders coming at each other.

Today there is definitely a small section that can only be 2-way, but all loops could be clockwise or counter-clockwise.

I've almost had two collisions in two weeks heading inbound on the Tunnel trail..

Maybe I'm just lucky.

There's a particular fast, twisty section heading towards Prairie with limited visibility and tight trees.

When I see somebody coming I've gotten in the habit of stopping and getting completely off the trail, even though I'm the uphill rider. That's the only way to prevent a collision or keep the downhill guy from steering off into the woods. It's really annoying to have to constantly scan this section for too fast out of control riders.

Most of them look at me when going by as if they didn't expect to see an opposing rider at all. At all...

That's why I think some may not read signs, or may not be aware they've gotten off the Paradise trail.

When I'm riding that section I know it's bi-directional so I always factor that into my speed calcs. For me time/speed is irrelevant. If I want to run time trials or race, I'll enter one on a closed course.

True, the only way to make the whole thing unidirectional is to build another section of the Tunnel trail heading inbound (towards the rec center).