I've gotten pretty good at navigating RRT, but there is one spot that recently started to give me pause. 

When you arrive at the intersection of Heartbreak Option and Death Valley, if you turn slight right to skip Death Valley, you arrive at an intersection with three choices: Straight, Left, or Right. 

I always go right, because it brings you back to the main trail a few feet farther down from where you entered Heartbreak (and it gives you 0.9 miles for the option, which  works according to the sign).

I'm pretty sure left is where Death Valley exits and will bring you back to the same spot once you pedal through the intersection. 

But where does straight take you? Am I missing something or doing this wrong?

AMitchell47 wrote on 05/01/18 at 1:15pm:



(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)

I saw a women out there wearing a full length skirt ride it....just saying.

I'll get some signs put up and likely block the old Death Valley exit also. There are some tough women riding that are part of a church group from Albemarle.  Super nice bunch of people.

OK signage up and I blocked the old exit to prevent confusion there. Put a do not enter sign at the exit of Death Valley. Added a little soil just before the 1st bridge on Death Valley it had eroded and was creating a kind of hit before the bridge.

Just a heads up
I rode there last Friday and took the river option(don't remember the full name) and shortly into the trail there were 2 "on the ground" bee colonies to the left, and they weren't carpenter bees. The first one seemed bigger than the second but both were really noisy.  The second one was very shortly after the first one.  I'm not sure if they would even still be there (no pun intended) but wanted to make others aware.  Sorry for the late notice.

(You need to Login or Register to view media files and links)

Full loop with new Heartbreak extension is just over 12 miles and 1600 elevation gaing.
In remarkable shape. Most excellent!   
Thanks STEVE!

renoirbud wrote on 05/14/18 at 7:23pm:

 
+1

Was out there yesterday. That trail is excellent. Love death valley section. 

When USNWC (on my way home from work) starts to become boring, I make the pilgrimage to Rocky River. 

Also, I didn't realize there was a speedway across the road and through the woods. I was out there yesterday and heard what sounded like a race car ripping test laps around a D shaped track. I love that sound of a motor running wide open up through the rev range with open exhaust    The sound of nature is cool and all, but when all I can hear is myself panting heavily, that engine sound is a little motivation for me to just grip it and rip it.