Trail Building ala AZ style

GeeDubb wrote:

No mud, very dry digging but the river had water flowing. Next trail
day is 2-10-07,
mark it on your calendar ;-). There's a not so good shot posted in MTBR
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.ph...09361#poststop if you're a
member you can view it, if not it's not worthy of signing up.

Gary


Wow! It's awfully green out there right now. Maybe I should use some
FF miles and pay you a visit.

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GeeDubb wrote:

No mud, very dry digging but the river had water flowing. Next trail day
is 2-10-07,
mark it on your calendar ;-). There's a not so good shot posted in MTBR
http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.ph...09361#poststop if you're a
member you can view it, if not it's not worthy of signing up.

Gary


Wow! It's awfully green out there right now. Maybe I should use some FF
miles and pay you a visit.

come on down. Not so green in Phoenix but 40 minutes North of town seems to
be somewhat wetter. Rumor has it that several riders better than I will be
visiting the area next weekend.....

Gary

GeeDubb wrote:

"Ride-A-Lot" wrote in message
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GeeDubb wrote:

No mud, very dry digging but the river had water flowing. Next trail
day is 2-10-07,
mark it on your calendar ;-). There's a not so good shot posted in
MTBR http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.ph...09361#poststop if
you're a member you can view it, if not it's not worthy of signing up.

Gary


Wow! It's awfully green out there right now. Maybe I should use some
FF miles and pay you a visit.

come on down. Not so green in Phoenix but 40 minutes North of town
seems to be somewhat wetter. Rumor has it that several riders better
than I will be visiting the area next weekend.....

Gary

Having been off the bike since Thanksgiving, that would be a disaster
for me since I know of whom you speak. I'm going to play 10th mountain
division army man next weekend, snowshoeing Tennessee pass and then an
Elk dinner in a yurt(?) with the mountain bike club.

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GeeDubb wrote:

"Ride-A-Lot" wrote in message
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GeeDubb wrote:

No mud, very dry digging but the river had water flowing. Next trail
day is 2-10-07,
mark it on your calendar ;-). There's a not so good shot posted in
MTBR http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.ph...09361#poststop if you're
a member you can view it, if not it's not worthy of signing up.

Gary


Wow! It's awfully green out there right now. Maybe I should use some
FF miles and pay you a visit.

come on down. Not so green in Phoenix but 40 minutes North of town seems
to be somewhat wetter. Rumor has it that several riders better than I
will be visiting the area next weekend.....

Gary

Having been off the bike since Thanksgiving, that would be a disaster for
me since I know of whom you speak. I'm going to play 10th mountain
division army man next weekend, snowshoeing Tennessee pass and then an Elk
dinner in a yurt(?) with the mountain bike club.

sounds like a good time, elk is good, yurts are warm and you'll be with
fellow mtb'rs.

Sent a PM with yurt picture.

Gary

GeeDubb wrote:

Having been off the bike since Thanksgiving, that would be a disaster
for me since I know of whom you speak. I'm going to play 10th
mountain division army man next weekend, snowshoeing Tennessee pass
and then an Elk dinner in a yurt(?) with the mountain bike club.

sounds like a good time, elk is good, yurts are warm and you'll be with
fellow mtb'rs.

Sent a PM with yurt picture.

Gary

Thanks.


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"GeeDubb" wrote in message
m...
It seems the BLM is putting our tax dollars to good work. I and about 30
(the AZ style part) other volunteers helped cut in some 800-1000 feet of
new trail near Black Canyon City. In the plans are some 100 miles of
trails from what I heard. Eventually this single track (no motors
allowed) will run from the edge of the Prescott National Forest boundary
(BLM is working with FS to continue trail through) South to the Carefree
Hwy. This will make for one killer epic when finished. BLM is also
hiring trail crews to do some of the heavier work.

A lot of pics were taken today and when I find out where they're at I'll
post a link. It was a beautiful day and made special by all the hard work
from everybody (including the horse folks) :-).

Gary

Thanks to all that worked on this trail. I rode the Pan Loop X-Mas Day.
Nice work.

Dean

GeeDubb wrote:
It seems the BLM is putting our tax dollars to good work. I and about
30 (the AZ style part) other volunteers helped cut in some 800-1000 feet
of new trail near Black Canyon City. In the plans are some 100 miles of
trails from what I heard. Eventually this single track (no motors
allowed) will run from the edge of the Prescott National Forest boundary
(BLM is working with FS to continue trail through) South to the Carefree
Hwy. This will make for one killer epic when finished. BLM is also
hiring trail crews to do some of the heavier work.

A lot of pics were taken today and when I find out where they're at I'll
post a link. It was a beautiful day and made special by all the hard
work from everybody (including the horse folks) :-).

Gary

Ya know. I read this again and then pictured where that trail would be.
Holy motherload. I would suppose that if you do the 100 miles you
would want to start in Prescott and end in Carefree otherwise it would
be a killer uphill ride. Does it have to cross the interstate at some
point?

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"Ride-A-Lot" wrote in message
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GeeDubb wrote:
It seems the BLM is putting our tax dollars to good work. I and about 30
(the AZ style part) other volunteers helped cut in some 800-1000 feet of
new trail near Black Canyon City. In the plans are some 100 miles of
trails from what I heard. Eventually this single track (no motors
allowed) will run from the edge of the Prescott National Forest boundary
(BLM is working with FS to continue trail through) South to the Carefree
Hwy. This will make for one killer epic when finished. BLM is also
hiring trail crews to do some of the heavier work.

A lot of pics were taken today and when I find out where they're at I'll
post a link. It was a beautiful day and made special by all the hard
work from everybody (including the horse folks) :-).

Gary

Ya know. I read this again and then pictured where that trail would be.
Holy motherload. I would suppose that if you do the 100 miles you would
want to start in Prescott and end in Carefree otherwise it would be a
killer uphill ride. Does it have to cross the interstate at some point?

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No interstate crossing (all on west side of I17 or would that be route
17.....) and yes, it would be easier to go from PNF down to Carefree Hwy.
more detail at www.bctaz.com (think I posted a bad link before)

here's site description
"The non-motorized, single-track trail under construction is designed for
use by equestrians, hikers and mountain bikers. It is approximately 62
miles long, stretching from the Carefree Highway (AZ Highway 74), northward
along the base of the Bradshaw Mountains, beyond highway 69 near the town of
Mayer to the Prescott National Forest."

Gary (if I ever find my gps I'll send you a route map...)

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GeeDubb wrote:


No mud, very dry digging but the river had water flowing. Next
trail day is 2-10-07,
mark it on your calendar ;-). There's a not so good shot posted in
MTBR http://forums.mtbr.com/showthread.ph...09361#poststop if
you're a member you can view it, if not it's not worthy of signing up.

Gary



Wow! It's awfully green out there right now. Maybe I should use
some FF miles and pay you a visit.

come on down. Not so green in Phoenix but 40 minutes North of town
seems to be somewhat wetter. Rumor has it that several riders better
than I will be visiting the area next weekend.....

Gary


Having been off the bike since Thanksgiving, that would be a disaster
for me since I know of whom you speak. I'm going to play 10th mountain
division army man next weekend, snowshoeing Tennessee pass and then an
Elk dinner in a yurt(?) with the mountain bike club.


10th Mountain Division would have done it on skis!
Snowshoeing has taught me that there's no better way to get around the
snowy backcountry than skiing! Have fun!

Matt

MattB wrote:

10th Mountain Division would have done it on skis!
Snowshoeing has taught me that there's no better way to get around the
snowy backcountry than skiing! Have fun!

Matt

Yeah, I know. It's as close as I am willing to go. I spent enough $$$
on winter crap this year. So much for my new fork and wheelset in the
spring.

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