Southeastern US trails good for MUni

I was wondering if there were any good trails for hosting a MUni weekend
other than the typical MTB trails like Tsali or Clemson? I donno about
the other people that live on this end of the country, but I can't
afford to fly out to California or Moab(round trip plane ticket is
around $400). Having a MUni weekend out here would offer a change in
enviroment from Moab and places like that.

Don't get me wrong, I'd love to come out and ride Moab, but the cash
flow isn't coming in like before college. If anyone knows of trails
out here and/or might wanna help organize a ride, let me know. I think
it would be great to have an event down south here. Plus, UDC is close
and people could visit the showroom if desired.


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I'm out of Huntsville, AL. I haven't muni'd anywhere but around Monte
Sano State Park (which is right out my back gate). Probably 50 miles
worth of trails. A good mix of fairly non-technical and level trails
on top of the mountain (basically a large mesa type of a "mountain"),
and good technical routes anywhere going off the mountain. Anyhow I'd
like to be apart of some southeast muni weekend or something. BTW, a
few of us are going to Fort Yargo, GA this May to take part in a 12hr
mtb race, entering as solo unicyclists. The race director is cool with
uni's so we're going for it. Check out:
http://www.dirtyspokes.com/index.php

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I used to live in the southeast and my brother still lives in the
Asheville NC area. There are plenty of places to hold a muni event in
western NC. I will pm you with contact info. I think it's a great
idea and high time we had a festival/event in the south.


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Just and updated, there may be an event coming up down here around the
beginning of May. Just to let ya'll know. I'll keep you updated.


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I love the idea of a MUni Weekend or similar in the general area of
Atlanta, or wherever works. Don't know if I could make it, but it would
be great for people who can. It doesn't matter where you live, there
are usually some good trails within an hour or two of you. Talk to the
mountain bikers and search on the Web to see what's around, then go try
it out. Stick to legal trails though.


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Yeah, there are a couple of good trails around the Atlanta area, but
none long enough or exciting enough to host a weekend ride.


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I've been talking with the event planners at the the Mountain Sport
Festival here in Asheville

www.mountainsportfestival.com

and they want to have a mountain unicycle component to their festival.
I thought it would be a perfect time to host a Southeast Muni Weekend.
There are excellent trails around the Asheville area; I'm working up
the itinerary right now. The dates are May 4-6, 2007. Have a downhill
ride on Friday and Sunday, with a morning ride/race, etc Saturday and a
demo/trials comp/ etc that afternoon at the festival grounds (or
whatever riders come up with). The trails I think would be great (which
you should be able to look up on the net) are Kitsuma, Trace Ridge,
Pilot Rock, Spencer Gap, Laurel Mtn...all in Pisgah National Forest,
and all legal. I'm looking at getting the Campground at Bentcreek
Experimental Forest for us to use. Input, suggestions, help are all
encouraged and appreciated. For those of you who think the southeast
is flat, check out Western North Carolina, it's double awesome. I've
been to Moab and California Muni Weekends and our mountains, though
smaller and a lot older, offer world class Muni riding.


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adammasters wrote:
I've been talking with the event planners at the the Mountain Sport
Festival here in Asheville and they want to have a mountain unicycle
component to their festival. I thought it would be a perfect time to
host a Southeast Muni Weekend. There are excellent trails around the
Asheville area; I'm working up the itinerary right now. The dates are
May 4-6, 2007. Have a downhill ride on Friday and Sunday, with a
morning ride/race, etc Saturday and a demo/trials comp/ etc that
afternoon at the festival grounds (or whatever riders come up with).
The trails I think would be great (which you should be able to look up
on the net) are Kitsuma, Trace Ridge, Pilot Rock, Spencer Gap, Laurel
Mtn...all in Pisgah National Forest, and all legal. I'm looking at
getting the Campground at Bentcreek Experimental Forest for us to use.
Input, suggestions, help are all encouraged and appreciated. For those
of you who think the southeast is flat, check out Western North
Carolina, it's double awesome. I've been to Moab and California Muni
Weekends and our mountains, though smaller and a lot older, offer world
class Muni riding.




I'm in.


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this would be *perfect* for me... because i live in ohio and that is
like... smack dab in the middle of south eastern section of the u.s.
and i also do not have the money for a flight out there


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This is great! Good to see there are others who want a ride like this.
Looks like I gotta really start practicing so I don't look like a
complete fool when I get there.


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