Taconic-Hereford Multiple Use Area (909) - Damp but rideable by jimbo
February 18, 2012
Rode 909 for the first time mid-day after the daily melt and was pleasantly surprised to find good conditions even with the rain late last week.
Some surface muddy spots on the singletrack, but for this time in Feb...hell its better that it was last sept! ;)
If you really want to get spectacular conditions, hit 909 while its still frozen..it really rocks then!
Taconic-Hereford Multiple Use Area (909) - Perfect for riding! by jimbo
February 6, 2012
The dry winter conditions are allowing for some great mid-winter riding at 909. I rode in AM when everything was still frozen, very little frost, trails in good shape and fast. Usual spring time mud spots are showing afternoon melt/tire ruts but they will settle down after frost lets out in the spring.
Six Mile Run - Mix of dry and muddy by hugodias
February 1, 2012
Stewart State Forest - Perfect for riding! by Noyourfacedoes
January 14, 2012
Very crunchy and a million ice spines under every piece of dirt. We rode 17+ miles in the COLD. All of our water tubes froze and refroze every ten minutes. I found if I tucked my camelback tube into my shirt, it would thaw and I could drink again, but if I forgot to retuck it in it would be frozen sld in minutes! Riding the trails I felt like a giant crusher coming through with all the ice rays crushing beneath me, it was loud. A distinctly winter trail sound. Is this at all bad for the trails?
Finally hunting season has wound down to only bobcats and pheasants and such things. The nice hunters we spoke with said that the guns and buckshot they were carrying could only hurt someone up to 20 ft away and at 30 ft it would almost be funny to get shot, maybe they weren't that causal, but they put us at ease before we rode into Stewart. They are not alowed to shoot towards any trails or roads and it seems they can only go out in large open fields to hunt.
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