At the suggestion of s.y.m.o and following a number of individual fragmented threads because of the recent wet weather, we now have a couple of sticky threads dedicated to the various venues (collectively in some cases) and their conditions. The purpose of this thread is only for the discussion of the condition of trails and related issues. Things such as obstacles over the trails such as fallen trees etc, trails that susceptible to damage because they are wet/waterlogged or any other issues that may be considered relevant to riders, their own safety or the ongoing sustainability of the trails themselves. A couple of points to note:
- For the benefit of everyone, please do not go off topic, people do not want to sift through off topic banter to find out what is happening on/to the trails.
- Try to be accurate with trail/location descriptions and names. Use the trail maps from the links in the Trails Info
- This is not a thread for discussion of trail content as it relates to trail care, it is for discussion of trail content as it relates to changes caused by factors outside of trail care, ie storm damage, trees down, waterlogged from rain etc etc.
- Post in the thread if you wish to make an enquiry, hopefully someone will be able to let you know about the venue, or if you see something that others may be interested in knowing ie a trail to avoid for what ever reason or a new featured created by a storm (tree over trail), post here as well.
- Only discuss the trails relevant to the thread you are in, if you wish to discuss multiple locations, post in the threads relating to those locations. It just helps keep the thread on topic.
- Only discuss legal trails, illegitimate trails do not help us as MTBers with trail access issues, so discussion of those trails in legal venues (or other venues) is not what this thread is for.
As time goes on we will endeavour to remove old posts about older conditions, ie if the trails are wet, no point keeping information about trails being dry etc. This is in order to keep the thread current and hopefully informative for members.As this thread develops the above criteria may change, but I'm sure that everyone understands what we are looking for from these threads.
A short rule of thumb is if you are leaving tracks it's too wet.When you leave a tyre rut the water will follow it and before you know it, it's a rut. Little ruts lead to bigger ruts and trail widening as people avoid the rut. This increases impact till eventually someone notices the excessive impact and complains about it. The bottom lines is this leads to trails being closed.
