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Post by seenvic on Apr 13, 2011 14:55:53 GMT -5
Glen K with USFS gave me the heads up that USFS will be burning FATS tomorrow. Original four loops will be closed, Tower and Big Rock are not being burned and will be open.
Glen says USFS hopes to have everything open this Saturday but it may be til Sunday.
Home page will be updated this evening.
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Post by neal1975 on Apr 13, 2011 17:04:33 GMT -5
Big rock for the win! Do people even know where big rock and tower are? i never see anyone there when i ride it, they are way underrated. go give it some love
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Post by seenvic on Apr 13, 2011 20:55:34 GMT -5
These are my favorites too, along with Deep Step.
These trails are the ones ridden most at FATS by the folks I know.
I tend to see riders on these trails quite abit, almost always coming the other direction. I think they are ridden both ways by more riders than the other trails.
I ride Big Rock CCW always, and either way on Tower. Maybe CW just a hair more often. You have a preference up there?
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Post by neal1975 on Apr 13, 2011 23:21:00 GMT -5
I take it anyway i can get it baby
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Post by Angela on Apr 14, 2011 5:49:11 GMT -5
I also prefer Big Rock CCW and generally CW on the Tower - exception is if we have to do a very, very abbreviated ride and then I like CCW Big Rock and then CCW on Tower just up to the Tower for a nice fast ride back down to continue Big Rock.  |
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Post by dgaddis1 on Apr 14, 2011 7:12:26 GMT -5
Big Rock is also kinda fun to ride as a figure 8. Climb up the gravel road, descend one side of the trail, then climb back up the gravel road to descend the other side.
Here's another vote for Big Rock CCW and Tower CW.
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Post by brianW on Apr 14, 2011 9:07:12 GMT -5
Tower cw, BR ccw. However I do enjoy both loops in both directions.
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Post by jtaylor on Apr 14, 2011 13:16:33 GMT -5
both ccw, climbing T is slightly easier cw, I think, but the downhills are way more fun ccw on both
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Post by wala on Apr 14, 2011 14:29:03 GMT -5
I did a night ride several weeks ago. We did both loops CW and then both loops CCW. In my opinion, the CCW was easier and more fun.
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Post by seenvic on Apr 14, 2011 14:38:48 GMT -5
For me the CCW DH on Big Rock are way better than the CW DH's.
Who rides over the small rock near big rock proper? It is just off to the left side of the trail and I am starting to see the formation of a line there. I ride it every time I ride Big Rock and it can't be just me riding this line.
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Post by Apollo on Apr 14, 2011 21:03:49 GMT -5
^ I don't know but i rode Big rock for the first time today, twice, going ccw and it was a blast. Which loop of the northern two trails do you guys prefer? And when going CW on tower where do you start?
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Post by Apollo on Apr 14, 2011 21:04:49 GMT -5
Also to the gentleman who gave me the map today, if you're on this forum, thank-you.
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Post by seenvic on Apr 14, 2011 21:38:22 GMT -5
^ I don't know but i rode Big rock for the first time today, twice, going ccw and it was a blast. Which loop of the northern two trails do you guys prefer? And when going CW on tower where do you start? They kinda blend into one trail for me...the way you ride half of BR, then all Tower, then the other half of BR. If I had to pick one...Tower. To go CW on Tower, you go straight across the gas line and down the hill. To go CCW, you swing hard right at the gas line and continue climbing to the Tower. |
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Post by jtaylor on Apr 15, 2011 11:54:21 GMT -5
BV- Banks and I have ridden that rock for a while and have shown it to a number of others. Forgot who told me about it, may have been you.
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Post by neal1975 on Apr 17, 2011 17:32:04 GMT -5
I rode today, and while down there i went and looked at the "burn" section. holy crap- it looks soo so bad. I mean every square inch of the ground, except for 12-24" of trail, is complete ash. It was very surreal looking- it was just a black, burnt landscape, but with trees. . . and a brown trail. so odd looking.
I wonder how long it will take to go back to normal? Several months ?
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Post by kconner on Apr 17, 2011 19:16:20 GMT -5
I would think that it will start returning to normal within a couple of weeks, especially with it being spring time. Check out the area around the boat ramp below the dam on the Georgia side, it was burned just a few months ago. When grass catches fire (on the side of the road for example), it typically grows back within 1-2 weeks, especially during the spring and summer with enough water. With the woods around FATS being as healthy as they are, you should see an explosion of growth very soon....
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Post by brianW on Apr 17, 2011 20:18:44 GMT -5
A few weeks and it will be turning green. It may look bad but control burns get rid of fuel build up on the forest floor. If build up was allowed when a fire started it would spread to the crowns of the tree which would kill the trees and be devastating to the communities near by.
The massive forest fires you see out west are partly human made disasters. For almost a century forest fires no matter how small were fought allowing fuel build up. Also fire is a part of forest ecology, many tree species seeds do not open unless exposed to high heat.
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Post by Apollo on Apr 17, 2011 20:45:49 GMT -5
^ our boy's smart
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