June 2016 EtTR National Trails Day & Cookout - LCHT

[Angela]

June Explore The Trail Ride and Cookout

What: Ride and cookout celebrating National Trails Day

Where: Long Cane Horse Trail

When: Saturday, June 4th meet at 9:30 the ride starts at 10:00 - cookout follows

This ride/picnic can be cancelled due to weather or trail conditions so please check this forum prior to leaving for the event! 

We need a count of people interested in joining us for this ride/picnic so we can plan for food so we will be posting a Survey Monkey poll shortly to make it easy to sign up for this event!

The Long Cane Horse Trail is near Greenwood , SC allow about an hour and 30 minutes from Augusta . Meet at 10:00am at the Fell Horse Camp (directions to follow). We will be serving lunch (hamburgers, hotdogs and sides) at shortly after noon at the pavilion at the Fell Horse Camp. Members and non-members are welcome!

This trail system is a great flowing trail cut through varying terrain - tremendously fun and well worth the drive! You can easily put in 14 miles but many do over 25! There will also be a 25 mile gravel grinder. If you haven't ridden this trail system before put this event on your calendar!

Please come join us, the Greenwood SORBA-CSRA members are always fantastic hosts and they do an excellent job of maintaining and improving this trail. We will have some ride leaders and people sweeping and with the various ride options available (short and long), everyone should have a great time.

Ashby Stokes will be back to provide some first class entertainment during the cookout.

The last couple of years we have had the pleasure of hosting 60 to 70 mountain bikers at this event.



Always good food and great times after the ride.



Ashby Stokes is a great entertainer (and a really good mountain biker too) so happy to have him back again this year!

[deano]

Can't wait to see everyone at this ride. This is a big deal for us as we are very proud of LCHT and what' it's become over the past year with lots of hard work.
If anyone hasn't riden the southern loop (the trails towards parson Mtn lake) we highly encourage you to see it. It's very fast and getting better. From Fell take a left and go around the field and head towards the lake then around to the new metal bridge and back to fell. We are guessing that loop is between 14-16 miles. We are riding it weekly to hopefully have it as good as the northern loop. You won't be disappointed.

[Angela]

Thanks Deano - this is one of my favorite local bike events each year!

[Angela]

Planning on joining us for the June 4th Explore the Trails Ride, National Trails Day Ride and Cookout up at Long Cane Horse Trails? If so great!! If you would please click this link for Survey Monkey so we can make sure we have enough food and drink for you and your crew.

Sign up by May 31st and get your name in the drawing for a cool gift!

Thank you and see you soon.

[Mark Y.]

ANswered my own question. My old feeble eyes didn't catch the link.

[Angela]

Next weekend is the June 4th Explore the Trails Ride, National Trails Day Ride and Cookout up at Lone Cane Horse Trail!  Don't miss the chance to check out this trail or ride it again.  We have food, music, led rides and socializing with some great people - fellow mountain bikers!

If you plan on joining us would you please click this link for Survey Monkey

Keep an eye on the forum to watch for weather updates.  Things change very quickly this time of year and we will not hold the event in the rain nor will we hold the event if the trails are mucky.

Sign up by midnight tomorrow night - Tuesday, May 31st so we can ensure we have enough food for you and your crew and to get your name in the drawing for a cool gift!


Thank you!

[Angela]

Looks like the weather for Saturday is looking promising for our National Trails Day Rides and Cookout.

If you didn't sign up before the deadline (to be included in the drawing for a prize) no worries, go ahead and sign up now (use the Survey Monkey link below). The food won't be bought until Thursday or Friday so you still have time to commit.

As of last night we had 54 people signed up to come - seriously, if you haven't ridden this trail before this is the perfect time to come join us. Sometimes there are little jogs the trails make that are good to know, here is a chance to learn the lay of the land from the guys who ride it every week. It truly is a great trail system.  I'll post directions in the next day or two.

SURVEY MONKEY

[Angela]

Directions to get to the June 2016 EtTR, National Trails Day rides and cookout>

Here are the directions to get to the Fell Hunt Camp (the start of the ride and the cookout afterwards will be held there at the pavilion)-

Please bring your folding chairs if you can, there are a few picnic tables but not enough seating for the group we are expecting!

Directions:
From Augusta (Fury’s Ferry/28)>cross the bridge into South Carolina and travel 25.9 miles on 28 into McCormick...Take a right at the traffic light in McCormick onto Hwy 221. Travel 11.4 miles then bear left onto Hwy 10 towards Greenwood traveling for approximately 4.5 miles. Turn left onto Cedar Springs Road/state road S24-47 and travel 2.5 miles. Fell Hunt Camp will be on your left.

Note: If you use Google maps, it will indicate that Fell Horse Camp is a quarter mile further on the right

This route is about the same length but will take you by the old historic Frazier-Pressley House in the Cedar Springs historic district.

From Augusta (Fury’s Ferry/28)>cross the bridge into South Carolina and travel 25.9 miles on 28 into McCormick...Take a right at the traffic light in McCormick onto Hwy 221. Travel 9.4 miles then turn left onto Cedar Springs Road/Schwy112/State Rd S-24-112. Travel approximately 4.7 miles and the road t-bones (the Frazier-Pressley House in straight ahead in the field), turn right still on Cedar Springs Road and travel approximately 1.5 miles to Fell Hunt Camp on your right.

From North Augusta - take 230 out of North Augusta when it dead ends into 23 turn left (there will be a volunteer fire department on the right and you will have just passed the Lick Fork Recreation Area sign a minute or two before. Turn left and watch for Key Road, turn right. If coming from the south, just stay on Key Rd until you can't drive straight anymore. If you come to a four way, go straight. The road will change names to Millway Rd sometime after you pass Pete's store at the 378 intersection.

Just go straight at every intersection until you get to one in which you can't go straight. Eventually you will cross SC221/10 and just drive straight. You will also cross a RR track when you cross 221/10. Keep going straight. You will come to an intersection where you have to go left or right. There will be a large antebellum home right in front of you and a cemetery over your left shoulder. Go right.

In about a mile or so on the right will be the Fell Hunt Camp. Park there. I think there is a $3 fee to park at Fell (like Lick Fork).

Read more: sorbacsra.proboards.com/thread/1848/best-get#ixzz4AUIEJGXy

You can reply here or direct questions to SORBAcsra

[Angela]

There will be many great ride options this year to suit just about any rider at the National Trails Day Ride and Cookout at LCHT. Very easy to do just a few miles if you are a beginner with an in/out ride but we have ride leaders to take you 14 miles, app 24 miles, app 32 miles and always popular the 25 mile gravel grinder.

We will have some copies of the map but if you want to take a look in advance>

[Angela]

In appreciation for all the volunteer work we have been doing on USFS land the USFS is waiving the parking fee at Fell Hunt Camp for our National Trails Day ride and cookout. Thank you Glen and the USFS!