Hurricane Hiatis ???

FYI...
Today, Monday August 29th, the WMNF extended it's closure notice as follows...

"The White Mountain National Forest will remain closed until further notice. Forest Service personnel are currently verifying the conditions and stability of the roads, bridges, campgrounds, trails and other facilities on the Forest. Please be advised that road surfaces may appear stable but could give way under little weight. The Kancamagus Highway is closed."

There will be no ride tomorrow.

Well this is a fine pickle. Tuesday's forecast looks great, but will the trails be passable? A power outage is quite possible so I may not be able to update this blog in a timely manner. If there is no update there is no ride this Tuesday August 30th.

However if the conditions permit, a road ride in North Fryeburg, the old standby, is a possibility. If you have another idea please drop a line or give a jingle.

Stay dry.

Bretton Woods Downhill Biking

A new and exciting adventure! On Tuesday we will be the Fat Tire Flyers. This will be our first try at lift assisted biking and I can't wait. We'll be taking multiple rides on the Bethlehem Express Quad Chair Lift up Mt Rosebrook to the Top of the Quad Restaurant. From there we can go left to the two miles home trail or we can go right to several trails on West Mountain. For the really adventurous, there are several black diamond trails on Mt Rosebrook. Which ever way we go we will have rollicking, riotous rides downhill.

Bring you lunch or get it at the mountain. The views from the Top of the Quad Restaurant should be spectacular. The forecast is for a wonderful day. There will be plenty of sunshine with puffy clouds and low humidity. So check your brakes, oil your chain and head out to Bretton Woods Tuesday morning. Don't forget your helmet, it is required attire.

Let's meet at 9:30am at the Adventure Center (aka the Base Lodge) by the desk on the main floor. We'll purchase our tickets as a group.

Carpooling: Meet at the back of the Attitash lot at 8:50am

This Ride is a Blast!

So far we've had about an inch of rain and the forecast is for another inch of rain to fall tonight. The NWS is also predicting a 70% chance of rain tomorrow. So the ride tomorrow is cancelled.

Tuesday August 23rd we are scheduled to go to Bretton Woods for a 1/2 day of lift assisted riding. To get the group rate we need 12 riders. At present we have 10. Please extend an invitation to anyone you might think would enjoy this type of biking.


It's the height of vacation time in Vacation Land. So let's do something really fun. We'll start off at the top of Bear Notch Road and cruise down the dirt roads in the Bartlett Experimental Forest. Then we'll cross over to the east side of Bear Notch Road and do some fun single track and old logging roads on the Reservoir Brook Trail.

Let's meet at 9:30am, in the parking lot off River Road just after it crosses the Saco River in Bartlett.

Directions: Take Route 302 to Bartlett, at the blinking light in the center of Bartlett take a right and in about half a mile you'll cross the Saco River and the parking area will be to the left of the bridge. This will be a lovely lunch spot after our mostly downhill ride.

We will need to shuttle people and bikes up to the top entrance of the Experimental Forest (which is almost at the top of Bear Notch) from the parking area. Then we'll start our mostly downhill adventure.

At present the forecast is a mixed bag. So check back here Tuesday at about 8:00am if the weather looks iffy.

Rocky Branch via Allen and Jericho

Let's ride from The White Mountain Cider Company to the Rocky Branch Shelter #1 via Allen and Jericho roads tomorrow August 9th. This is about a 13 mile ride which retraces most of the lower half of the Rocky Branch Logging Railroad that operated from 1908 to 1914. We'll ride on dirt roads and dirt trails most of the way. Be prepared to get your feet and legs wet when we cross from Allen Street over the river toward Jericho Road. It's a short crossing, but expect to hit a small pocket of water that is knee deep.

On this back woods rail trail there may be stream crossings, trees across the way and waterbars which will necessitate getting off our bikes to maneuver safely. The return ride will be mostly down hill and a lot of fun!

Meet in the back of the parking lot at The White Mountain Cider Company on route 302 in Glen at 9:30. Bring lunch (or buy it at the Cider Co. Deli), and water, etc.

Click here to see the map:
http://www.mapmyride.com/routes/view/20398484