Fiddlers creek and Church road are still closed. Pleasant valley road is open but you can see the carnage on both sides of the road and the path that it took. I can only imagine the carnage in Baldpate/Washington’s crossing.
I drove up Church on Sunday at 2:00 PM and it was 100% open. That being said, the signs are still up on Church this morning.Fiddlers creek and Church road are still closed. Pleasant valley road is open but you can see the carnage on both sides of the road and the path that it took. I can only imagine the carnage in Baldpate/Washington’s crossing.
I did some running/hiking recon at Bald Pate yesterday. Major devastation in certain areas.
- The Blue trail from the Fiddlers Creek parking lot was closed. Going around the barrier and after climbing over several large downed trees I hit an impasse and turned around.
- The Bald Pate driveway leading from Fiddlers Creek Rd to the top had been cleared of about 25 trees in the bottom third. Another damage to fences up near the top.
- Access to the White Ridge trail from the west side was closed, with several trees down near the end of the driveway.
- The Red trail from the western end of the White trail was completely demolished. After spend a 1/4 mi climbing over large trees, couldn't go anymore.
A friend attempted the Red trail on Sunday, from the opposite end also could not go far
- White Ridge trail from Pleasant Valley parking lot had some downed trees and debris, but was runnable (not sure about MTB yet).
- The Green Kuser trail seemed to sustain relatively minor damage.
Also Washington Crossing part has major trees down on the horse loop, near the air field.
- Red train in WX, near the nature center has major carnage, with many trees down.
@-YETI- as he mentioned, there is no sign at the Church road entrance so no indication it is closed.-YETI- Bald Pate still remains closed, due to on going trail clearing. You can enter from Church Rd, using the Green Kuser trail and get to the Pleasant Valley Rd parking lot. Also the White Ridge trail is cleared, for the most part. I have run in the park after working hours to avoid an trail work crews. The Red trail is still demolished, not much work done there yet. It seems anything north of the White Ridge trail has been destroyed. Last I checked, there was progress on the Blue trail from the Fiddlers Creek parking lot. Slow going, since that also sustained large damage.
Good assessment. I worked on the rock bridge over the creek this morning, don’t see changing it much as it is rideable in both directions.I went and rode Baldpate today. Well, what's left of it... The Kuser (Green) trail is fine, totally clear with only a few trees changing places after Ida (the rock bridge over the creek was redone, but is very unstable). Copper is really washed away. It used to be a bit rough, but now it's basically a descending rock garden that moves. Red is still completely trashed and the trail leading to red and yellow has a bunch of trees across the trail. If I couldn't ride to it from the house, it definitely wouldn't be worth it. Hiking is fine, but riding it right now pretty much blows.
Trim until your hearts content, no power tools.If you need a hand working the trail, I'm right across the river in Washington Crossing. I'd be happy to help and bring tools...
That descending rock garden that moves is like an escalator. It gave me a PR today!I went and rode Baldpate today. Well, what's left of it... The Kuser (Green) trail is fine, totally clear with only a few trees changing places after Ida (the rock bridge over the creek was redone, but is very unstable). Copper is really washed away. It used to be a bit rough, but now it's basically a descending rock garden that moves. Red is still completely trashed and the trail leading to red and yellow has a bunch of trees across the trail. If I couldn't ride to it from the house, it definitely wouldn't be worth it. Hiking is fine, but riding it right now pretty much blows.