Hartshorne/Huber Conditions

I'm looking for some locals to help with trail maintenance at Huber. This involves light duty work, like clearing sticks and branches as well as Pruning back overgrowth from trails.
You can set your own hours and work independently when your schedule permits. The ideal scenario is 2-3 people taking responsibility for keeping the trails clean of debris, communicating with me of any larger trees down that need a chainsaw.
Reach out to me if interested, I'm busy with other projects and don't have time to go in with volunteers to maintain this area.
Thanks!
Chris/Iggy
(908) 477-1585
 
pooriggy said:
I'm looking for some locals to help with trail maintenance at Huber. This involves light duty work, like clearing sticks and branches as well as Pruning back overgrowth from trails.
You can set your own hours and work independently when your schedule permits. The ideal scenario is 2-3 people taking responsibility for keeping the trails clean of debris, communicating with me of any larger trees down that need a chainsaw.
Reach out to me if interested, I'm busy with other projects and don't have time to go in with volunteers to maintain this area.
Thanks!
Chris/Iggy
(908) 477-1585
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In for TM at Huber.
 
Huber deadfall too big for handsaw
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Any tips for conquering the Laurel Ridge stepped climb going ccw? I can never clear this section.

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This is the section, looking downhill. I can never find a line up.


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The stairsteps are very difficult as some are quite high. The step height may be a little less at the edges but getting up such obstacles requires a "punch forward" technique where you pop the front tire up onto the ledge, move your weight forward on the bike, then as your rear tire nears the ledge, you rapidly push your arms forward to punch the bike up and over while simultaneously giving a little heel lift to lighten the rear end. IMO, most of laurel is better in the CW direction. only the water tower and the steep "killer climb" chute are good CCW. Though none of it is technically directional, just be wary going CCW since you could encounter someone coming down very rapidly CW.
 
natlady10 said:
Any tips for conquering the Laurel Ridge stepped climb going ccw? I can never clear this section.

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This is the section, looking downhill. I can never find a line up.


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There was a time that I would ride those steps for the challenge. These days I dont feel the need to kill myself on climbs, so I avoid that section.
I park in Claypit and ride the whole park CCW. IMO this takes advantage of the best downhills. On the return I ride Laurel Ridge back, which means I ride it in bofe directions, which is fun and avoids those steps.
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natlady10 said:
Any tips for conquering the Laurel Ridge stepped climb going ccw? I can never clear this section.

This is the section, looking downhill. I can never find a line up.
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I cleared it last weekend, first time in a while. Basically, heading for the edges and traversing across the slope for each step; left, right, left right, etc. Not easy especially if it's near the end of the ride.
 
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Pretty much stay to the right like this red line and when the red line ends shift to left for next step and then right for the next step as others have mentioned. Afterwards it starts to level out and you can choose any line after that.

I clear this 100% of the time on my geared bike
And 90% of the time on my single speed.
It’s difficult for sure, but so satisfying when you conquer it on a singlespeed
 
To me, it's just a washed out fall line somebody slapped a bandage on, trying to prevent erosion with the step logs.

I wish there was a more sustainable single track alternative or reroute, maybe to the left of the climb. Might not be possible for a number of reason, but I'd be happy to help build that 😀.
 
Ride that section early in the ride when your legs are fresh! On days when I had good legs, I'd try to go straight up the middle, but most of the time did the zig-zagging from edge to edge thing, even though nibbling away at the edges is one the the probable causes of the trail being so wide there.
 
natlady10 said:
Any tips for conquering the Laurel Ridge stepped climb going ccw? I can never clear this section.
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SmooveP said:
Ride that section early in the ride when your legs are fresh! On days when I had good legs, I'd try to go straight up the middle, but most of the time did the zig-zagging from edge to edge thing, even though nibbling away at the edges is one the the probable causes of the trail being so wide there.
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I also usually ride it straight up the middle--even though it's "harder", the run-outs are cleaner, and leave you with more room for messing up. I've always found going up the sides to have as much chance of grabbing a tire and throwing you off as they do at succeeding, especially since I'm biased towards creeping sideways when I'm already exhausted.

Once you clean the steps, work on cleaning the rock 20 feet from the top. It's a pretty good workout, though not as good as the water tower pre-current-trail.

I'm a "ride-to-eat" kinda guy, so I always bias my rides to maximum work rather than flow. Nothing wrong with people who do otherwise...
 
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