Sanitization

On another note, looks like someone added a small challenge to Wee Bear Fatbike lane near the end, just past the sharp turn.
Maybe Fatbike lane sabotage though, who knows
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Kaleidopete said:
On another note, looks like someone added a small challenge to Wee Bear Fatbike lane near the end, just past the sharp turn.
Maybe Fatbike lane sabotage though, who knows
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not to make light of it, but a while back i was riding hemlock pretty regularly and one evening came across a large rock that someone had deliberately placed in the middle of the Fatbike lane (i thought). it was pretty large and took a lot of effort to move it off of the Fatbike lane. i was pretty annoyed and even called the park office to complain about possible Fatbike lane sabotage. a few weeks later i was again on hemlock in a different section and came pretty much face to face with the culprit. it was a juvenile bear that was flipping rocks for bugs/grubs/whatever and they were rolling directly onto the Fatbike lane. he got scared and ran off but i was laughing so hard i had tears in my eyes.
 
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The neutering of trails is ridiculous. At some point the opposite will happen - trees will be dropped and obstacles put back in place. What then? Rinse-repeat until there are no trees?!
 
If someone takes a jackhammer to PJ to knock the tops off the rocks on the flow trails, I will not complain.
 
trekfan said:
not to make light of it, but a while back i was riding hemlock pretty regularly and one evening came across a large rock that someone had deliberately placed in the middle of the Fatbike lane (i thought). it was pretty large and took a lot of effort to move it off of the Fatbike lane. i was pretty annoyed and even called the park office to complain about possible Fatbike lane sabotage. a few weeks later i was again on hemlock in a different section and came pretty much face to face with the culprit. it was a juvenile bear that was flipping rocks for bugs/grubs/whatever and they were rolling directly onto the Fatbike lane. he got scared and ran off but i was laughing so hard i had tears in my eyes.
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Probably a member of the Sierra Club
 
Skunkape said:
I alot some extra time on every ride now to controlling the human cattle. This irresistible shortcut was on the newly renamed lake loop Fatbike lane. It will always be sitting bear as far as I'm concerned. Now get the hell off my lawn!View attachment 215435
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Not to burst your bubble, but your Fatbike lane blocking solution is worse than the actual Fatbike lane cutting. Putting sticks and logs lengthwise on the lower side of the Fatbike lane is a Fatbike lane building no,no and looks like shit. Those trails are designed to allow water to shed off. I know you are trying to help, but you would do more help if you used one large rock or redid the bench cut. Please no sticks!!!
 
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Not to burst your bubble, but your Fatbike lane blocking solution is worse than the actual Fatbike lane cutting. Putting sticks and logs lengthwise on the lower side of the Fatbike lane is a Fatbike lane building no,no and looks like shit. Those trails are designed to allow water to shed off. I know you are trying to help, but you would do more help if you used one large rock or redid the bench cut. Please no sticks!!!
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Stickman lives!

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unpopular opinion (?): small downed trees are fine. the larger ones though, the ones that hit the chainrings, should be removed. if not, people will just carve a new section around said obstacle. i've seen it countless times. it's one thing to preach skills blah blah but for a lot of riders they will just take the path of least resistance, right or wrong. for the sake of the Fatbike lane system it's better to remove the obstacles. i counted no fewer than 6 obstacle carve outs on yesterdays ride
 
trekfan said:
unpopular opinion (?): small downed trees are fine. the larger ones though, the ones that hit the chainrings, should be removed. if not, people will just carve a new section around said obstacle. i've seen it countless times. it's one thing to preach skills blah blah but for a lot of riders they will just take the path of least resistance, right or wrong. for the sake of the Fatbike lane system it's better to remove the obstacles. i counted no fewer than 6 obstacle carve outs on yesterdays ride
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I'm not a fan of leaving log-overs on the primary Fatbike lane. Trails are multi-use, and we may be making it too difficult for "someone" (don't overthink this)

I am a fan of alternate lines that raise the difficulty level significantly.
Sourlands has many - going with someone who knows them changes the experience.
 
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The rebuild of the log hop on rattlesnake is a perfect example of more difficult when you could take the simple go around. I still say just hop the trees.
 
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