Anybody hitting Sugar for Labor Day?
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I may be coming to Boone that weekend, but would have to ride Saturday or Sunday if I did...girlfriend might not be too happy with me though.
I am definitely riding that saturday and monday.
i may be down to go if hurricane earl doesn't hit and i'm not cutting trees.
Is everyone planning on riding the lift all day or shuttling?
I'm riding the lift. You guys can shuttle if you want but you would easily burn $25 bucks in gas for a day plus shuttling is only a few minutes faster.
I've always wanted to time a run from drop off to parking lot to BS session in the lot to loading up to drop off. Just to get a baseline. Call it the "awwww mannnn" factor.
What's the daily lift rate, $20?
All day is $25.
yup. Coming out of Donovan's dungeon, you can zip straight over to the old pro course and hit the turtle rock.
Wait, I just looked at the map and the section under the lift leaving Donovan's dungeon isn't on the map?
http://www.skisugar.com/summer/trailmap.pdf
Wait, I just looked at the map and the section under the lift leaving Donovan's dungeon isn't on the map?
http://www.skisugar.com/summer/trailmap.pdf
No, that map is not very accurate by the looks of it. There are two very legit ways down the mountain that are extremely fun. Both routes are very very rocky
Butch, the area under the lift below 3/4 isn't on the map because they planned on rerouting to deal with erosion. But that never happened and they never printed new maps.
Like Moto and Butch said, you can either take the dh course (high speed, rocky, steep)or cut across and ride the old pro/super d course(still very rocky but tighter and not as steep). It's definitely worth the trip and if you have a hard time finding the trails I should be around most of the weekend.
Like Moto and Butch said, you can either take the dh course (high speed, rocky, steep)or cut across and ride the old pro/super d course(still very rocky but tighter and not as steep). It's definitely worth the trip and if you have a hard time finding the trails I should be around most of the weekend.
Saturday is looking good for me. Just got in some new (to me at least) TLD Rincon body armor...hopefully it will move around less than my 10 year old set of Azonic armor.
I don't really know anybody by their forum name, so say whats up if you see me...I'll be on my dark blue Uzzi, probably wearing a mechanic's shirt of some kind.
M-P
I don't really know anybody by their forum name, so say whats up if you see me...I'll be on my dark blue Uzzi, probably wearing a mechanic's shirt of some kind.
M-P
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Right on give me a shout, I ride a white Sunday.
I'll be there tomorrow afternoon with the Riddler and maybe a few others.
Anyone know what time the lifts run till?
Anyone know what time the lifts run till?
Kiponga: You can shuttle via grouse moor dr, then take a left when you see the sign for The Reserve just before sugar top. However you cannot park at the reserve so the only way you can shuttle is if you have a driver.
Untitled: Lifts start at 10 and last chair is between 5 and 5:30 depending on the amount of customers.
The trails are running amazing right now btw.
Untitled: Lifts start at 10 and last chair is between 5 and 5:30 depending on the amount of customers.
The trails are running amazing right now btw.
Had a great time shreding today, props to Brad for showing us the trails
Most fun I've had on a downhill bike in a minute
Man the trail was riding good wasn't it? That's the driest it has been in a long time, glad you guys made it out to ride.
Sooo fast, that I had to go back this morning and get some shuttle runs in
I was there on Saturday and it was hitting awesome...glad I made it up this year. Met a few people but didn't see anyone that I thought was from ridemonkey.
And all give a collective head scratch as to why they won't run any events.
Dang Butch, you don't know why the stopped doing races? I thought you knew everything about Sugar
They might consider races if it was through NORBA because they like the insurance it carries. But the last collegiate race is what killed it for the rest of us, and the fact that they just don't care about mtn biking.
Seems like a lot of people were asking what the trail was like so my friend and I took some video. He just got a new macbook and final cut pro so he was experimenting with the editing features. It was hard to pedal with his camera setup so some of the sections were a little slower than usual (and a lot of hikers in the way). The course was running really rough so the head cam is pretty shaky but we got some good shots. Check out his other videos and the website he contributes to: www.mountaintownupdate.com. Hope you enjoy.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=428976544899
Seems like a lot of people were asking what the trail was like so my friend and I took some video. He just got a new macbook and final cut pro so he was experimenting with the editing features. It was hard to pedal with his camera setup so some of the sections were a little slower than usual (and a lot of hikers in the way). The course was running really rough so the head cam is pretty shaky but we got some good shots. Check out his other videos and the website he contributes to: www.mountaintownupdate.com. Hope you enjoy.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=428976544899
They do indeed want to have a USAC race. Actually the collegiate race did not stop them from keeping on promoting races, it had a lot to do with the ditches that they were digging on the mountain. There wasn't really a good route to get down for a while so they stopped pursuing races. Also, straight from the source, is that they found it hard to step back down to grassroots racing after being at the National level with the 2 NORBA races followed by Collegiate Champs for another 2 years.
gotcha moto, I was mainly speaking of the vandalism that occurred during that race. Let's get together sometime and make things happen for next year.
Yeah we definitely should. Already got some stuff under way actually.
