Looks good but if I had to guess, the fast quad will be serving skiers only. But maybe I am wrong and they'll repurpose the existing bike carriers on #1 for the new quad? I doubt #4 will be serving bikes, no bike trails there.
#4 is being relocated for an expansion. I would assume they would add trails too while they build ski trails
what's the big dumb stunt trail? Fort Hill?
Fort Hill(the trail, not Eric's very, very, very good brewery in Easthampton right off of exit 19!!) ruined that place. Imagine all the decent mountainbiking that could have been in that zone!
I am not much of a jump trail guy these days but Gronk is built very well, esp those top tables.
That sucks.
No matter how long the lift lines are there, I rarely see folks on Schist, Too Easy, Juggernaut, and most of the right side/ natural trails.
This! I could be happy doing Badger and Juggernaut laps near all day.
If it’s the one I’m thinking of, it’s called 27.5. There are a few lines through there. Very steep, rocky, loamy, awesome. You can get to it a few different ways. Back of the shack or Sleeping Jake’s to this area and you’ll see a trail going off the ski trail up over the snowmaking pipes. Follow that to the top of the cliffs.
I thought I heard that Jiminy was open last year and that there's been locals maintaining things through the years?
Yea that's the one. Such a fun little pocket of terrain there.
I’d heard the same thing but I ran into Willem Cooper and the rest of Rhode Island at Rock Creek over the weekend and he told me they only ran the summit lift at Jiminy for the esc race last year, so most weekends if you want the good stuff you gotta take another 14 minute fixed-grip ride 3/4 of the way up Jiminy, and then push to the summit.
The new code phrase is pedal assist.
Blue isn't very steep but at least it has a couple good rocky trails.
Sounds like its going to be for bike's. I hope they set it up like the lift at loon. That way they don't need to have lift attendants. Last day of august will be my first time riding thunder, unless we decide to go earlier, because thats the day of the ladies allride my wife's going to.
Ugh, I think you and I talked about this earlier in the fall but I went there in October and just couldn't get into that place at all. There was that one fun trail which I believe is the DH race track but aside from that I didn't think it had a whole lot to offer. Maybe I was missing something though...
we did, and i don't disagree. but there's enough i like/tolerate there that i still go. in part because its close-ish any other lift access riding is well over double the drive.
a close park is better than no park. wish berkshire was closer than 2.5 hours from here.
its an hour 20 for me. i've honestly gotten bored with the trail riding around here too.
Hey man I get it, I rode 7 Springs for a decade when I needed to stay close to home (1 hour) and that place was terrible but It had a lift and a couple good runs. Blue is way better than that was!
