[denjen]

I did a search and didnt find to much new info.
Posting this for a friend. How is the DH up there? He has a new DHR on the way and wants to try it out.

Thanks
Dennis

 

[Jayridesacove]

I've had friends race DH there before. They seemed to like it. I haven't been there yet, but I'm planning on going to the DH race there next month.

 

[denjen]

The race info was really all I could find when I did a search no info on just general riding

 

[motomike]

can you post the website for the DH?

 

[Jayridesacove]

only wisp info is on the racers edge website

it just has dates

 

[drt_jumper]

Wisp is ok, its not bad, nothing super difficult i.e. big drops or anything.

 

[NaptownF400]

I was just at Wisp a couple weeks ago. Besides not having their lifts operational yet ("Like, they're SERIOUSLY F@$^ED, bro" according to their leading repairman), the DH was uninspiring. There was, however, a good amount of XC to be had at Swallow Falls if that's your game.

John

 

[BigMike]

All I konw about Wisp is the race course, and it was short, but really really fun.

 

[SK6]

The key to WISP is to go to the local wrench and ask them where the other trails are. A lot of the trails are un-marked, so their not readily apparent. Its’ definitely a fun ride. They have a “G” out that’s an absolute blast.

The back side of the mountain has a lot of fun stuff and is geared more towards XC. It’s still fun though as some of the descents get a bit squirrelly on an XC bike, but on a decent downhill rig can be a blast. Again the same situation exists in regard to the trails not being marked.

 

[llkoolkeg]

Like SK6 said, you can have some fun up there if you poke around a bit. My last run of the day was what the guy at the top of the lift called the "black cross-country downhill" which was a fast, flowy & rocky singletrack run that ended up passing above the paintball range. I liked it better than either DH race course, which would have been more fun had it not been mostly a peanut butter steep(that I severely bruised/busted my ass on). The run I mentioned was older, more bedded and drained quickly making it fun even in the rainy conditions. Hell, after I took my spill and was feeling rough, I had fun just riding the lift up and blazing down the steepest ski slopes at God-knows-how-fast. Had I wrecked in the bumpy, gopher-holed slopes at that speed, I would have rag-dolled into unconsciousness like that "Wild World of Sports/agony of defeat" ski jumper dude.

 

[SK6]

Like SK6 said, you can have some fun up there if you poke around a bit. My last run of the day was what the guy at the top of the lift called the "black cross-country downhill" which was a fast, flowy & rocky singletrack run that ended up passing above the paintball range. I liked it better than either DH race course, which would have been more fun had it not been mostly a peanut butter steep(that I severely bruised/busted my ass on). The run I mentioned was older, more bedded and drained quickly making it fun even in the rainy conditions. Hell, after I took my spill and was feeling rough, I had fun just riding the lift up and blazing down the steepest ski slopes at God-knows-how-fast. Had I wrecked in the bumpy, gopher-holed slopes at that speed, I would have rag-dolled into unconsciousness like that "Wild World of Sports/agony of defeat" ski jumper dude.

PPPssssstttttt...........................you did wreck in the bumpy, gopher-holed slopes at that speed, that would have rag-dolled you into unconsciousness like that "Wild World of Sports/agony of defeat" ski jumper dude.

Ya looked really cool doing it! LOL!!!!

No he didn't fall, but I beleive we should have had speed rated tires.....