[_biker4life_]

Hey all,

I am traveling to the states in april and will be bringing my 4x bike and buying a downhill bike over there.

I am flying into l.a. and staying with a friend there and then going to boston to stay with another friend.

Are there any mountain bike parks, chair lift access or just good riding spots around these areas? Or any places worth traveling too.

I am there for up to 2 months till the end of may.

Also what is the race scene like over there at that time of the year?

Thanks,

Adrian

 

[fortenndu]

The US Open is in Jersey during may, there probably will be a race every weekend on the east coast during may.

 

[sanjuro]

Northstar in Norcal

 

[rollertoaster]

the east coast has more bike parks than you'll know what to do with. Plattekill, Highland, Diablo, Blue mt, Whiteface, just to name a few.

 

[w00dy]

From boston you could conceivably hit highland, jiminy peak, plattekill, whiteface, diablo, bromont...

I'm sure I'm missing some.

 

[_biker4life_]

Cool thanks for the replys. Is there somewhere that I can find a race calender or something?

Thanks,

Adrian

 

[Jim Mac]

From boston you could conceivably hit highland, jiminy peak, plattekill, whiteface, diablo, bromont...

I'm sure I'm missing some.

Highland will be the closest to Boston.

 

[Eastern States Cup]

If You are leaving the end of May, Plattekill, maybe Highland and some mountain in NJ will be the only ones open. Plattekill has a May 22nd date on the schedule.

 

[Total Heckler]

Here is a CA race calendar:

http://pbmedia.us/2010calendar/index.html

A lot of them are in SoCal so you should have a good amount of choices.

If you make it up to Santa Cruz hit me up.

 

[spleen123]

Not complete. Not all races from east coast have been released but here is whats going down so far... (copy and pasted from East coast DH thread)

May 22-23- Plattekill #1
May 22-23- Canada Cup-Tremblant
May 28-30th- U.S. Open-Diablo Freeride Park
May 1st- Massanutten YEE-HA
June 12-13- Quebec Cup #1- L'Anse St Jean
June 26-27 Quebec Cup #2- Chelsea
July 3-5- Plattekill #2
July 31-1- Quebec Cup #3 Massif Du Sud
August 14-15- Quebec Cup #4- Mt St. Anne
August 21-22- Canada Cup-Bromont
August 22-23- Plattekill #3
September 11- Whiteface Super D
September 12- 5th Annual Whiteface 5 DH
September 18-19- Plattekill #4
October 9-10- Plattekill #5

 

[Whoops]

Insurance... lots of insurance that EXPLICITLY states you will be covered while competing and repatriated as soon as possible.

 

[rollertoaster]

good call. I made sure to get some when I went to whistler. It wasn't very expensive and was easy to buy online.

 

[yopaulie]

http://www.highlandmountain.com/ This place rocks!

 

[cecil]

the east coast has more bike parks than you'll know what to do with. Plattekill, Highland, Diablo, Blue mt, Whiteface, just to name a few.

sunday river, hunter mountain, killington, 7springs, snowshoe, denton....

 

[Brian HCM#1]

Northstar in Norcal

N* is not open until early to mid June. He's leaving in May. Do the math my friend

 

[Horror Business]

If you are in Boston for April, none of the lift accessed riding around here will be open yet. Sometime in May, Highland should open and if it is open when you are in Boston, you must go.

For some great technical freeride type trails, Lynn Woods in Lynn, MA is legendary. Only about a 15 minute drive out of Boston. There are lots of locals who would be willing to show you around if your Boston peeps don't know Lynn Woods.