Since most everyone was either racing at 26W or broken in some way or another I decided to head for a XC ride this Saturday. I met with a coworker and his wife to show them around Dupont. The route itself was fantastic. It has been probably 6 months since I have been out there. Since it was a little damp when we first got there we decided to head up Big Rock first and leave Burnt for last. The work that was done on Burnt is AWESOME. This may defy some, but the downhill is about the same, no big changes, other than the big water bars that had eroded into decent sized drops have now been replaced with techy rock work. It is the climb that is 100 x's better. Once you veer onto the actual Burnt Mtn trail, anytime there is a flowy slightly DH or flat section there are a bunch of nicely built jumps. A few flowy tables, a double or 2 (nothing huge, but fun) and they even cleared out a nice sized rock drop. Additionally I always remember this hard right hand turn and then a section of straight up that always put the hurting on me. Well that has been reworked to have some welcomed switch backs that make the climb better.
Fun with GPS info here
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6997711
Fun with GPS info here
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6997711