New Moab Freeride Terrain Park"
This week has witnessed abundant good news here in Moab. The fellow who purchased the Moab Rim Chairlift, which came complete with 60 something acres of prime, downsloped Kayenta Sandstone along the upper half of the Moab Rim Trail, has decided to convert the operation into a full-scale freeride terrain park. He has hired a full-time trailbuilder who plans to create an abundance of bridge-and-boulder fusion routes graded anywhere from moderate to extreme. The first several routes should be done in time for the Spring DH Race on the Rim.
I'm ecstatic, since my occasional early-morning commutes up the Moab Rim and across to Hidden Valley will carry me through this very terrain park. Though I'm personally the type of rider who likes to begin a good descent with a long climb, I unabashedly think it's a good idea to have a concentrated terrain park in Moab where the lift-access crowd can bomb down freeridish trails all day long to their hearts' content. This will be on private land, so the impact implications of the affected acreage will not fall victim to any land management agency.
I am a vegetarian not because I love animals but because I HATE plants.
It could be worse…you could be on fire.
