Fromme 2013 Conditions (merged)

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:fruit: Upper Crippler

Pipe Line. No snow and granite is grippy!:fruit:

Was up there last night. Pedaled to Ladies/Pipeline with no issues except the 5th switchback and right at the entrances. Ladies was in great shape. The only tree down is after the first steep wooden roller that wraps around that big boulder. Everything else was clear. Great night!

so any chance u could push up to 7TH and actualy be able to ride once inside the forest canopy ??

or waste of time ?

snow on road past Ladies was frozen and quite rideable this morning, had an urge to ride executioner. First 5-10 minutes down were …interesting… some good free-riding on frozen surface (had no idea where the trail was in spots!) and the occasional nasty post-holing in ankle-slicing crust, but after that, it was all good. Watch for a couple trees down.

There is a tree down on the new section of Dreamweaver right above Skid Road. It's in the landing zone of the root drop after the last left hand switchback on the section. Too big for a folding saw, too big for 3 guys to move.

Rode krinkum and there was a tree down on the new section…. Other than that, that side is pretty rad right now

Bit of a different story on Expresso. From my Blog:

http://karatemonkey.blogspot.ca/2013/02/ride-report-feb-9-2013.html

hey u didnt upload my hulk hogan pic from ontop of that monster tree i uprooted.

hahaa

mmm, ok, let me know if you want me to take it down.

http://karatemonkey.blogspot.ca/2013/02/hulk-hogan.html

lol i look like a dancing monkey..

leave it up i dont give a shit..

hahaa

Also a tree has taken out the main span of the new-ish bridge at the bottom of Lower Crippler.

Two logs down on Crippler. Nice cribbing/armor by the way.

Two logs down on Crippler. Nice cribbing/armor by the way.

that was work done by Tyler and Nigel in about 2005? before they went to school and got real jobs!

Testament to their trail work that it's lasted this long.

Bit of a different story on Expresso. From my Blog:

http://karatemonkey.blogspot.ca/2013/02/ride-report-feb-9-2013.html

Yes, unfortunately the upper part of Expresso has been decommissioned by nature.