28th July
Frisby Ridge
Slight muddy spots here and there in the upper half.
A few small snowbanks here and there in the subalpine and more into the alpine but no major hassle.
Totally rideable, tackiness is 9/10.
Watch the grease spots if descending at speed.
Bugs are a nightmare, being eaten alive even with copious spray.
Traction is immense.
Martha Creek
Awesome shape, you ride, now.
5000' descent after a bit of a traverse.
DH FR or AM (6") friendly
Some chewy greasy spots here and there on the first third of the descent. Some in the rougher steeper sections. Small bikes 5-6" might need to be a bit wary. DH bombers will rip that a new one. Bottom two thirds is mint.
Couple of trees down, one midway and one at the last quarter of the descent as you rip the hi speed twisty dense forest section. Both small, a small chainsaw will handle it. Even a large nasty toothed handsaw plus bodies could handle them with a bit of passion and commitment.
One bridge collapsed just before the 6km marker, luckily it's sitting on a rock so it's safe and walkable.
After the last road crossing, last third of the trail, before the hi speed forest pump section, the bush has grown in pretty bad.
Anyone planning to ride it, please take a small handsaw or cutting apparatus. It's only a few hundred yards of easy and quick hacking to pull back all that foilage. Very light work.
If you do, trail karma will be yours. You win!!!
We'll be planning to ride there in a few weeks, will take tools next time and if not cleared out, we'll deal with it.
Lesson learned: always take handsaw in pack.
Traction is phenomenal.
Get some.
Other notes:
Nomad/N2 burger at the Nomad is out of this world.
N2 is man sized.
And who doesn't like getting served by cute hippy chics?
Why you eat fast food, if Nomad is cheaper and 10x tastier than a fatboy McQueenWendy'sChicken drive through. Huh?
