CRAMBA: Bloomer

[Trail_Warrior]

Was out there before noon on Saturday, perfect father's day gift to myself. Good weather even better trail. Ended up running into Dustin and a few guys who kindly allowed me to follow them through the remainder of the loop. Though the new signage is a HUGE help, as said before there is a need for more to get a solid loop which can quickly be navigated. But adventuring is half the fun so long as the mosquitos aren't out full force.

Next time I'm going to hit it a little harder because the 2nd half we had a rook also following the rear, kind of broke my pace but we've all been there so it's ok. Get out and ride Bloomer once this storm rain dries up!!

[Di_bear]

Did Bloomer by myself today. I was *very* impressed! They trail markings were, for the most part, very good. I had to look around for the trail a bit after I popped out on the park road because I couldn't quite remember where the singletrack started back up, but I did find it. This is a great day to ride.

[heyyou3619]

I was out at Bloomer today and noticed several areas at the west end of the park, by the river trail, where it looked as if efforts were made to close parts of this section. There were several logs across the river trail, the old wooden drop on the ridge line had been removed and one of the DH trails in that section also had a log across it at the base of the hill. Were these official MMBA actions, random MMBA member actions or just the work of some mischievous kids out there?

[HuffyBoy]

Sounds like kids to me.....They do that a lot out there...they seem to get bored.....as far as the old wooden drop on the ridge?....Im not to sure about that one...guess I need to go investigate today....Thanks for the update...

Dustin

[ihateplaindave]

Had a group of 7. Cleared a bunch (10-12) of logs this AM.

[HuffyBoy]

Had a group of 7. Cleared a bunch (10-12) of logs this AM.

Thank you..... is their more that needs to be done?

Dustin

[ihateplaindave]

We got all the logs in that area. rode almost everything out there. Didn't see any other problems.

[HuffyBoy]

We got all the logs in that area. rode almost everything out there. Didn't see any other problems.

Thanks for all your work

[Trail_Warrior]

Wouldn't mind beating up Bloomer after work today, anything out there to watch out for? Doubt it with the weather we've been having other than it being dry & hard, should be about perfect!! Now if only I can manage to not stop to look for the trail and follow the loop Dustin showed me. If anyone has a more updated map with the new sections it would be greatly appreciated

[PK]

We rode it Tuesday...Nothing then to watch out for.
Just a hint, there's nice cold drinking water right in front of the velodrome......

Pete.

[kyleRIG29er]

Wouldn't mind beating up Bloomer after work today, anything out there to watch out for? Doubt it with the weather we've been having other than it being dry & hard, should be about perfect!! Now if only I can manage to not stop to look for the trail and follow the loop Dustin showed me. If anyone has a more updated map with the new sections it would be greatly appreciated

go to bloomers facebook page:

http://www.facebook.com/BloomerParkMountainBikeTrail

[bergsteiger]

Trail was in fine shape today.

I was wondering about one small bit of trail that has recently been blocked off. The one bit where you took off to the left then re-joined like 10 feet further down the trail. Was that blocked off on purpose? just wondering.

[Exodus]

Great work on the trail. It is much nicer now that it isnt just a collection of bandit trails. I will definitely be coming back for more rides.

A couple critiques if I may:
1) The map that you currently have on Facebook, would you be able to make the numbered signs (1-27 i think) bigger. They are a great reference but when the map is printed they are not legible what-so-ever.
2) Just a couple more directional arrows would be great. #3 where the trail V's off and you are supposed to stay left. It just kinda looks like two 2-tracks breaking apart and I had no idea what the red and blue arrows meant. Also, when I came out to a T at I believe 13 and I could either go down to 12 or 14.

[i69whitey]

anybody been out lately? heading out later
lots of downed trees last week at stony, wonder how things are here

[Cerget]

It's good, there is one tree down right after the stair climb. You can see that there were a lot of trees down though, someone did a lot of work, thank you.