MMBA

by **Dirtdevil** » May 24th, 2004, 11:04 am

FJ,

Could you approximate how many miles we'd ride if we left from the ILRA trailhead parking lot, rode the Huron Valley Trail to Wixom, then returned to ILRA?

Trying to see if we can fit it in before dark if we start at 6:30.

Tks,

Sherri

:twisted:

by **cyclodan** » May 24th, 2004, 11:07 am

I'm thinking that would be 15 miles + or -. Shouldn't be any problem doing that in your time frame.

by **Dirtdevil** » May 24th, 2004, 11:21 am

Egg-sell-ent! thanks, Dan.

:twisted:

by **sumoe** » May 24th, 2004, 11:31 am

Is that what we are doing tonight, Sherri?

by **Dirtdevil** » May 24th, 2004, 11:51 am

Thats the plan for tonight.

Have you ridden this before?

by **sumoe** » May 24th, 2004, 5:29 pm

Back when it was still railroad ballast, sweetie! :shock:

Website · by **hockeydaddy** » May 24th, 2004, 10:03 pm

scat silvurz wrote:rode blue til the railroad crossing/flat straight portion of trail - then rode out of ILRA to kensington. The mtb portion of ILRA was great [up to the 6 mile mark], but heard that once you cross the RR track, be prepared to get dirty! So I chickened out and went asphalt

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by **sumoe** » May 24th, 2004, 10:27 pm

We GIRLS had a fun ride tonight, on the paved trail, up to the top and way over to Wixom. Part of the Huron Valley Trail is still rough gravel, not paved! It was so much fun. Lots of whoop-de-doos....round trip was 20.8 miles. Gotta love going uphill in the wind! Fortunately, not too many people were attempting the regular trails tonight.

by **Dan_Harrison** » May 24th, 2004, 10:31 pm

Just had the dubious distinction of riding my bike ACROSS the Huron River.

The 2-way section between the River Bend parking lot and the old concrete bridge is under several inches of water. I was pulling the chainsaw on my BOB, and nearly "flooded the engine"-- with water :shock:

The muddy sections on Yellow are too numerous to mention. On the plus side, I did get those fallen trees out. And no, it wasn't by floating them away :wink:

Dan

by **matt_mccluskey** » May 26th, 2004, 10:16 am

How is ILRA looking as of Wed 5/26?

by **SANTA_CRUZ** » May 26th, 2004, 11:05 am

Yes Matt, we need input - more input on trail conditions as of
today, the 26th ! Going out there tonight

ANYBODY ?

by **u00plb7** » May 26th, 2004, 3:10 pm

I was thinking about riding ILRA tonight. Any know what the trail is like today. Bored of riding roads.....

by **Wayne** » May 26th, 2004, 9:40 pm

I just rode all of Island Lake Recreation Area, and reclassified it as open.
There are still quite a few muddy spots, so remember to ride through the mud and not around it and make the trail wider. Thanks!
There is sand, sand and sand everywhere!
The ups and downs on the blue loop are all in poor condition and need work. I am planning on doing this over the weekend.
Let’s hope for mo more rain for a while!!

Wayne Lawton
Co-Trail coordinator ILRA
NMBP
Team Trails-Edge.com

by **u00plb7** » May 27th, 2004, 6:50 am

Thanks! I rode it all two. The low parts on Yellow loop after the bridge next to the road got a little muddy (last 3 miles). Otherwise, I was happy to be off-roading again...

by **matt_mccluskey** » May 27th, 2004, 7:24 am

Yeah, it ended up being a decent ride.

Actually, I think the best thing would be to trim the foliage off the trail. I don't how many times I got wacked in the face by branches and overgrowth.

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