Looking for somewhere different

upnover

upnover

Grumpy, decrepit Old Man
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Somewhere I (we, my friend George) can go that's not too difficult of a ride there, but difficult enough to keep out fun level over a three day ride.
Looking for difficult trails. Harlan, Windrock, AOP, GER, Bearwallow (have heard not much there now since they logged it)
Have looked at Coal Mountain,. looks like mostly SXS trails, Looking at Hawk pride, 2 hour more than AOP, Not out of the question though. Pretty good videos, Anyone here can attest at the fun/difficult and enough to not have to ride same trails over and over? Talked to @mcutler he hasn't been but has friends down there who really like the place
Any place I have missed?
Or you have leads on?
 
Harlan has whatever you want with easy trails to get to the hard stuff or ways around them. Don't know much about other places though
 
Sorry, the list of trails I mentioned first are trails I have been to, Honestly, I have rode Harlan to death.
I edited my post to be more clear.
 
upnover said:
Somewhere I (we, my friend George) can go that's not too difficult of a ride there, but difficult enough to keep out fun level over a three day ride.
Looking for difficult trails. Harlan, Windrock, AOP, GER, Bearwallow (have heard not much there now since they logged it)
Have looked at Coal Mountain,. looks like mostly SXS trails, Looking at Hawk pride, 2 hour more than AOP, Not out of the question though. Pretty good videos, Anyone here can attest at the fun/difficult and enough to not have to ride same trails over and over? Talked to @mcutler he hasn't been but has friends down there who really like the place
Any place I have missed?
Or you have leads on?
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Recent trip to Gulches was pretty fun to make a day trip out of. Parking lot is super nice now. Still a fair amount of sandy mud on wet days, but I’d definitely haul mine down there on a dry day.
 
Kickdeez said:
Ivy Branch is a solid place. I'd go back for sure.
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The 90's at ivy are great. We loaded maplets on our phones and it kept us relatively on track.

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99 is the toughest that I witnessed.

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Favorite is 90 but all the 90's are epic.



You can spend a lot of time aimlessly driving around LOOKING for stuff, or do like we did the second time around and meet up with locals and have them take you right to the good stuff

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Looked at a lot of videos at Ivy Branch. Looks like a lot of fun stuff, is there enough there of the hard stuff to keep you busy for 3 days
 
Went up to the Hatfield trails last fall. Great trails. We took a day at the Bear Wallow trail system too. It's about an hour tow away from Ivy. Similar terrain, with more trails. Ivy seemed to have more fullsize traffic. A lot of the hardcore trails at Bear Wallow hadn't been run in awhile. Still passable but your climbing over downed trees and loose debris... Made it more challenging. I think between Ivy and Bear Wallow you could have a great three day trip.
 
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