New log bridge crossings on Dutch John trl.

burrellsjeep said:
You will be ok on the Yellow Trails on the map and most of the Blue trails, But there are spots on the Blue that are rough.
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When did RML become "difficult"?
I haven't been there in awhile now, but isn't the only real problem the ledge area before Kodak?
 
burrellsjeep said:
It gotten pretty rough is several spots before the ledge.
Here is one spot before the ledge,
Sorry for the Hijack guys
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And you took the sally line LOL
 
The sally line is just a little to the left as you are going up. It gives me more of the jitters than coming up the rough side though, especially in the mud.
 
ha,ha, still fun either line you choose.
 
Dylan W. said:
Isnt that the ledge?
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That's exactly what I thought, somewhere I have a pic of the $30XJ nosediving into that rock at 30 mph lol.
 
Glad you guys fixed that! We were eyeballing it on the NC Trail Cleanup Day. We contemplated trying to do a temporary fix, but without equipment it was too much to handle. We did put your trail sponsor sign back up that someone ran over! :beer:
 
RatLabGuy said:
That's exactly what I thought, somewhere I have a pic of the $30XJ nosediving into that rock at 30 mph lol.
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that ledge has grown quite a bit recently, I bet 4x the hegiht it was when the $30XJ blazed thru. Actually, it was just a medium-sized gulley where water ran between the 2 rocks, now its a full-fledged wall

cltdba said:
Glad you guys fixed that! We were eyeballing it on the NC Trail Cleanup Day. We contemplated trying to do a temporary fix, but without equipment it was too much to handle. We did put your trail sponsor sign back up that someone ran over! :beer:
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fixed what..the ledge on RML?
 
yeah I was gonna ask ya Tom, because those bridges were out long time ago.... Does the FS restrict when repairs can happen?
Like in the off season only?

[hijack]And yeah thats the ledge. Check out the race video on Youtube and see how diff it was then and now. It still is nasty just depends on your line. I can do it and I aint locked up front. [/hijack]
 
Lorenzo816 said:
yeah I was gonna ask ya Tom, because those bridges were out long time ago.... Does the FS restrict when repairs can happen?
Like in the off season only?
[hijack]And yeah thats the ledge. Check out the race video on Youtube and see how diff it was then and now. It still is nasty just depends on your line. I can do it and I aint locked up front. [/hijack]
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We got all the bridges repaired. It was a looong day. Its easier to fix them in the off season, because otherwise you get too many yahoos trying to cross and get around you while your doing repaires when the trails are open..
 
Any one know how that rough section of falls dam is? From my memory its between the big mud pit and the two somewhat deep water holes. If you come the direction from 553 it makes you climb a rocky ledge after a turn. It is getting more dug out every year and looks like it is starting to get fun. How about any updates on other major obstacles? I heard they aren't even touching the upper part of RML and almost all of Daniel. Should be fun!
 
98xjjeep said:
Any one know how that rough section of falls dam is? From my memory it between the big mud pit and the two somewhat deep water holes. If you come the direction from 553 it makes you climb a rocky ledge after a turn. It is getting more dug out every year and looks like it is starting to get fun. How about any updates on other major obstacles? I heard they are even touching the upper part of RML and almost all of Daniel. Should be fun!
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I like that spot on Falls Dam. I hope it is left alone, that could be a challenging spot in the future.
 
98xjjeep said:
Any one know how that rough section of falls dam is? From my memory its between the big mud pit and the two somewhat deep water holes. If you come the direction from 553 it makes you climb a rocky ledge after a turn. It is getting more dug out every year and looks like it is starting to get fun. How about any updates on other major obstacles? I heard they aren't even touching the upper part of RML and almost all of Daniel. Should be fun!
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I put a red arrow and "HERE" on the map for the spot you are talking of:

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The yellow path indicates the "new bypass" that people are trying to make going up a steep little hill, the red path is the rocky main approach, and the blue path is the old bypass that has you going up the rutted out piece of rock. Both mud pits (The Soupbowl which is first coming from 516, and the dual mud pit which is second) are before this obstacle. I also have denoted the little rocky section that is about mid way in the trail (yellow and blue paths) and the dip/rock bowl obstacle (yellow and blue paths) closer to the beginning on the 553 side.

I will say they don't need to do anything to the red path, but the blue path needs to be fixed and the yellow path done away with. You only need one bypass, not 2. They need to fill in the rutted rock slab at the top of the blue path (making it downgrade to yellow) and just let the red path go. Unless they plan on digging out the blue path and making it more interesting its pointless.
 
well since its already been hijcaked, is that section of trail between 553 and 6584 still 4 wheeler only?

And good work on the log bridge, I hate to cross them when there all messed up as they tend to beat you up. Would they allow actual bridges? like narrow wood bridges? something a little more permanent?
 
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