Blue Ridge Mountain Biking Essay
3 Blue Ridge Mountain Biking Trails
Every year the Ridge springs into life with complete strangers, and not just tourists. As suspected during 'the season' our community becomes the mecca for wide eyed nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts from all over.
Yesterday morning a party bus full of mountain bikers arrived from Waynesboro. They had gathered from all parts of the country to train on the trails in the area around Humpback Hollow. The terrain for mountain biking is perfect and more biking aficionados have discovered the advantages of staying east of Moab. Using the Hollow as ground zero, two dozen men and women piled out of the party bus and began to unload their gear. Raucous and ready to take on the day and the challenges of the Ridge.
The Blue Ridge Mountains in general offer a bit of everything for the recreational biker and those who take it more seriously. We have expert and bunny trails, rock outcroppings and languid meadows. Apparently there is a big push to promote our area as an ideal location for an annual rally. This means we have seen some of the best and most experienced riders come through over the last couple of years and the trails are getting more attention. For a rally some of the trails will receive cutting edge grooming, but the best are not …show more content…
Like going out into the ocean, a buddy system is used if not with a group or guide. For the hard-core enthusiast this is the most sought after title to claim of any of the Blue Ridge trails. Relatively new, it was first blazed in 2009 by a foursome from Utah who rode Moab on a regular basis. Technical and filled with obstacles, rock outcroppings with 8 to 12 foot vertical drops, sharp hairpin turns, streams and dense forest all make up the Strikebreaker. When attempting this ride there is no second guessing your
Every year the Ridge springs into life with complete strangers, and not just tourists. As suspected during 'the season' our community becomes the mecca for wide eyed nature lovers and outdoor enthusiasts from all over.
Yesterday morning a party bus full of mountain bikers arrived from Waynesboro. They had gathered from all parts of the country to train on the trails in the area around Humpback Hollow. The terrain for mountain biking is perfect and more biking aficionados have discovered the advantages of staying east of Moab. Using the Hollow as ground zero, two dozen men and women piled out of the party bus and began to unload their gear. Raucous and ready to take on the day and the challenges of the Ridge.
The Blue Ridge Mountains in general offer a bit of everything for the recreational biker and those who take it more seriously. We have expert and bunny trails, rock outcroppings and languid meadows. Apparently there is a big push to promote our area as an ideal location for an annual rally. This means we have seen some of the best and most experienced riders come through over the last couple of years and the trails are getting more attention. For a rally some of the trails will receive cutting edge grooming, but the best are not …show more content…
Like going out into the ocean, a buddy system is used if not with a group or guide. For the hard-core enthusiast this is the most sought after title to claim of any of the Blue Ridge trails. Relatively new, it was first blazed in 2009 by a foursome from Utah who rode Moab on a regular basis. Technical and filled with obstacles, rock outcroppings with 8 to 12 foot vertical drops, sharp hairpin turns, streams and dense forest all make up the Strikebreaker. When attempting this ride there is no second guessing your