Berm Weather

Good berm-building weather this week. Lots of melting snow, some rain showers, and moderate temps in the day. Lunch breaks away from the computer have been uber-fulfilling.

First thing's first, though: fill in all the places where trees fell and ripped away 10 feet of trail.
Looking better now...


Then I got down to building some berms:

Rip it.

This one is kind of interesting. A tree fell and ripped away a lot of trail right on a little corner. So I filled it in and kept going. Look a little dangerous? It is. If you come into that thing too high you'll probably lose a limb on the exposed root structure right now. Nothing a sawzall can't cure. And Bender can fly through the thing just fine. It does appear to have a temporary drainage issue though. You'd think we've had 50 inches of snow or something.

Coming off the log ride, get some speed, cross the main trail, and then yank it through the berm going left. Cash money. Note that you have to actually ride the log ride first.

Looking back up from the bottom of the trail at the same berm. I boxed in a little ramp and a landing here. Nothing too outrageous, but with a little speed you can probably go far enough to properly hurt yourself.

Maybe a few more forthcoming tomorrow and Thursday. Then Thursday night, it looks like we'll get cold enough to have a good freeze. I'm thinking frozen singletrack Friday AM at sunrise is the ticket to start the weekend. Any takers?