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chadster

This is my first winter in SD and I'm trying to figure out what to ride and when. I generally ride XC, rolling singletrack, fire roads, etc, the faster the better. After the storms subside a bit, what trails in SD county area usually dry out the soonest? I'm trying to figure out where I can go riding over the next couple of months without eating a lot of mud (some is okay though!)

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Chadster

Red Hot Sloth

Daley Ranch is good to go shortly after rains

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luna

Bonita/Chula Vista is great after the rains, just need to know which trails to hit. It was epic yesterday to say the least.

I rode with Hoser's group & there was about six of us, who rode yesterday for 3 hours.

Hoser's group rides are on Tues. & Thurs. @ 3:30pm, & Sun @ 8am out of Performance Bicycle parking lot in Bonita.

el_d00der1n0

Vote #2 for Daley.

Watch out for that rocky patch in Burnt Mtn. It can be hell on your ribs.

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allison

Daley gets pretty soupy. I don't think they close it, though. The only redeeming thing about seeing all of the tire marks in the dirt (next to the horse prints, of course) is that the rangers, et al totally bulldoze, add dirt, and scrape, etc. most of the fire roads at least once a year anyway.

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chadster

Cool, thanks for the info everyone. Looks like I will be checking out Daley soon since it's pretty close to me. I actually did a little bit of recon there last Saturday but apparently 5000 other MTBers also wanted to get a quick ride in before the storms. Couldn't even find a place to park!

Red Hot Sloth

Yeah...the free parking was full.
But there were plenty of spaces available at the $3.00 parking

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el_d00der1n0

Did you see any that appeared short of breath and grimacing in pain? Maybe holding the right side of their ribs?

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Red Hot Sloth

.......with a small group of riders ready to carve him into steaks and short ribs, carrying forks and knives?

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PacMan

That section of Burnt Mountain is fun. What were you doing that made you crash there? Too much brake?

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el_d00der1n0

I tried to lay off the brakes and just sort of gun it. That's what I've done before and had no probs. This time, I got to bouncing and bucking a little. I think I was a little too close to the bars. I should have been further back --like over the back wheel. I got pitched over and slammed on my side.

It takes me a bit longer to learn physical stuff, so I still consider myself to be a n00b. I'm still learning...

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bajamtnbkr

You stole my exclusive downhill style, I also usually finish with a big bang(OTB), hope you are ok.

dudevf1

My wfie and I went hiking at Daley a couple weekends ago and it was the first time that I parked in the alternate lot that is way up in the NW corner of the park. Very few cars in this lot and puts you right up on Cougar Ridge. I will definitely do my next ride from this lot. Take Broadway north until you get to a stop sign with a sharp right. It may appear that the road ends here because the option to go straight says "No Outlet" Ignore that sign and go straight. The road will trun right and then sharp left and start looking at signs on the right for "Cougar Pass Road". Or something to that effect. Turn right. It is a dirt road and you keep going until you see the parking lot on the left. The grade gets a little steep but you don't need 4 wheel drive, I drove it easily in my Accord. From the parking lot cross the road and hit the trail head to the right. This will take you up Cougar ridge and to the point of intersections with Englemann Oak, Bobcat, etc...The climb up has one steep section but not very long and not too steep.

bajamtnbkr

Chadster: You should check Sycamore Canyon in Santee, I think it holds fine if you wait a couple of days after rain.

bjammin

The creek crossings @ Sycamore will take a good bit of time before they are below hub level. Daley/Elfin/La Costa are sure bets.

PacMan

That's just what I was going to say. Those creek crossings at Sycamore will be nasty for awhile.

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chadster

Come to think of it, I did see a few.

Jman

A little off topic but are the Daley trails marked or is it just a giant series of trails. I'd like to ride there sometime next month but I work most weekends (unless I use vac time and after the races I have few hours left) so I'm gonna try to just head out and see what I see.

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OldDogDan

Jman,

They're not signed, but here's the map (hopefully attached). This map is usually avail at the trailhead, but sometimes out. Not too hard to figure out which trail you're on if you've got the map, since they have eliminated most non-sanctioned trails.

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