Trabuco/West Horsethief

How are the conditions? Poison Oak galore?

 

Yes, lots of PO on Trabuco. There will be some on WHT near the bottom where the 2 trails split.

 

I saw a lot on Trabuco (Traverse) on Saturday. Dodged what I could see missed more by luck. No itching this morning!

PS I am sensitive to PO.

 

Rode the WHT/Trabuco loop last Sunday and it is COVERED in poison oak. Luckily, the stuff does not really affect me (not sure how I lucked out there). But, for someone who is much more sensitive to it, you may want to avoid Trabuco altogether or just slather yourself in lotion for the next week.

 

thanks! think i'll go EARLY when it's cool and wear long sleeves and long pants.

 

Yeah, I saw it all over the place and KNOW I hit a ton of it at Mach 3. Maybe it doesn't affect me either??:?:

Or maybe it doesn't affect low flying jets either.:-k

Hopefully Chris riding behind me (Yesterday's new best friend) didn't get it.

 

Normally I'm hypersensitive to PO. I certainly saw a lot of it on Trabuco on Saturday, but think I was covered in enough sunscreen and Main Divide dust that it didn't have any effect. There's no way I managed to avoided all of it. If you're really looking to test your immunity I'd suggest riding up Holy Jim instead of Horsethief.

 

Was there today. It was pretty thick, so wish me luck. First time I did Trabuco/Horse. Shale Shale and more Shale. HorseThief is fast!

 

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I think the PO is in the air at Holly Jim, cover up you will be fine.