Obsidian
New Member
Today was IRC open access day at Limestone Canyon. Weather was cool and overcast for the entire ride, which was great for riding.
I was bummed that a large portion from the bottom of Raptor Ridge up to and including Cactus were closed for nesting raptors. It was closed two months ago for the same reason ... raptors must take a very long time to hatch and take off I guess.
It would be nice if IRC would send out advance notice of closures ... which would surely mean less people attending.
The closures made things more difficult with added climbing and difficulty in putting together an actual loop ... not to mention the extra people on trails due to the detours. I still managed to have fun, but the ride turned into more of a workout and sightseeing than getting to ride fast.
I rode down Dripping Springs twice, up Raptor twice, down once and once down the 2nd half of Limestone Ridge and once down Box Springs. They did zero trail work on Box Springs and it was completely overgrown, and difficult to ride.
I ended up with 4K elevation which was somewhat surprising. Who says Minion DHR II's can't climb?
Check out future IRC activities here:
https://letsgooutside.org/activities/
I was bummed that a large portion from the bottom of Raptor Ridge up to and including Cactus were closed for nesting raptors. It was closed two months ago for the same reason ... raptors must take a very long time to hatch and take off I guess.
It would be nice if IRC would send out advance notice of closures ... which would surely mean less people attending.The closures made things more difficult with added climbing and difficulty in putting together an actual loop ... not to mention the extra people on trails due to the detours. I still managed to have fun, but the ride turned into more of a workout and sightseeing than getting to ride fast.
I rode down Dripping Springs twice, up Raptor twice, down once and once down the 2nd half of Limestone Ridge and once down Box Springs. They did zero trail work on Box Springs and it was completely overgrown, and difficult to ride.
I ended up with 4K elevation which was somewhat surprising. Who says Minion DHR II's can't climb?
Check out future IRC activities here:
https://letsgooutside.org/activities/
