Westridge at Snow Summit - oh, yeah

I was just up there today. The park was pretty empty, and we got in 8-9 runs on Cruiser and Westridge. Westridge is pretty fun once you get some flow going. The jumps took a couple tries - they are too short for how lippy they are, but if you go into them with just the right speed they are easy to float over. Those step downs sure are fun too.

When we were up there it looked like they had just added a new section to Cruiser in between the wood jump and the beginning of Westridge. It goes straight into the woods instead of turning left onto the fire road, and has a couple of really nice bermed S-turns, and a small step-on step-off feature (all very well built).
 
Has anyone seen a positive impact to your local riding areas now that alot of riders are going for the groomed stuff, while some of us continue to use our curcuits? .
 
Resurrecting old thread here....bike question for this place, heading up Sunday. Seems like the word is DH bikes are more or less overkill for this place. From what I understand there is nothing steep/techy like Whistler or Chainsmoke in Mammoth where my V10 (Herzalots old bike;), still happily beating it to death!) is quite happy. SS is more or less groomed fun stuff like B line Whistler or Pipeline Mammoth, so would I be happy with my Nomad coiled out front/back with fatty 2.4 tires? To V10 or Nomad, thoughts?

I know some would say just over gun it and be safe. But the V10 wants steep crap it can plow through at speeds, otherwise it feels like an old caddy wallowing down the streets of East LA. I don't want this to be a Sunday cruise on Dayton's with my homies, like a little bit of a challenge. Any others been happy with 6-7 inch travel bikes?
 
I had more fun on my Nomad than I did riding a Specialized Demo. The demo was nice on certain tech sections of Miracle Mile but was way too much bike for the rest of the trails up there. The Nomad on the other hand was a blast on all of the trails up there including Miracle Mile, but yea it was more of a technical challenge than the Demo.
 
You don't "need" the DH bike but personally having ridden multiple bikes up there, the DH is alot more fun.. that being said, I wouldn't say it's all like B-Line.. Miracle Mile has some steeper loose chunk here and there, and Cruiser even has a few little rocky sections.. the dirt is completely different from Whistler of course.. even though the new trails have flow, they are still perpetually loose and dusty unless you're riding during some decent rain showers..
 
Keep the V10 for Whistler. I rented a V10 the last two years in Whistler and it is the perfect bike for me up there. I.ve been to SS three times this year and always on my BronsonC. I think for this year that is the correct bike for that location. My son was on a TBLTc and he felt only slightly under gunned.
 
You can easily ride trail bikes an anything there, but it's nice to get some saddle time on the DH bike just to stay fresh. I have ridden my hardtail, but it's hard to skip the big bike when I know there's a lift and minimal pedaling...

They are definitely more groomed that some N* or Mammoth tech, but I don't think a DH bike is overkill. You should just be riding faster than on a trail bike.
 
herzalot said:
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Got the same pic from a different angle. I like the twisty ramp.
 
I've ridden up there on my DH rig and on my Kona Process...the Process was really fun on Westridge and Cruiser and definitely more of a challenge on MM. Downhill bike is significantly more fun on MM and slightly more fun on Westridge and Cruiser for me...a good amount of braking bumps and some newly exposed rock gnar on MM contributes to that.

Either way, you are gonna have fun...
 
Adi said:
Resurrecting old thread here....bike question for this place, heading up Sunday. Seems like the word is DH bikes are more or less overkill for this place. From what I understand there is nothing steep/techy like Whistler or Chainsmoke in Mammoth where my V10 (Herzalots old bike;), still happily beating it to death!) is quite happy. SS is more or less groomed fun stuff like B line Whistler or Pipeline Mammoth, so would I be happy with my Nomad coiled out front/back with fatty 2.4 tires? To V10 or Nomad, thoughts?

I know some would say just over gun it and be safe. But the V10 wants steep crap it can plow through at speeds, otherwise it feels like an old caddy wallowing down the streets of East LA. I don't want this to be a Sunday cruise on Dayton's with my homies, like a little bit of a challenge. Any others been happy with 6-7 inch travel bikes?
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Ahhhh, knowing your V-10 very well, I would say bring your Nomad. That 2007 V10 is meant for massive speed and super gnar and it does not like to go slow. I've ridden Snow Summit on my Knolly Endorphin with 160mm Slant fork and CTD shock, a Knolly Chilcotin with Fox 36 coil and CCDBa shock, Yeti 303 RDH with Fox 40 and Knolly Podium with CCDBa and Boxxer WC air. The most fun and most appropriate bike of the bunch for SS was......


The 160mm travel, 66* HA Knolly Chilcotin.

BTW, I had no problems with the Endorphin (140mm travel rear) on Miracle Mile - including hitting the rocks full-on. It had a 66.25* head angle, so that helped.
 
I ride a Nomad with a 66 marzocchi 180 up front it handeled snow summit with no problems.
I rode a v-10 in mammoth it was perfect for up there.
2 more week ends only for snow summit.
 
McG715 said:
You don't "need" the DH bike but personally having ridden multiple bikes up there, the DH is alot more fun.. that being said, I wouldn't say it's all like B-Line.. Miracle Mile has some steeper loose chunk here and there, and Cruiser even has a few little rocky sections.. the dirt is completely different from Whistler of course.. even though the new trails have flow, they are still perpetually loose and dusty unless you're riding during some decent rain showers..
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Fo sho. I can't imagine having much fun plowing through the holes, brakes bumps and rocks on MM and Cruiser on my trail bike. It would require too much focus on my part. Can be done, but plowing without much thought or consequence is so much fun. But I think I need to change tires for SS. 2.5 Muddy Marys are good for Mammoth, but I think they're slow at SS. Maybe some 2.35s that rolls good.
 

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