West Rock Plus

Ages ago I rode here but don't remember much of anything. I popped down to North Haven to check out the park and had good intentions to ride Peter's Rock as well.

I parked at the Lake Wintergreen lot and headed north - all the way to Form Book Reservoir. It was a beautiful and a lovely ride. The first trail: Glenwoods was practically invisible with all the leaf cover and I veered off trail TOO many times!

The Red Trail (The Shire) was amazing and appropriately named as sections felt like you were in a Tolkien movie! After reaching Form Book Reservoir, I decided to head back and after a long and steady climb up the access road,  a bomb downwards after the turn was a welcome relief.

Lastly, I capped off the ride with a loop around Lake Wintergreen.

The Ride

See the heart?

I turned around here

Not great pictures
"The Shire"

The 3 photos above are at Lake Wintergreen

Next Stop Lunch and Peter's Rock

I headed over to Peter's Rock and chowed down at the pizza place across from the entrance. I had a 12" chicken parmesan sub and a Sam Adams lager.  Oops - I felt like a tired slug when I hit the trails at Peter's Rock and "petered out" [pun intended] after just doing the Round and Round loop. Shame!

Tidal Marsh Trail

Feeling like I had to do something else before returning home, I ventured over to the entrance to the Tidal Marsh Trail. I will be hiking this shortly to explore the eerie remnants of the Cedar Hill Railroad Yard.

Capturing that fiery red tree before heading home was a fitting ending to a lovely trek south. In the evening,  I returned to the Quarry View Drum Circle - it was a long but fruitful day!

Ride at Peter's Rock - Wow!

 It was a beautiful warm and sunny day so I drove down to North Haven to check out Peter's Rock. What a great park! I did the full loop and loved the ride. There were plenty of long uphills but they were always doable with strategically-designed switchbacks. And the subsequent long downhills were amazing - with plenty of berms cuz you were flyin'!

-Up-

Round and Round

Fugazi 

Funky Boss

White Rabbit

-Down-

Blue Cheer

Even Flow

I took very few photos because the flow was great and I didn't want to stop to ruin the fun!

Fugazi had a couple of rock ridges - I nailed the first one but I didn't expect a second one and choked on it :-(

There were lots of berms - I guess high speed was encouraged!

There were also lots of stunts--the big ones I didn't attempt--and this log up and over--which I think was just recently felled--I also avoided.

With one inch clearance on each side -  my wide handlebars cautioned me to walk it this first time!

But there was clear signage throughout and with my Trailforks Map it was easy not to get lost...

All in all it was a great ride and kudos to the trailbuilders who have created a great trail system!

I flew down Even Flow on my return to the car - it was amazing! Maybe next time, I'll exit via Pipeline :-)