Snowshoe MTBP

6:00 am. My alarm goes off and I am once again upset that morning came so early. I can’t really complain too much, I am going to snowshoe (www.ride.snowshoemtn.com) for gosh sakes! Well a half an hour later I am at the staff house meeting Jake and Patrick. Another half hour later we have left WA (www.wilderness-adventure.com) and are on the road. We get to snowshoe around 10:00am ready for some H-Core biking action! The Day could not be much better. We have a perfect temp around 58-60, the sun is out and I get to do some biking with 5 of my very close friends. The crew is, “Me” Dan, Jake, Ruckus, Anthony, Chris, and Steve. We start the day with a great run, and warm up on the basin side with a trip down M, and N. We are all feeling great, Chris got his first taste of freeride and I think he liked it! After the first Run we hit the drop park for around 30 min getting ready for some airtime in the Western territory. We drop in on the sport Corse. A short but rocky trail with tight trees and some steep drop off camber spots near the end. We then make our way down to Ninja Bob, which is a fast east coast style type of trail. Lots of red clay rock drops and trees to avoid. Next we get to Ball Jack and the beginning of Missing Link “The New Trail” .It was SICK to say the least. It was fast, flowey, and has Berms and tables and jumps sprinkled in everywhere. When you make it to the bottom you are tired, pumped, out of breath and psyched for another run. The last section of the journey to the bottom of the mountain is a trail called Powerline. Now powerline in a trail you can ride as a novice or pro and anywhere in between. A great place to work on getting some air or just cleaning a berm at full speed. It is fast and full of tabletop’s, big berms. A short ride and you are at the pickup for the buss to the top of the mountain. We broke up for a while, Patrick rode the XC stuff , Jake and I killed the Basin, Anth, and Chris did a little of both, and Steve made some new friends on Missing Link. The Basin side or “Freeride” side is Awesome. Full of drops, man made features, Boulders, Rocks on top of rocks, roots, and a thin layer of mud. It is such a great place to work on speed and your trail vision. It seems the Theme on Snowshoe’s Basin side is huge Ladders and big wall rides. All in All it was an epic day. The rest of the Day was a blur. We could have all stayed and rode again the next day. It was once again amazing, and worth every penny. I am sorry to see that it is again “that time”.......the end of the season. I can’t think of how better to spend a day off. A great day, good friends and one awesome Ride.
Ride or Die....

Dano


Here are some pics, Enjoy!!!