Trail: building, science, art, journeys, and gear
Trail: building, science, art, journeys, and gear
A current goal of OTC is to help Coach Stuart of El Camino High School get help with establishing Oceanside’s first trail system to help his team train for the win! Lets hope he pulls a team together. Stay tuned for details on where (and hopefully when), the team will have some local trails and […]
Oceanside High School Mountain Bike Leauge Read More »
I’ll be adding new pages that will have some trail design info. The first installment is a page that comes complete with its own calculator for something you don’t see much of on most trails, jumps.
I think it has been more than five years since I began advocating for trails in Oceanside. At that time, I was advocating for trails near the Oceanside airport, and it just so happened that concurrently SDMBA (San Diego Mountain Bike Assn.) was trying to get a “Gateway” trail and pump track at Ron Ortega
Today was busy: dropped swag off at Ellsworth for a Gravity Pirates event, but could not participate as I have no insurance 🙁 Then to Sycamore to kill some time and help out before… going to Copper Canyon for this The day ended well, with the privilege of helping Rich J and Jason layout a
added a little bypass at Calavera for those unable to make the climb on the other side, coming from the east. It was a safety issue mostly. I witnessed several inexperienced riders while doing trail work here (before the reroute) fail to crest the hill on the other side, and suffer the consequences of rolling
gps: http://www.geoladders.com/show_route.php?route=64796 pics: http://www.panoramio.com/user/7360633/tags/MTB%20Rides-CA-Santa%20Fe%20Valley-%20Del%20Dios%20Gorge-%20Hodges
Santa Fe Valley- Del Dios Gorge- Hodges Read More »
one of many versions: pics: http://www.panoramio.com/user/7360633/tags/MTB%20RIDES-CA-San%20Diego-Elfin%20Hodges%20Loop gps: http://www.geoladders.com/show_route.php?route=65078
pics: http://www.panoramio.com/user/7360633/tags/Trail%20Work-CA-Mission%20Trails-Rock%20Garden%202-2013
Mission Trails- Rock Garden Trail Read More »
Looks like a “stroller path,” but it’s still a fun, albeit short, ride. Built in 1999, it was designed extremely well, but the addition of logs to the edges has trapped water and sediment causing problems in a few areas. images: http://www.panoramio.com/user/7360633/tags/Trail%20Work-CA-Hosp%20Grove
always wanted to see this http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/science-environment-21279609
How owls swivel their heads Read More »