Hale Mountain Open Ride 6/4 - 6/6

[ridered3]

What/Where: Hale Mountain Open Ride (last one before it is closed for the summer).

When: June 4 - June 6

 

[ridered3]

So whose going to this?

 

[ridered3]

@smbroady82 or @Jacksonwolf39 I’m sure it’s been asked/documented before but whats the go to trail routing for Hale?

 

[smbroady82]

We rode a bunch of "new to us" stuff on the back side of the park last time I went, It was fun. Not sure what it was called. Maybe @Jacksonwolf39 or Mo can help me out with the trail names.

 

[smbroady82]

they have also had Carto Tracks for it for a few years now which is helpful.

 

[Markrobinson]

I’ll be there without kids

 

[ridered3]

they have also had Carto Tracks for it for a few years now which is helpful.

Good to know on the new side and I just re-downloaded the Carto Tracks map. Just trying to have a plan in place as opposed to wandering around semi aimlessly like I usually do when at Hale:)

 

[smbroady82]

Good to know on the new side and I just re-downloaded the Carto Tracks map. Just trying to have a plan in place as opposed to wandering around semi aimlessly like I usually do when at Hale:)

Just jump in with Mo and them

 

[ridered3]

Just jump in with Mo and them

Will have the recovery gear handy for when Mo goes belly up :rolf:

 

[jeeptj99]

Will have the recovery gear handy for when no goes belly up :rolf:

Or breaks a tcase.....

 

[The Luke]

I’ll be there Saturday

 

[ridered3]

Found a list of “Go-to” trails from an old ride thread:

waterfall and sweet baby

H-town wheelers

that big set of ledges with the tree in the middle is intense (just to the left of 5 points)

race track to slippery ledge is awesome (fairly difficult)

fitch creek down from J-rod over to the rock garden is a good ride

whiskey stills from bottom to top

I really like sweet baby as well

heck, the main trail up the center from the parking lot to the pavilion has gotten semi tough over the years


https://www.hardlinecrawlers.com/th...v-november-9th-11th-2018-updated.59801/page-2

 

[jeeptj99]

sweet baby is fun. The ledges are a blast on it. The area around the crack (i have no idea if that's what it's called the big ass v notch above waterfall) is fun to. I have nothing for the crack itself but always fun watching people put their **** through it.

 

[smbroady82]

sweet baby is fun. The ledges are a blast on it. The area around the crack (i have no idea if that's what it's called the big ass v notch above waterfall) is fun to. I have nothing for the crack itself but always fun watching people put their **** through it.

the "Crevice"

 

[jeeptj99]

the "Crevice"

you ever made it through it.

 

[bamatoy]

If all goes well, i will be there

 

[smbroady82]

you ever made it through it.

yessir

 

[jeeptj99]

yessir

That's why you're my hero.

 

[ridered3]

Loaded up and hoping to get to Hale around 830ish.

 

[ridered3]

Hale of a good day trip to Hale Mountain! Was in a small group so covered tons of ground, minor issues for the most part (I burned a maxi fan fuse and @The Luke pulled the wire off the starter in the parking lot right before loading).

@Markrobinson cut a Pitbull near Waterfall early on and had to limp back to the parking area. He rode with @The Luke the rest of the day. Everyone loaded back on the trailers under their on power so that’s a win.

Like usual I’ve got 100+ pictures from the trip but a quick highlight of them are below.

 

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Yellow highlights shows all the trails we went on. Covered around 8.5 miles in 7.5 hours including some hang out time, fixing issues, and lunch.

 

[ridered3]

Was messing with Avenza and saw the option to “Open View in Google Maps”. So I drug the crosshairs to the furthest point we rode and showed it in Terrain and Satellite. May have then spent a fit amount of time picking obstacles and switching views between Terrain and Satellite.

 

[jeeptj99]

how did that app work while riding? i know hale has some sketchy spots on service.

 

[ridered3]

how did that app work while riding? i know hale has some sketchy spots on service.

It’s satellite based so once I told it to track it tracked, so no cell service necessary.