Favourite terrain to ride in

[clint/KTM/16]

Just wonderin what all you dirtbikers favourite terrain to ride in is? mine is sand, and clayish dirt for mx track riding.

 

[GasCan]

Love stream crossings and back country, but my first love has always been and was dirt tracks and sand tracks. Too old for that now days though and my bones don't heal like they used to so a bit of fear has set in now.

 

[synergycycle]

I like to ride the untouched dunes! I also LOVE the muskegg, its always a soft landing and great fun to roost people

 

[Dadbro]

I am partial to twisty trails around here and just starting to get into the skeg.

http://outdoors.webshots.com/photo/2028701360100164940rZhWEn

 

[-LadyDirt-]

Less partial to thick sand unless its wet, but shallow sand trails that aren't wooped out are good. I like the soft/hard pack dirt with some skeggy stuff, treed areas, creek crossings, I dont even mind the odd challenging mud hole. I'm pretty much down for anything but I find that the dense sand tends to throw me off a lot, small bikes don't do well in it.

 

[jbb]

tight technical single track! bush wacking at its finest. love it.

 

[Slamnek]

Sand is by far my favorite but i also love bush trails and cutlines with a bit of skeg

 

[Shibby!]

I like off the beaten path stuff. Small, challenging single track to take you remote locations away from the rest of the people..

 

[clint/KTM/16]

Nice pics Slamnek and Shibby!

 

[Waxy]

I'm not picky. I love everything from tight single track to wide open fireroads/grid roads.

I can tell you what I don't like - boulder fields with those perfect head sized, sharp edged rocks, endless log crossings (especially when they're wet), and deep muddy muskeg with those bike sized craters nicely hidden.

There's nothing better though than a nice stretch of flowing single track with good loamy/sandy soil that's slightly wet for awesome traction and to keep the dust down...

Waxy

 

[ktm 13-44]

In the following order:

3. Sand. Can be a bunch of fun, but it gets old quick. Desert riding is different. Good desert mountain riding is wild! go to nevada and give it a try!

2. Motocross Tracks. I love a track with good flowing obsticles. A track that is NOT perfectly groomed. Bumps and ruts are part of the challenge.

1. Really nice loamy soil on a cool day(15 degrees???). Overcast skies, and just a sprinkle of rain. Riding inside a forrest under tall trees. Wide singletrack with elevation changes. Big hill climbs with rock, dirt, fallen leaves.... CHALLENGING!!!

Son of a...... NOW I WANNA GO RIDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[-LadyDirt-]

In the following order:

3. Sand. Can be a bunch of fun, but it gets old quick. Desert riding is different. Good desert mountain riding is wild! go to nevada and give it a try!

2. Motocross Tracks. I love a track with good flowing obsticles. A track that is NOT perfectly groomed. Bumps and ruts are part of the challenge.

1. Really nice loamy soil on a cool day(15 degrees???). Overcast skies, and just a sprinkle of rain. Riding inside a forrest under tall trees. Wide singletrack with elevation changes. Big hill climbs with rock, dirt, fallen leaves.... CHALLENGING!!!

Son of a...... NOW I WANNA GO RIDING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Johnny you would love where we went riding in Smoky Lake, nice shallow sandy/loamy dirt, trails tucked nicely into a forest, sometimes having to duck under branches and the occasional log or tree obstacle..a bit of muskeg, and then you travel down some gravel roads and hit up pit after pit of sand/gravel..so many pits.:d

 

[ktm 13-44]

johnny you would love where we went riding in smoky lake.:d

yes i would!

 

[Slamnek]

If you go north of smokey lake to hope lake, chump lake and buck lake its some of the best riding with sand to dirt to skeg.

 

[synergycycle]

If you go north of smokey lake to hope lake, chump lake and buck lake its some of the best riding with sand to dirt to skeg.

yes! "the chump N' buck" I rode that are last year on my buddies quad, it seems like a great place to ride!

 

[teeroy]

don't know that I have a favourite, I would pick tight woods riding in cooler temps after a rain. but I love to ride....anywhere....

 

[Shibby!]

don't know that I have a favourite, I would pick tight woods riding in cooler temps after a rain. but I love to ride....anywhere....

Is this ductch creek heli look-out?

We rode up to that about 4 years ago.

 

[teeroy]

Is this ductch creek heli look-out?

We rode up to that about 4 years ago.

it's at the summit of Mt. Hamel near Grande Cache AB, 7000' elevation.

 

[Shibby!]

it's at the summit of Mt. Hamel near Grande Cache AB, 7000' elevation.

Haha. Guess not =)

Talking about Elevation, out in Invermere you can get close to 10,000. That's pretty crazy.

 

[teeroy]

Haha. Guess not =)

Talking about Elevation, out in Invermere you can get close to 10,000. That's pretty crazy.

I was getting a mean decel pop at 7000'....not sure how the X would handle 10,000' without some jetting changes.....lol

next ride will have EFI, then I'll be searching for some elevation.....:d