Monday, June 19, 2006
June 18th patrol
Lotsa friendly folks out on the West Magnolia system on a beautiful clear day. Trails were in decent shape but could use some rain, getting very loose and dusty for this early on in the season. Also the horse stables are firing on all cyclinders so the trails near that operation are starting to fill in with horse crap. Seems like the horses like to lighten the load right before a climb, which makes sense to me. Didn't see a whole lot of traffic while riding but every rest stop saw about a dozen bikers roll past. Andria and I gave out a dozen maps or so and were thanked by at least three seperate groups for being out there. One good suggestion was to name the trails vs the numbering system. The new gate is up on the south side and looks tank-proof. Another sign which might be useful would show the various parking areas. Cars were double parked and jammed in the corners at the Peak to Peak-West Mag lot while the other lots were almost completely empty. -Matthew
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The big green maps were quite popular -- if you even mumble "map" under your breath, people get all excited. No patroller should roll without one -- and maybe we could stick a BMBP logo and/or contact info on future editions?
One suggestion that Matthew didn't get (da man steals all my thunder) -- when the big new West Mag maps go up at the kiosks, it would be helpful to have "you are here" dots or stickers on the map. Folks can get a bit turned around out there.
Do your raindance, Andria
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