Tuckermans Ravine......Rideble [Archive]

greg447

03-08-2006, 07:38 PM

Well, this summer i was contimplating a Tuckermans Ravine ride, form what i heard its never been done, but im convinced theres a way. I have pictures of it last summer when i was going to do it but pansyed out, so yea anyone with like ideas or anything just let em flow out....

http://http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://www.umass.edu/rso/outingclub/hiking/WashingtonSept2002/Tuckermans.jpg&imgrefurl=http://www.umass.edu/rso/outingclub/hiking/WashingtonSept2002/MtWashingtonSept02.html&h=203&w=315&sz=9&tbnid=Oosf5fW1RXmWoM:&tbnh=72&tbnw=113&hl=en&start=28&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dtuckermans%2B%255C%26start%3D20%26svn um%3D10%26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26sa%3DN

greg447

03-08-2006, 07:40 PM

that link doesent work, i dont have any desent pics becuase theres always a cloud over tuckermans everttime im there.

greg447

03-08-2006, 07:43 PM

http://http://www.umass.edu/rso/outingclub/hiking/WashingtonSept2002/TuckermansBig.jpg

BlackRabbits

03-09-2006, 09:18 AM

that didnt work either

BIGHIT8989

03-09-2006, 09:52 AM

Keep tryin to find a link hahah

bdamschen

03-09-2006, 10:15 AM

I found it... too many http's in there

http://www.umass.edu/rso/outingclub/hiking/WashingtonSept2002/TuckermansBig.jpg

greg447

03-09-2006, 10:45 AM

Yea thanks for that, so if you see that pic you can see some lines that are posible, anyone have any ideas?

joelsman

03-09-2006, 11:35 AM

riding ridges is usually best

greg447

03-09-2006, 11:42 AM

yea i know that, but i want to find the most direct way down, i know i can do a 20 foot drop, but i havent tryed anything larger, i was thinking about riding the far left, it seems less steep.

nato

03-09-2006, 12:53 PM

The picture could be screwing with my perspective but it seems as though the right side cutting diagonally towards the left is less steep than that of the left side. Am I wrong?

Nate

greg447

03-09-2006, 01:21 PM

Yea your right, i think lol, but im going up this weekend to check it out and talk to the park officer there.

MilitiaRiders

03-09-2006, 02:54 PM

Yeah i see what nato means the right does cross over and it does look less steep, i should have quoted him, goddamit!

nato

03-09-2006, 03:46 PM

Only issue with it is that is a straight run... if that even is an issue? You just dont have many options to slow down besides skidding on your breaks. Do it n video tape! (I wanna see the gorey video :) )
Nate

greg447

03-09-2006, 03:53 PM

Hahaha im gonna video tape it and im pretty good at fats straight runs, i cant wait to try it.

jdschall

03-09-2006, 04:01 PM

Yea your right, i think lol, but im going up this weekend to check it out and talk to the park officer there.

Isn't Mountain Washington / Tuckermans Ravine in a National Park? Good luck with that...

greg447

03-09-2006, 04:02 PM

I know the park officer, we are good friends and hes the only officer up their, so i might be fine.

jdschall

03-10-2006, 04:30 PM

I know the park officer, we are good friends and hes the only officer up their, so i might be fine.

Okay, Have fun. What cha gonna do about the snow?

"So every spring, the march begins as skiers, snowboarders and the curious make the three-hour, three mile climb to the snow-choked Bowl. From late March to May, and sometimes into early June, the Tuckerman Ravine Trail is like an anthill with board-carrying thrill-seekers making the pilgrimage."

Senôr Lopez

03-10-2006, 09:58 PM

Tuckerman's is crazy steep! At the base lodge just read the list of all the people that have died skiing it! If you can pull off a ride down it I'd be seriously impressed. What you need to do is make sure you get some video of your attempt.
Good luck, you're gonna need it!

greg447

03-10-2006, 10:07 PM

I have snowboarded Tuckermans before, yes it steep i know. I am planning on riding it im July.

splat

03-16-2006, 05:48 PM

I have some buddies Who hiked up the Cog railway trail with there bikes , with the intent of riding down tuckermans. ( these Guys have Big Balls too, and all had skiied it ) they got to the top of the bowl , and non of them could pull the trigger, said it was just stupid steep. so they road down the auto road and almost got arrested for that. ( got off with tresspessing tickets )

greg447

03-16-2006, 05:50 PM

Yea, im not sure if im going to be able to do it, but its worth giving it a try i guess..thanks for the info.

wydopen

03-22-2006, 08:53 PM

i know i can do a 20 foot drop, but i havent tryed anything larger, i was thinking about riding the far left, it seems less steep.

how tight are the trees???

ViciousDHer

03-28-2006, 11:31 PM

check this out first !!!!

http://timefortuckerman.com/videos.html

DH biker

03-29-2006, 01:52 PM

Do us and yourself a favor and don't do it. Some things just aren't made to be. By the way, the picture you posted wasn't Tuckerman Ravine but instead Hillman's Highway.

greg447

03-29-2006, 07:04 PM

Thanks man, i actually went to Tuckermans to snowbaord it last april, i know its super steep, and i went to it last weekend, its still insane lol, i doesnt seem like a good idea anymore lol

DHRFX Joe

03-29-2006, 07:26 PM

if you do wind up going, please, please make sure you have good brakes.:rofl:

greg447

03-29-2006, 07:35 PM

mtArider

03-30-2006, 03:51 PM

downhill66

03-30-2006, 07:51 PM

that would be insane. i've snowboraded their but never thought about mtb down it. that would be interesting

SeaPig

03-31-2006, 02:38 PM

HAHAH i do have good brakes, and i have a good camera, so i will film it and post it, so you guys can laugh and whatnot. I also am trying to get an ambulence to wait there so when i do crash, i can at least know ill be taken care of lol

If you do go and do it, let me know. I'll make it a podcast episode. Check out the pilot for this new podcast. The link is in my signature.

DH biker

03-31-2006, 07:17 PM

One more thing, ever seen Tuckerman Racine without snow? It is basically about a million huge boulders stacked up on each other, kind of like the lunch rocks.

CChase86

04-07-2006, 10:02 AM

I really don't think you will be able to do it, those rocks under the snow you know are huge... some things are just not possible. Sorry to say it, but no go.

DH biker

06-13-2006, 05:06 PM

Some more pictures to give you an idea of how it is basically all rocks:

http://www.tuckerman.org/photos/tucks/images/2006-05-25%20The%20Lip%20area.jpg

http://img156.imageshack.us/img156/3750/52806tux2oi.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

http://img131.imageshack.us/img131/6716/52806tuxagain8wr.jpg (http://imageshack.us)

Yes it is a very steep spot.

habitatxskate

06-14-2006, 01:07 PM

that picture is no good to pick a line, but definately ride a ridge. Good LUCK AND Post the pictures/videos and possibly the hospital bill!:rofl:

metalMTB

06-14-2006, 03:16 PM

i'd do that. as long as it was dry

Frorider1

06-14-2006, 03:20 PM

Im good friends with greg, he is going to do it this summer but he needs to talk to the conservation officer. He also needs to get health insurance. :)

Frorider1

06-14-2006, 03:21 PM

Also those pic's do no justice, Tuckermans is crazy steep.

DH biker

06-14-2006, 03:34 PM

I highly doubt he will do it this summer... BTW the Mountain Rangers or whatever you want to call them * most likely won't stop you. It is WMNF land.

On another note, run the idea by the guys at www.timefortuckerman.com/forums They know almost everything there is to know about Tux...

Frorider1

06-14-2006, 04:03 PM

Yes i know but the Conservation officer will be the one that reports you and gives you a ticket, I have gotten one before from an officer.

Yes, he is doing it this summer if Tuckermans drys up.

DH biker

06-14-2006, 05:00 PM

Alright have the camera crews ready... just trying to say, if anyone was going to do this, it would be someone like Darren Barecloth... It is literally a series of drops.

http://3media.initialized.org/photos/2003-06-28/009%20The%20Tuckerman's%20Ravine%20bowl.JPG

http://3media.initialized.org/photos/2003-06-28/021%20Tuckerman's%20from%20Lion's%20Head.JPG

matt12

06-14-2006, 05:34 PM

Good luck with that one. After seeing the pictures without snow it looks near impossible.

DH biker

10-23-2006, 05:42 PM

Just to show some pictures from today:

From today up at Tucks... no I didn't bring the skis.

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y214/awf170/IMG_0649.jpg

http://i6.photobucket.com/albums/y214/awf170/IMG_0641.jpg

ViciousDHer

10-23-2006, 06:16 PM

The second one is a great Pic. My new screen saver !!

particle bored

10-23-2006, 06:36 PM

Ain't no way you're going to ride Tucks. You might ride the ridge above it and to its left/right, but you're not going to descend IN the ravine. You're kidding. You must never have been there, or if you have, you are hoping that nobody else ever has been there and they don't know it's waaaaaaaay too steep to descend on a bike.

The fact that you say you can do 20 foot drops is the first clue that you're fantasizing. 20 direct vertical feet at the pitch and speed you'd travel down Tucks would be about a 100 foot drop.

You must be joking.

Pat...

10-23-2006, 07:27 PM

Maybe you should bring a trials bike. Good luck, if you do it! Make sure someone who knows what they are doing and has a good camera films it.

tozovr

10-27-2006, 07:14 PM

well i was gonna say "how is the amulance gonna get up there?" but then i realized that its so stepp you would just slide right down into the rocks at the bottem, how nice for thedoctors.. free delivery!

Actually where the Lunch rocks are is still a good hike up from the base.

Anyone who says they would do it after standing up there makes Bender look like a true Thinker of our time. Seriously. if you've been there and still say you'd do it, you're broken.