SoapStone Mt, CT

[splat]

Todays ride was at Soapstome Mt in CT.

the players were , Me , berkshire_rider, TurnerGrl, Iare Baboon, MtBikerChk and TonyHawk.

TrunerGrl Starts it off by doing a roller

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0739.jpg

Tony hawk goes up the roller.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0743.jpg

TonyHawk and another roller , we all did this several time on the one time I tried to see if I could dtop on it , I couldn't and crashed trying to.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0744.jpg

Berkshire_rider on a Roller bridge.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0753.jpg

Me same bridge,

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0754.jpg

TonyHawk on yet another rocky roller .

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0755.jpg

TurnerGrl get a little air.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0766.jpg

MBC plays with a rocky roll

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0770.jpg

MBC again

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0778.jpg

Found this new fresh cut trail had a couple of Armoured areas , IAB on one , this trail was fun.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0780.jpg

Berkshire rider in a chute

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0781.jpg

Tuner Grl , same chute

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0782.jpg

Turner Grl , skinny Bridge ,

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0794.jpg

IAB the other end of Same Bridge

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0796.jpg

IAB trying to ridea skinny that is falling apart , this had carnage written all over it!
But he stayed dry

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0802.jpg

TonyHawk on New Skinny over what isusually wet

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0806.jpg

IAB on the old ( but repaired ) one.

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0807.jpg

IAB and MBC riding along as we finish up and are on our way out!

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0815.jpg

It was an awesome ride :thumb:

[I Are Baboon]

Nice pics, Splat! :thumb: Man am I tired. You'd think 10 miles in 3.5 hours wouldn't be that draining...

My pics... :)

Splat on a roller
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3793.jpg

tonyhawk on the same spot
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3790.jpg

berkshire_rider trying to go up it ass backwards with so-so results. :D
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3785.jpg

[I Are Baboon]

TurnerGrl going up the rock...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3798.jpg

on the rock...
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3799.jpg

off the rock.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3800.jpg

[I Are Baboon]

trail dogs!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3779.jpg

they may have had even more fun than us (look closely...there are two dogs there. :p)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3808.jpg

[I Are Baboon]

TurnerGrl hitting the jump. This is the same time as the pic splat posted, but different angle. Hey splat, where the pic of me hitting this??
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3776.jpg

berkshire_rider hitting it too, but I was zoomed in too closely.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3775.jpg

[I Are Baboon]

Spalt rolled the ladder bridge in the background, but the thoughtless s.o.b. did it before I had a chance to get situated with the camera.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3767.jpg

berkshire_rider on the bridge.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3764.jpg

[I Are Baboon]

tonyhawk
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3759.jpg

Last pic...the monkey peleton!
MBC, berkshire_rider, Splat, TurnerGrl
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3777.jpg

What a great ride and a great day. Sunny and 66 degrees. And we got to hook up with a new riding partner in TurnerGrl! :) Bummer that Dalton Doug and MMcG couldn't make it, but hopefully they'll be there next time.

Beer time for me.

[I Are Baboon]

I took 50 pics, but a lot of them are the same ones as above, just a different monkey in the pic. If you guys (from the ride) want to see them, let me know and I'll throw some up.

[splat]

TurnerGrl hitting the jump. This is the same time as the pic splat posted, but different angle. Hey splat, where the pic of me hitting this??



it didn't come out that good , but here it is .

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0760.jpg

[TurnerGrl]

Thanks for letting me, Jake & Hannah (trail dogs!) join up! That was a blast :dancing:

IAB, if you feel like posting any more pics, I certainly wouldn't object!

Looking forward to getting out with y'all again soon.

[brungeman]

as usuall, right on guys, and grls!:thumb:

Manhattan and I are getting some good trail building in, and I like the bridges in your shots, it always gives me (the woodworker) ideas!

thanks again!

[GumbaFish]

Nice pics, I totally dig the trails you guys ride on.

[MMcG]

Nice photos and nice riding!!

Nice weather too!

[I Are Baboon]

Thanks for letting me, Jake & Hannah (trail dogs!) join up! That was a blast :dancing:

IAB, if you feel like posting any more pics, I certainly wouldn't object!

Looking forward to getting out with y'all again soon.

OK, more pics it is. :)

TurnerGrl sequence #2: Over the rocks, down the rocks.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3795.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3796.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3797.jpg

[I Are Baboon]

Berkshire_rider:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3801.jpg

[I Are Baboon]

Same spot: Splat, then tonyhawk, then Hannah.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3792.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3788.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3791.jpg

[I Are Baboon]

Splat:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3762.jpg

Two more of TurnerGrl:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3765.jpg

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v517/mtbbaboon/Soapstone/IMG_3761.jpg

That's about all I got for quality pics. :)

[splat]

I Guess I can add a Few more too :)

MBC

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0747.jpg

Boon Followed by Brekshire rider

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0749.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0750.jpg

A double wammy of IAB

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0756.jpg

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0759.jpg

Berkshire rider

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0768.jpg

TurnerGrl

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0776.jpg

IAB in the chute
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0785.jpg

Tonyhawk On to a rock

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0790.jpg

So I cut the back half off

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0792.jpg

TonyHawk on a steep rock

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0798.jpg

IAB on a bridge

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0805.jpg

and TurnerGrl

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/img_0809.jpg

[tonyhawk]

great ride everyone! too bad we don't have any helmet-cam footage from the long rocky downhill - I can't wait to hit that trail again.

[hooples3]

looks like some great trails!!!! nice ride!

[berkshire_rider]

great ride everyone! too bad we don't have any helmet-cam footage from the long rocky downhill - I can't wait to hit that trail again.

:stupid:

[splat]

great ride everyone! too bad we don't have any helmet-cam footage from the long rocky downhill - I can't wait to hit that trail again.


That trail was Intense!!! I only thought I was going to die 3 times on it !

[TurnerGrl]

That trail was Intense!!! I only thought I was going to die 3 times on it !

Oh yeah - we were flying down it! I only thought I was going to kill you 3 times on it.... :D

[splat]

Here is the GPS of what we did . we started at the bottom , the other mark is to mark a the new trail that was just cut. Looking at this I see a couple of turns I'm sure we should have made. and it even looks like that dead end that was at the bottom og the down hill , if we kept going ( illegally ) there would havebeen a cut off a little farther up

http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b227/jgoeller/soapstone/6f1f0336.jpg

[ktmsx]

What downhill are you talking about.???. how close to the bridge you were saying was in need of repair .???. you could go ride in that area every weekend for a summer and always be on new stuff.....

[Tame Ape]

Whats the nearest town? Curious how far from NYC that is.

[MtnBikerChk]

Whats the nearest town? Curious how far from NYC that is.

Ellington - maybe 2.5 hours?

[berkshire_rider]

What downhill are you talking about.???. how close to the bridge you were saying was in need of repair .???. you could go ride in that area every weekend for a summer and always be on new stuff.....

Just left of where the yellow lines cross on the gps map, near the 632' marker and "state forest" reference. It ended at the bottom of a hill with clearly marked "No Tresspassing signs". :mumble:

[ktmsx]

Some of our club members are working on a trail around his property only 19 acres....He still lets us put the enduro through there though..??...pretty cool to see your guys pics there only two I am not sure of where they are...

[splat]

Some of our club members are working on a trail around his property only 19 acres....He still lets us put the enduro through there though..??...pretty cool to see your guys pics there only two I am not sure of where they are...

Next time we need to get you to guide us .
so we don't get as lost.

[I Are Baboon]

Damn, we were headed straight toward the cars when we hit that dead end. And all we had to do to avoid that climb was to get left! :rofl:

Why is someone living in the middle of a state forest? Does the Unabomber live out there or something?

[Tame Ape]

Ellington - maybe 2.5 hours?


Hmmm. We drove about two to get to Stewart to ride with Stosh...

I'm going to google Ellington. I'm originially from Fairfield county (for what thats worth)

[ktmsx]

There is no house on his propery ..there are a couple close ..at the end of the pavement..that is actually a legal dirt road just a little past his signs you can only make it with a good 4X4...if you go through his property and follow the trail there is some real good stuff going back to your cars...a spot we call "the waterfall" talk about a long hill.....BIG ROCKS ..

[splat]

There is no house on his propery ..there are a couple close ..at the end of the pavement..that is actually a legal dirt road just a little past his signs you can only make it with a good 4X4...if you go through his property and follow the trail there is some real good stuff going back to your cars...a spot we call "the waterfall" talk about a long hill.....BIG ROCKS ..


so your saying we could have just kept going ? instead of turning around ?

[ktmsx]

Yes...of course I say that and if you go through you will bump into him....When you left your cars and came across a intersection pretty quick...the trail coming from the left was that trail..!!!...