This post is being prompted by a chat me and several buddies had after a day of riding, I suppose we were feeling a bit nostalgic, but we began to talk about trails we used to ride that are no more (either the result of being plowed, closed, etc) So I wanted to ask you monkeys for some trails you miss, what caused their demise, and post any pictures you have! To get things kick started I'll throw out the dirt jumps at white castle, which was paved into a parking lot for a Nissan dealership (cue music), as well as a favorite of mine at Diablo, a trail called deliverance...what else do people miss out there?
Trails we miss
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The Killington Beauty and the Beast Course. Now sadly replaced by a SuperD style course. :-(
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Upper Windmill trail at Windrock, Tn. Twas a legit WC section of steep trail.
It is now a giant sized super terrific coal mining pit....
It is now a giant sized super terrific coal mining pit....
We had a nice little town funded skills park get plowed and replaced with a indoor soccer field a few years back.
The Durango National's race course. So sick.
I really liked the rock drop on twist.
experimental trail in boulder county, colorado.
it got "closed" when a landowner in the area (but not where the actual trail was) hung piano wire at various heights laced to trees. needless to say there was an on-going ethics debate after that.
it got "closed" when a landowner in the area (but not where the actual trail was) hung piano wire at various heights laced to trees. needless to say there was an on-going ethics debate after that.
He shouldn't live in boulder then.
Ya know after poaching, Cable Line , Darkside and CB ala Colin Bailey trail at BigBear way back when i will say those are sorely missed not just from me but a bunch of socal riders back in the day. 
Your favorite skyline ringwood trail is absolutely way too dangerous to ride. I live 10 minutes from skyline. The bridges back there are collapsing because they are rotted through. The drops are huge, the landings don't exist, and the world cup drop is about to die any day.
Hence my post appearing in a "trails we miss" thread.
+1 Totally miss 'em.Ya know after poaching, Cable Line , Darkside and CB ala Colin Bailey trail at BigBear way back when i will say those are sorely missed not just from me but a bunch of socal riders back in the day.
Super Secret at Keystone and The French Creek trails in Breckenridge. Super Secret was closed by the Forest Service. French Creek is being turned into multi-million dollar home sites. Super Heros 3 has footage of the big jumps at French Creek. It was shot the day I moved to Breckenridge in 2002. I'd been in town about 2 hours when some guys saw my bike and asked if I wanted to go riding.
swampthing too.
So I'm going to drive down from Maine in a couple of weeks to pedal my ass off? I'm like Murtaugh: too old for this sh*t.
Seriously, that's too bad: that old course was great, last time I ran it was in 2004.
Second the telluride stuff, r.i.p. Sasquatch
All plowed dirt jumps by my house, beechwoods V1, 2, and 3, Greens, Fox hill V1 and V2, Hilltop, and again with white castle
Those Telluride trails were SO fun. Made it worth driving to the MSC race.
riding fall line with alf last week made me feel pretty nostalgic. needless to say it was tons of fun and convinced me to save up for a trail bikeYa know after poaching, Cable Line , Darkside and CB ala Colin Bailey trail at BigBear way back when i will say those are sorely missed not just from me but a bunch of socal riders back in the day.
even when it was rideable. It was still too dangerous to ride.
Old NORBA Nats course at Schweitzer, ID. All that's left is Altar Boy and the Bowling Alley below - - if you know where to look 
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The old Nationals course up in Idaho @ Schweitzer/Sandpoint, Silverton, CO what happened there?, Mach 5 i think is what it was called in the CA, Bay Area even though i only hit that 1 time, but it was a fun trail. Durango Nationals course ROCKED for sure!!
Dang , you beat me too it MT
Dang , you beat me too it MT
the entire triple chair side of plattekill
Bostons Fenway trails
the entire triple chair side of plattekill
True. Still some great trails over there and some really good reworked trails.
But there are probably 15 that are long long gone....
QFT...I did my first rhythm section there.
I haven't been on that side in probably 5 years. So sad. Not really even worth the hike anymore. I miss the super steeps right under the lift.True. Still some great trails over there and some really good reworked trails.
But there are probably 15 that are long long gone....
Ahh, memories of JuanJo chasing off the WC drop on his Hardtail.
I miss all the Van Cortlandt DH, years of neglect and erosion as well as a good deal of downed trees ended an era.
Push up and ride those beetches! So sad, I prefer the old side, but love it all!But there are probably 15 that are long long gone....
Some great trails over there.......just not as many. There is plenty of steep stuff just alot of the middle mountain stuff is gone.
The triple chair should be fixed in a few weeks, we'll be running the triple a ton after that. We've been working hard on that side of the mountain, clearing old, old trails. "Call Box 7" is reopened as is "The Chute". Also there is a seldom used traverse from the pond to just under the Triple Chair. We take that to unholy a lot.
CPX in Joliet. IL. Wouldn't be where am I without that place.
Westridge-Big Bear
"Side" trails-Big Bear
Schweitzer National course
Durango National course
Wal*Mart jumps here in Chula Vista, Hidden Valley trails in H.B.
"Side" trails-Big Bear
Schweitzer National course
Durango National course
Wal*Mart jumps here in Chula Vista, Hidden Valley trails in H.B.
JuanJo! That guy was nuts. Forgot about Van Cortlandt! You remember when someone (might have been GR?) tried to run a bootleg DH race in there?
Schweitzer abandoned it right after the 2005 Nats and got out of mountain biking altogether for a few years. They started back up last year but now only have 3 trails of any note - - one of which is most of the old beg/sport course.
Most of the pro/ex course got obliterated for development and building a new chair. But Altar Boy and the Bowling alley are still there - - scoured out with five years of snow-melt - - no dirt left, just medicine-ball-size rocks. Hit it Sunday - - it's real wild and wooly now.
Oh, and they're roughing in a new pro course that will make the old one look tame.
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I'll second that and add Gold Hill and Santa Cruz. I wish I'd moved to Boulder earlier.