Lake Raystown Weekend Info

Quote below was taken from the registration page at BIKE REG

"Come on out and join us in celebrating the grand opening of the trails at Raystown Lake, The Allegrippis Trails. Located at the Army Corps of Engineers Raystown Lake Project, this 32 mile, purpose built, designed for mountain bikes, trail system is unique on the East Coast. Designed and built by IMBA Trail Solutions, these trails are a direct result of a partnership between the Army Corps of Engineers and IMBA started in 2002.
The event weekend includes vendor expos, bike demos, a ribbon cutting and volunteer appreciation lunch, group rides, beer and barbecue. This event is part of the Dirt Rag World Tour and will feature demo bikes from Trek, Cannondale, Scott, and more. The Subaru/IMBA Trail Care Crew will also be on hand.
Your registration fee covers camping for two nights, evening food and libations on Saturday and light breakfast Sunday. If you only want to come out for the day and ride, there is no charge, but the event weekend is a fundraiser for the Raystown Mountain Bike Association, so please consider chipping in for the cause.
We hope to have an exact schedule for the weekend finalized by April 1st. but rest assured, the event is happening and will be well worth traveling for."

These trails have been described as like riding a roller coaster on a bike, or a pump track on steroids. Check out an early review HERE. There are already about five YAMBA members signed up for the camping weekend. Lets get some more.

There is no fee if you want to just come for the day on Saturday, but they do ask that you sign up so that they have a head count. Also, there will be a free lunch on Saturday. This is being prepared by a separate organization and they ask that you sign up HERE so that again there is a head count.

Skip and I will add more information as we receive it. Feel free to ask any questions in the comment section below and Skip or I will answer as best as we can.

Get out and ride some new trails

The trails at The Lakes were in near mint condition yesterday. Over the last year YAMBA has constructed three new sections of trail at The Lakes. These are trail 2C, a reroute of Trail 4, and the recently finished reroute/extension of Trail 1. Each of these new trails are in great condition. Trail 4 is finally dry and bedded in, and the berm rips! Trail 1 is bedding in quite nicely this soon after being fininshed and has a good flow already. The forecast rain has held off, so the trails should be open through the whole long weekend hopefully, as long as Saturday mornings showers are light. Check out the new trails, have fun, and keep the rubber side down.

Results w/ pics from 2009 Gutbuster

A big thanks to Spud Racing for taking the lead in organizing this great event for the second year in a row. Here are the results for 2009.

Overall winner
Andy Hoover




Womens Overall Amy McCullough




Beg course Men:Jim Diffendal




Beg course Women: Michelle Rudy




OVERALL best time: Andy Hoover - 12:20
2nd place open - AJ Dixon - 12:25
3rd place open - Russ Blake - 12:30
4th place open - Mike Funk - 12:42
Dave Raymond - 12:45
Mike Laub - 12:47

OVERALL best time (woman): Amy McCullough - 14:32
2nd place women open - Janice Morris - 15:40
3rd place women open - Sandy Reynolds - 22:20

First Place Beg course Men; Jim Diffendal - 12:12
2nd place Beg course men: Mark Houser - 13:04
3rd place Beg course men: Chuck Simonds - 14:11

First Place Beg course Women: Michelle Rudy - 13:53
2nd place Beg course women - Joan Slawick - 20:32

and the rest...
David Raymond - 12:45 o
Mark Lentz - 16:44 o
William Graves - 13:44 +10 for broke egg 23:44 o
Kevin Hardy - 16:14 o
Michael Nardelli - 14:55 o
Kristian Hains - 18:34 o
Matt Orlando - 17:30 o
Sean Mealy - 12:49 +10 broke egg 22:49 o
Clark evanitus - 13:45 o
Lee Curry - 15:29 b
Tyler Kovoch - 15:59 o
Matt keller - 12:58 o
Adam Hall - 18:43 o
Clyde bitner - 13:12 o
Mike Hoffman - 15:24 o
Darin Benson - 15:30 o
Joe Gordon - 15:33 o
Joe orsini - 15:59 +10 broke egg 25:59
Dusty Gordon - 20:34 o
Bill Kearney - 14:36 b
Chuck Simonds - 14:11 b
Darren Aldinger - 14:00 o
Matt Groff - 18:49 o
Frank Halbleib - 17:52 o
Barry Shorts - 15:13 o
Daniel Kaldas - 24:17 b
Craig Thompson - 15:53 o
Ken Stradden - 16:56 o
Dave Stauffer - 13:16 o
Mark Kilgore - 14:15 o
Rob Scroggin - 14:05 o
Scott Podurski - 14:09 o
Matt Schiffen - 16:38 o
Nathan Murry - 14:35 o
Randy Dabler - 13:19 o

Rocky Ridge Trail Map

All of the legal trails at Rocky Ridge. A Hi-res file is available here. Right click and save as.

Tea Kettle Trail

Today was the second workday on Tea Kettle at Spring Valley County Park. Tea Kettle will eventually run from Line Rd, near the bridge over the creek, to the current Trail 1 near Ridge Rd. Tea Kettle can currently be found by climbing Trail 1 from the trailhead at Line Rd and Park St.

Dick Mansberger, Alyssa Mease, Larry Schlaline, Lindsay Tobias, and Susan Moury joined me in extending last weeks work further up the hill to the ridge line. We were able to get a lot of work completed considering the small size of our crew. Thanks for coming out guys and gals.

Dick and Larry did an awesome job with the rock work on the hi/low section

The gang working on the bench cut