Day 2 – Imagine hitting up a bike park that was way better than Big Bear, but had even less people? Our second day, was just that. There was barely 2 dozen cars in the parking lot on Saturday and our group of 5 consisted of nearly 1/6 of everyone on the mountain. I didn’t take my camera until the last couple of runs, so the first few pictures are courtesy of Deno.
Chair lift ride up
The soil up here is dirt based with some sections of shale on the DH runs.
This is a small section of Wild Flower DH.
Although Brian Head has lots of xc, we came to ride features. Most of the fun was to be had on Timer Line. This was the wall ride on the optional access route.
After a triple set of table tops, a short log ride, and a wooden berm, you drop this.
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Further down after a boulder gap is Ninja Jump, which everyone can do.
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Little Gritty is the other DH course at Brian Head. The signature drop on the lower course even had QS shaking his head.
But the best part of the park are the wooden features in the freeride forest. This old concrete tower support has several options
Deno rolls the side
Evdog rolls the top
Or just huck it like QS does.
Next is a teeter-totter followed by a small gap jump
The real fun finally comes at the end with A, B, and C lines.
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B line
A line
We wore ourselves out riding to the very last chair at 430pm. Then it was off to the state liquor store to get beer greater than 3.2% ABV and Mexican food.
It felt like an accomplishment to learn most all the features and get the trail flow down in a day’s time. If you’re into a mix of xc and am/fr, 2 days would be plenty here with the 6-7 trails.
