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PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 4:16 am 
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Mount Eboshi is the most the promeint mountain surrounding Sasebo. So of course I had to go up there and see what the deal was as I had been told there are trails up there. I had even been given a very rudimentary map. During my first visit I realized the map was pretty outdated and soon was relegated to remain in the pack as backup mountain money. Luckily there were a few trailhead maps that I was able to key off during my second visit and things started coming together (sorta).

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This is pretty much your average trail look near the top of the mountain.

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Ready to get your chunk on? (Yes this is the trail) This this is pretty much the most extreme section of trail in the area, this type of rock is found interspersed along the trail and provide some nice character and features.

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While stopping to smell the flowers this critter came along.

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Check out this lookout/rest stop. Look at this angle on the benches. Does that not just scream, "Take a load off, lay back and relax".

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A skinny little bench cut that reminded me a bit of the SART. It was one of my favorite and longest sections. There is a lower section to this trail that appears to be rarely used that was also superb but suffered from some deadfall. I spent some time and cleared the stuff that could not be ridden over. I was hoping to see it continue on down the mountain but it stop at a road instead of crossing it and continuing onward. Bummer.

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Sort of a hazy view from the summit of Eboshi. There are three trails going up to the summit, one is pretty mild, one looks nasty, and the other I have verified is a hike-a-bike pain in the arsh with just a merger 309 steps on the final section to the top.

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Yes I counted them and even took notes -- I didn't have a pen :)

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A view from coming down the south side of the mountain.

While there is are some nice sections of trail I have yet to find a good trail that cashes out most of the four plus miles of climbing it takes to get up here on the road. Most of the trails are up on top and none of the trails I have found go more than a third of the way down the mountain before dumping out onto roads. I have found remnants of trails but the pace of Mother Nature's reclamation program there just does not seem to be enough use to keep some of them from becoming overgrown. With a few or so seasons of TLC this place could be a far east MTB mecca quality playground. More to follow.... :)

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:42 am 
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Ahhhh Sooooooooooo!!!!!!!!

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PostPosted: Tue Sep 08, 2009 7:55 am 
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Where's the "Arigato" buton? :lol:

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 10, 2009 11:52 pm 
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That looks like an extremely beautiful area of the world. Have you snooped around those hilly islands in your investigations? Perhaps a boat to bike to boat to shore food adventure? Just thinkin. :thumbsup:

That ghostlike picture of the rider descending is nice btw.

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looks nice. :)

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