RR: Jim Thorpe

Awesome pictures, man. I'm salivating.

Ride-A-Lot said:

Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The self proclaimed mecca of MTB in PA. The
fourth of July JAR ride was going to be an epic. We arrive at JT (if you
want to know the story of how it got it's name, Google it) at 10:00. We
decide on doing the Twin Peaks ride which encompasses two sets of trails on
two different mountains. In the usual JAR tradition, we start off with a
three mile climb to the top of peak number 1 at which point we make sure
it's the right trail.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1109.jpg

The trails here are some nice technical singletrack with so many baby heads
you can't even see the trail. Suspension is your friend here for the next
two and a half miles. The it's some nice singletrack decent into powerline
country. Slippery stuff here and much steeper than it looks (chickens).

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1113.jpg
http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1114.jpg

Then it's time to climb peak two. This path is the famous gravity railroad
which when the railroad was no longer needed actually became the first
rollercoaster in the world. I don't know why they call it gravity because
it was certainly going in the opposite direction. Few of us made this 1.5
mile 40% incline. The rollercoaster is supposed to be restored soon.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1116.jpg

We then pose for the group shot.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1120.jpg

Then it's downhill back to town for a total of 21 miles.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1126.jpg
http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1129.jpg

This is only one of the many trails that line this area in the Pennsylvania
Poconos.

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He lives up to his name.

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Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The self proclaimed mecca of MTB in PA. The
fourth of July JAR ride was going to be an epic. We arrive at JT (if you
want to know the story of how it got it's name, Google it) at 10:00. We
decide on doing the Twin Peaks ride which encompasses two sets of trails

on

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two different mountains. In the usual JAR tradition, we start off with a
three mile climb to the top of peak number 1 at which point we make sure
it's the right trail.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1109.jpg

The trails here are some nice technical singletrack with so many baby

heads

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you can't even see the trail. Suspension is your friend here for the next
two and a half miles. The it's some nice singletrack decent into

powerline

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country. Slippery stuff here and much steeper than it looks (chickens).

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1113.jpg
http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1114.jpg

Then it's time to climb peak two. This path is the famous gravity

railroad

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which when the railroad was no longer needed actually became the first
rollercoaster in the world. I don't know why they call it gravity because
it was certainly going in the opposite direction. Few of us made this 1.5
mile 40% incline. The rollercoaster is supposed to be restored soon.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1116.jpg

We then pose for the group shot.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1120.jpg

Then it's downhill back to town for a total of 21 miles.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1126.jpg
http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1129.jpg

This is only one of the many trails that line this area in the

Pennsylvania

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Poconos.

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A friend and I went to JT last summer. We camped at the campground and rode
a couple of the trails in the area. We rode the twin peaks trail but did it
in the opposite direction. Coming down that long "baby head" section into
town was a lot easier that going up it for sure.

Nice RR.

Marty

Marty said:

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Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The self proclaimed mecca of MTB in PA.
The fourth of July JAR ride was going to be an epic. We arrive at

<SNIP>

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A friend and I went to JT last summer. We camped at the campground
and rode a couple of the trails in the area. We rode the twin peaks
trail but did it in the opposite direction. Coming down that long
"baby head" section into town was a lot easier that going up it for
sure.

Nice RR.

Marty

Oh, we came down the baby head section. We went up the Flagpole Inn fire
road. That was the big climb from the town. I wouldn't even attempt
climbing the babyhead trail. The video shows the other babyhead trail I was
talking about and part 2 (not done yet) will show the decent back to town..

Did you get to do American Standard? We would have liked to do it but it
has been closed while the game lands commission sorts things out.

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Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The self proclaimed mecca of MTB in PA. The
fourth of July JAR ride was going to be an epic. We arrive at JT (if you
want to know the story of how it got it's name, Google it) at 10:00. We
decide on doing the Twin Peaks ride which encompasses two sets of trails

on

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two different mountains. In the usual JAR tradition, we start off with a
three mile climb to the top of peak number 1 at which point we make sure
it's the right trail.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1109.jpg

The trails here are some nice technical singletrack with so many baby

heads

Quoted message said:

you can't even see the trail. Suspension is your friend here for the next
two and a half miles. The it's some nice singletrack decent into

powerline

Quoted message said:

country. Slippery stuff here and much steeper than it looks (chickens).

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1113.jpg
http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1114.jpg

Then it's time to climb peak two. This path is the famous gravity

railroad

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which when the railroad was no longer needed actually became the first
rollercoaster in the world. I don't know why they call it gravity because
it was certainly going in the opposite direction. Few of us made this 1.5
mile 40% incline. The rollercoaster is supposed to be restored soon.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1116.jpg

We then pose for the group shot.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1120.jpg

Then it's downhill back to town for a total of 21 miles.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1126.jpg
http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1129.jpg

This is only one of the many trails that line this area in the

Pennsylvania

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Poconos.

Sweet! I miss Jim Thorpe, we haven't been able to make it there so far this
year, going to try to go maybe sometime this fall.

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

Carla A-G said:

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Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The self proclaimed mecca of MTB in PA.
The fourth of July JAR ride was going to be an epic. We arrive at
JT (if you want to know the story of how it got it's name, Google
it) at 10:00. We decide on doing the Twin Peaks ride which
encompasses two sets of trails on two different mountains. In the
usual JAR tradition, we start off with a three mile climb to the top
of peak number 1 at which point we make sure it's the right trail.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1109.jpg

The trails here are some nice technical singletrack with so many
baby heads you can't even see the trail. Suspension is your friend
here for the next two and a half miles. The it's some nice
singletrack decent into powerline country. Slippery stuff here and
much steeper than it looks (chickens).

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1113.jpg
http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1114.jpg

Then it's time to climb peak two. This path is the famous gravity
railroad which when the railroad was no longer needed actually
became the first rollercoaster in the world. I don't know why they
call it gravity because it was certainly going in the opposite
direction. Few of us made this 1.5 mile 40% incline. The
rollercoaster is supposed to be restored soon.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1116.jpg

We then pose for the group shot.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1120.jpg

Then it's downhill back to town for a total of 21 miles.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1126.jpg
http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1129.jpg

This is only one of the many trails that line this area in the
Pennsylvania Poconos.

Sweet! I miss Jim Thorpe, we haven't been able to make it there so
far this year, going to try to go maybe sometime this fall.

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

A-S is closed 🙁, but there is still plenty of good riding!

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Did you get to do American Standard? We would have liked to do it but it
has been closed while the game lands commission sorts things out.

I think if you buy a hunting/fishing license and carry a tiny fishing pole
in your camelbak, they'll let you ride the gamelands trails. What a scam
they have in order to make money.

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

Carla A-G said:

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Did you get to do American Standard? We would have liked to do it
but it has been closed while the game lands commission sorts things
out.

I think if you buy a hunting/fishing license and carry a tiny fishing
pole in your camelbak, they'll let you ride the gamelands trails.
What a scam they have in order to make money.

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

Yeh, we almost did it anyway and played the "dumb mountain biker I had no
idea" excuse. But, our club president is also the IMBA rep for the area and
I don't think that would have been helpful to the situation.

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Carla A-G said:

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Jim Thorpe, Pennsylvania. The self proclaimed mecca of MTB in PA.
The fourth of July JAR ride was going to be an epic. We arrive at
JT (if you want to know the story of how it got it's name, Google
it) at 10:00. We decide on doing the Twin Peaks ride which
encompasses two sets of trails on two different mountains. In the
usual JAR tradition, we start off with a three mile climb to the top
of peak number 1 at which point we make sure it's the right trail.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1109.jpg

The trails here are some nice technical singletrack with so many
baby heads you can't even see the trail. Suspension is your friend
here for the next two and a half miles. The it's some nice
singletrack decent into powerline country. Slippery stuff here and
much steeper than it looks (chickens).

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1113.jpg
http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1114.jpg

Then it's time to climb peak two. This path is the famous gravity
railroad which when the railroad was no longer needed actually
became the first rollercoaster in the world. I don't know why they
call it gravity because it was certainly going in the opposite
direction. Few of us made this 1.5 mile 40% incline. The
rollercoaster is supposed to be restored soon.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1116.jpg

We then pose for the group shot.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1120.jpg

Then it's downhill back to town for a total of 21 miles.

http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1126.jpg
http://www.pchospital.net/IMG_1129.jpg

This is only one of the many trails that line this area in the
Pennsylvania Poconos.

Sweet! I miss Jim Thorpe, we haven't been able to make it there so
far this year, going to try to go maybe sometime this fall.

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

A-S is closed 🙁, but there is still plenty of good riding!

--
o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws

If American Standard is closed, you wouldn't know it. A couple of us
rode it last month and met several groups of locals on it. It is not posted
in any way.Great trail, miles of single track.

Frank

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If American Standard is closed, you wouldn't know it. A couple of us
rode it last month and met several groups of locals on it. It is not

posted

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in any way.Great trail, miles of single track.

Frank

Hey Frank! Glad to see you popped your head out of your hiding cave! :-)

Are you still doing the Saturday rides? We're planning to drop by.

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

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If American Standard is closed, you wouldn't know it. A couple of us
rode it last month and met several groups of locals on it. It is not

posted

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in any way.Great trail, miles of single track.

Frank

Hey Frank! Glad to see you popped your head out of your hiding cave! :-)

Are you still doing the Saturday rides? We're planning to drop by.

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!

Yes, 9:00 am at the school PL . Hope to see you.

Frank

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Yes, 9:00 am at the school PL . Hope to see you.

Frank

This weekend, we're throttle pushing. We'll see you next weekend, Frank :-)

- CA-G

Can-Am Girls Kick Ass!