I was up checking the trails out at Silver Lake today. The trails are in great shape. The Horse Canyon trail still has snow on the upper portion. Several miles of trail was actually wet. Pretty fun roosting on wet trails in June, when it is 98 degrees in the valley. My first time up "Heart Attack" hill, has a couple tricky spots! Caples creek trail is in great shape, however someone has rolled many more rocks into the trail. The switchbacks out of Caples Creek are a little loose and somewhat challenging/fun. The streams are on the deep side, but crossable. All the snow should be gone by June 30th. The flowers are in full bloom along the trails. The meadows are so green and grass is very tall, I had trouble finding the trail in many spots because the grass and skunk weed is so tall. Several down trees, so we will get to practice getting over logs.
These trails are technical and I would encourage those of you with a tall first gear, to gear down. One will need to re-jet, I would suggest raising the clip one position and dropping your main jet one size. Dunlop 756's or Michlin
S-12's, with heavy duty tubes are recommended. Run a little extra air pressure, there may be a couple of rocks on the trail! :p
We will be working on several skills, including; braking, weighting the pegs, switchbacks, rocks, picking lines, getting through tight tree sections, slipping the clutch and much more. If there is a particular skill or technique you would like covered, please let me know and I'll make sure to include it.
Kali, I began riding in 1965. Spent many years riding the Golden Trout wilderness area before it was created. My family had a cabin at the Ponderosa in the Sequoia National Forest. I began racing Moto-Cross when I was 14. Turned expert in my first year. Turned Pro in 1975. My first pro race was Hangtown 75, the "MUD" race at Plymouth, CA. I raced on the Yamaha Factory support team. Earned the CMC#1 plate, in the 500 pro class. In 1980 I won 57 Pro MX races in CA. AMA National MX #97. My first Supercross was at the LA colisium, in 1974 I think? Broc Glover won the High School race, I was 11th. Qualified for a Supercross main at Oakland in 1979. 1983 won the D36 Cross Country #1 plate. 1990 won the Mammoth Mtn Old Timers MX OTHG Exp/Pro class. 97 and 98, D36 Enduro champion. The last Tecate 250K Enduro, in 97, was fourth OA, first Vet A and we won the team race as well. Took the OA at last years Jackhammer Enduro. The last Virgina City GP, took the OA on Saturday and won the Sen. A class. This years, Hollister National Hare Scrambles overalled the Sen. A race. My favorite ride, is the next one!
Have served on the AMA/D36 BOD for several years. Member of the High Sierra MC, as well as the Blue Ribbon Coalition. AMA charter life member.
I presently race a 01 CR250 for Mach 1 Motosports, Fox Racing, Factory Connection, Braking, Motion Pro and Red Line Oil.
Saturdays class is nearly full, don't wait to long, entries are limited.
Dave Wood:)