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Do you have a secret riding area?

firecrotch

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My mom lives in the boonies in a remote part of Washington state. My brother discovered literally across the road fire roads that go on forever. We estimated there are probably 200-300 hundred miles of old rds(seriously). They are basically 50 yr old overgrown fireroads. Granted they are not singletrack parts of it are like singletrack because of how overgrown they are. They basically criss cross a couple mtns and the views....my gawd the views. I was kicking myself last year for not bringing a camera. I was b ored one night and looked at the google maps and discovered almost 3 times more if I am looking at the map correctly. Cant wait for the snow to melt this year****************************************

What other stuff you go out there(no need to give coordinates -lol)?
 
The ~entire Philippines is a enduro track with fans all along the way ... Thats why I'm here ...

UR place sounds cool but someone owns that ground ... maybe a lumber company? weyerhauser? Keep it quiet, track lightly and maybe you will not get busted ....
 
I have nearly a thousand miles of "secret" trails within 50 miles of home that I once road as a kid that are now 90% closed. I poach a lot of it from time to time and rarely see any evidence of any kind of other use of those trails today. I guess when I and a few others die they will disapear completely.
 
I have nothing quite as big but I can leave my garage, cross a schoolyard & railroad track & have about 42miles [84] if I run them in reverse, all in an area about 21/2 by 2 1/2 miles sguare. Lots of weaving.
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Pretty good for an area about 8 miles from a major city. I spend the winters marking & clearing trail which I enjoy as much as riding. Kinda wierd huh
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Very tight single track, some hills & creeks, make for a good ride but i have to continually watch for the law on 4 wheelers & bicycles. Haven't caught me yet
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It's a bummer, but it's worth it. I've been riding it since the early 70's.
 
In Southern California, there are very few areas where one can enjoy legal secret trails. There are so few and there are so many people out here, that there is almost nothing legal and secret. I have only found one legal "secret" trail lately and it's only about 18 miles long. If you Google Earth the area, you can see miles of interesting trails, but when you actually ride up to those roads, they are Indian reservations or private ranches with locked gates and great big unfriendly signs posted. That being said, I know a few not so legal secret trails....oh wait, did I say that out loud?:rolleyes:
 
We ride from the house a few week nights in the summer. Endless trails right from the garage. However, most are on private land now
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. Some timber company and Suncadia Resort.

From my understanding, the Cle Elum area here in Washington (where we live) was the mecca of dirt Biking prior to around, 1990 I think?

So, we sneek onto some of these trails on a work/week night sometimes.

Secret, not so much. But unused for sure!!!
 
use caution here folks...never know whos lurking. Would stink to lose a little "Slice of heaven" if you said the wrong thing.
(BTW...thats why they are called "Secret")

Joe
 
TE 250 Girl said:
We ride from the house a few week nights in the summer. Endless trails right from the garage. However, most are on private land now:o. Some timber company and Suncadia Resort.

From my understanding, the Cle Elum area here in Washington (where we live) was the mecca of dirt Biking prior to around, 1990 I think?

So, we sneek onto some of these trails on a work/week night sometimes.

Secret, not so much. But unused for sure!!!
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Yup, it was an absolute zoo on memorial day weekends. My parents had a cabin across from the "last resort" near the lake. We rode for days and days right across the street. If we got thirsty or hungry rode down to the yamaha shop and texico and bought stuff. If you wanted to jump in the lake you rode down to the beech. Old number 5 across from thehigh school had anyway between 5-9 mx tracks going at any time. Nobody bothered you because it was just understood that it was a riding town. Then the shooting of "Northern exposure" came in, then the money, then the green nazis. Sad day when it shut own
 
There are still some towns like that in West Virginia. We can ride anywhere to any store, gas or place to eat. They actually are glad to see us. If you get lost or break down, they go find you. Don't ask how I know
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firecrotch said:
Yup, it was an absolute zoo on memorial day weekends. My parents had a cabin across from the "last resort" near the lake. We rode for days and days right across the street. If we got thirsty or hungry rode down to the yamaha shop and texico and bought stuff. If you wanted to jump in the lake you rode down to the beech. Old number 5 across from thehigh school had anyway between 5-9 mx tracks going at any time. Nobody bothered you because it was just understood that it was a riding town. Then the shooting of "Northern exposure" came in, then the money, then the green nazis. Sad day when it shut own
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Sad... Sometimes being civilized is not all it is cracked up to be ...

If I have ever said anything bad about West Virginia (and I don't think I have), I take it back after hearing the bagman relay that 'they are actually glad to see us'.
 
Bagman, are you talking about Hatfield McKoy? It's a great experiment to help bring money to the town, tons of trails and friendly to ATV's and Dirt Bikes. How can you not have a great time with a huge trail system and when you get low on fuel or hungry you can ride into town to get food and fuel. I just wished they had a few more Single track trails.

West VA used to have a law where a ATV can be ridden on the paved roads (45mph and under) if it the ATV had a headlight and Brake light. I think they have changed it now where only roads that do not have a center line? Not sure on that.
 
Much of the land that I rode as a kids is either been developed or is off limits with the threat of criminal tresspassing. With that said, we still have some great places to ride, but unfortunatley you have to keep it quiet, because once the secret is out your "speakeasy" riding area will get exposed by the local squids. Rules for keeping it quiet are: do not litter, don't not cut trail close to the road, tread lightly, do not mention your area on some messageboards, keep your mufflers packed & quiet & if you do bring a friend along, you must blindfold him from the time you pick him up until you get ready to unload. LOL
 
firecrotch said:
My mom lives in the boonies in a remote part of Washington state. My brother discovered literally across the road fire roads that go on forever. We estimated there are probably 200-300 hundred miles of old rds(seriously). They are basically 50 yr old overgrown fireroads. Granted they are not singletrack parts of it are like singletrack because of how overgrown they are. They basically criss cross a couple mtns and the views....my gawd the views. I was kicking myself last year for not bringing a camera. I was b ored one night and looked at the google maps and discovered almost 3 times more if I am looking at the map correctly. Cant wait for the snow to melt this year****************************************

What other stuff you go out there(no need to give coordinates -lol)?
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Let me know if you need help exploring that
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I do have a secret riding spot. Although I havent rode there in awhile. There is some private land in Napa (Soda Canyon), around 1000 acres that I used to ride all the time. It has everything. Hills, woods, rock, water crossings. Fun place
 
Dirtdame said:
In Southern California, there are very few areas where one can enjoy legal secret trails. There are so few and there are so many people out here, that there is almost nothing legal and secret. I have only found one legal "secret" trail lately and it's only about 18 miles long. If you Google Earth the area, you can see miles of interesting trails, but when you actually ride up to those roads, they are Indian reservations or private ranches with locked gates and great big unfriendly signs posted. That being said, I know a few not so legal secret trails....oh wait, did I say that out loud?:busted:
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I too live in SoCal however I frequent the desert (JV to be exact) where NOTHING is a secret...what we do have that's legal is no secret and may be taken away from us in the near future in the 29 Palms Marine Base expansion...
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Near Silicon Valley there is nothing. There are a few really easy dual sport roads, Hollister Hills SVRA, Metcalf County OHV Park, Carnegie SVRA (if you're into hill climb city) and that's about it (not counting a few privately operated MX tracks).

Anything private is gated/fenced off. And largely unused. If I want to do any real riding, I have to drive 3 or 4 hours either North to Mendocino National Forest, East to the Sierra Nevadas or South to Pozo (which isn't that large) or much further southwest to Death Valley and all that.

California is controlled by a narrow minded, green, left wing wackos. They would rather close off land to all human access than allow well controlled and managed access for responsible people.

They seem to think Humans should leave no footprint. Well, I have news for them. Animals do and humans are animals. We ARE part of nature. We should be out there revelling in its glory. Responsibly, of course. Packing out our trash, not cutting new trails, and interacting with other nature fans in a positive manner.
 
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Sad... Sometimes being civilized is not all it is cracked up to be ...
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Depends on where you've been and what you've seen. I've found "civilization" to be pretty damn nice after a period without. I also have found that our country really doesn't understand "uncivilized" as an option.

I would, however, much like to have a secret riding area. And I would post a great big YES to the OP's question.
 
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