NH Downhill

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oldbrokenandfast

Posted: Jul 23, 2020 at 6:39	Quote
What is good besides Highland? Love the place, but I'd not doing crazy elements and wouldn't mind less of a line. I know they built Loons trails, but I've heard they are too tame. Anybody been there, or Cranmore, or...?

oldbrokenandfast

Posted: Jul 27, 2020 at 6:43

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Welp, rode Loon. Decent, but it's no Highland.

Only one trail has serious flow. The others are fun, but either crammed in, with corners just plain too tight (which is also funny, since they have a whole frickin' mountain to work with), or spaced out funny- like a technical rock section that you could air if you knew what you were doing, except it's placed right into a corner. It really seems designed to give rental riders the sense they did something hardcore. Which is their target market I guess.

I'd do it again, but I'll hit Highlands a few times first.

TannerValhouli

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Posted: Aug 15, 2020 at 17:48	Quote
North Conway trails off hurricane mountain road are really sick but are better on an enduro bike since there’s a bit of a hike from the shuttle road, fast flowy trails with enough tech mixed in to keep things spicy. Oh and there’s kandagnar to pinball which is a triple black gnar run. River gaps, deadly chutes and sniper landings into corners the whole way down

oldbrokenandfast

Posted: Aug 17, 2020 at 7:26	Quote
Nice, thanks. I've been hearing good stuff about NC riding. Might have to head over the hill one of these days.

Ottoclave

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Posted: Aug 24, 2020 at 8:22	Quote
Mt. Abram (https://www.mtabram.com) has a few good trails that are fun for an afternoon. Definitely not Highland-level challenges, but still fun. Also, it's Maine, not NH, but it's close to NH.

NERyder

O+ FL

Posted: Aug 27, 2020 at 19:29

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Bear brook is fun with some flowy DH trails but they are much more mellow than highland. Little and big bear are easier but fun at speed. Bear Hill is great south To north, hemlock west to East, and hedgehog both ways is great.

The trails off hurricane mountain road in North Conway are excellent. Hurricane, formerly parking lot smoothie, is somewhat similar to cats paw at highland but much longer and ends at a dirt jump track the continues on to the lower part of Red Tail which is similar in terrain to Fancy Feast at Highland. Difference is it’s 1200+ feet of continuous descent. Kettle ridge is a Richy and techy challenging blue just over from those two. The connecting trail Cranmore connector is really fun to ride as well. Charlie Don’t Surf just got added to the end of cranmore connector which I hear is excellent.

Behind the outlets Rattlesnake and The swamp are great trails and outer limits and twilight are steep and challenging. But none of those are shuttleable, you have to earn your vertical.

Marshall conservation area has a really fun DH trail called Shumway that is worth peddling up a couple times to repeat. Berms are a little loose when I went and a true blue flow trail but with lots of hits and natural features all along the side on the way down with the bottom part reminding me of sidewinder in KH.

I have also heard great things about Green Woodlands being KT without the crowds. I haven’t gotten up there yet.

Hope that helps

oldbrokenandfast

Posted: Aug 31, 2020 at 12:21

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NERyder wrote:

Hope that helps

For sure. I was originally asking about lift served stuff, moslty because it was 90* and 112% humidity. Going into fall I'll be pedaling more and this is great stuff.

How busy does it get? Hurricane and KT specifically. No parking to be had type busy?

Green's is killer, by the way. But don't tell anyone.

adamlemieux

Posted: Oct 3, 2020 at 16:44	Quote
Question. Are there any nh downhill meet up groups? Trying to get back into it but I work weekends so my schedule never lines up with friends schedules

oldbrokenandfast

Posted: Oct 5, 2020 at 7:46

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adamlemieux wrote:

Question. Are there any nh downhill meet up groups? Trying to get back into it but I work weekends so my schedule never lines up with friends schedules

Dunno about that, but Highland is open Thursday through Sunday this month and we finally have good dirt.

And friends just slow you down 8)

29er1

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Posted: May 10, 2021 at 9:53	Quote
Hi anyone know if attitash will be open for biking this year?

NERyder

O+ FL

Posted: May 10, 2021 at 13:32	Quote
Not sure about Attitash and a quick search brought up nothing. Looks like Loon is opening this month and Killington as well. Highland is obviously already open.

Lavacon

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Posted: May 24, 2021 at 6:18

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Loon opens up this weekend, will be going Sunday. I'm an old noob, so this works for me. It's not Highland, but ya'll don't need me there slowing folks up

Edit: Loon was dead on Sunday. Great day with the boys. Derailer, steampunk and cinder were my favorites. Great place for this old noob and company. Derailer left me with some stuff to progress up too as well. Now it's time to practice getting better on the berms and more comfortable on some of the larger jumps.

oldbrokenandfast

Posted: Aug 13, 2021 at 7:47

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29er1 wrote:

Hi anyone know if attitash will be open for biking this year?

Drove by Attitash after hitting Cranmore last weekend, place was a ghost town. Looked to me like zero operations this year.

ChiefSilverback

Posted: Aug 30, 2021 at 12:33

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oldbrokenandfast wrote:

29er1 wrote:

Hi anyone know if attitash will be open for biking this year?

Drove by Attitash after hitting Cranmore last weekend, place was a ghost town. Looked to me like zero operations this year.

Attitash didn't open this year, but apparently they're doing work on the trails for summer 2022?

How did you like Cranmore? I took my 8 year old and he had fun, but I think my 10 year old would be a bit bored with the lack of jumps.

Danhikeski

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Posted: Nov 21, 2021 at 18:51	Quote
Attitash did alot with the trails on the other side of rt16 this year. They are great, lots of flow. They still had the race series this summer, but like stated, didn't open.

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