Trail Description:
It is a great short trial to get out and ride on. If you are a big freerider this is a big hill in the middle were there are steep down hills and many jumps. There is also a dirt jumping coarse there. The Cross Counrty trails are very fun. I train on them all season long.
How to get there:
Take 94 north to Tower, get of at Tower and take it to skokie lagoons. Get onto the bike trail and head north. About a mike up the trial there will be a turn off into the woods. TAKE IT
Additional Notes:
It is a great local Trail, Come out and try it.
| Posted by: mike on 8/28/2010 |
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Well said Huckster, and this trail needs
major work.
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| Posted by: Huckster McPlush on 8/23/2010 |
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Illegal trails will never die. I prefer to call them not "illegal trails" but rather "trails that are fun and arent boring like most "legal" trails". Illegal trails will stop (haha, yeah right) when official trails begin to incorporate man made structures and stunts (with bypasses of course) and we are not talking about little skinnies and log overs. Put some drops, jumps, ladder bridges, step downs, step ups...etc... of course Im not asking for this to be done without the help of everyone who would want them. Just saying, if you are a freerider in Illinois, and you dont ride "illegal trails", then you are not a "freerider" because... well, I have already said it :) ***end of rant. :) haha.
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| Posted by: NilesConrad on 8/14/2010 |
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Check out youtube link shows the bone back in 2005- dont know about today
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AMqLSEAtYOQ
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| Posted by: bigdog on 7/19/2009 |
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not sure what the heck edbartunek is talking about. ive ridden this trail my whole life, never seen a sign or a cop back there.. lots of different trails and loops, all FAIR Game
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| Posted by: edbartunek on 10/5/2006 |
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If this single track trail is not specifically marked (4x4x8 post with accompaning confidence markers), the trail you are describing is ILLEGAL. Your moment of pleasure will directly affect all primitive trails throughout the county, specifically the mountain bike trails. CAMBr has worked hard over the past ten years to legitimize mountain biking within the county and riding illegal trails only hurts the cause. STAY OFF unmarked trails. You are also subject to a mandatory court appearance and hefty fine when caught. This doesn't even take into consideration what will happen to your bike in the process.
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| Posted by: Michael Zeleniuch, http:/ on 3/6/2005 |
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The trail was in pretty bad condition which I am attributing to a wet winter and its low elevation relative to the surrounding lagoons. Very pretty scenery. Couldn't find the big jumps but did find a few technical spots that were good. This would a good trail to explore when it's dry and you have a lot of time to get lost. Mud factor was cool but slowed my pace down a lot, I would imagine it will be nicer in the summer.
Michael Zeleniuch, http://www.bigfern.com
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| Posted by: mark on 9/27/2004 |
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their is a very good jump cours. high jumps LOTS OF FUN :)
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| Posted by: mac on 6/5/2002 |
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Its an all around all right fun riding off road trail
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| Posted by: Chris Cylinder on 6/5/2002 |
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Not the biggest out there, but this place is tons of fun many times over. Give yourself an extra challenge by biking in there after a rainstorm :)
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