I was about to start a new thread about grooming and Moultonboro but I guess I'll just tack this one here in this thread:
On Friday I rode from Suissevale up the Powerlines to Kanasatka to Meredith bay to the tracks. Good conditions on Moultonboro side as usual. Trail from Center Harbor to Meredith was decent on the Moultonboro side. As soon as you pass the farm on to the Meredith side it was pretty poor. By the way getting to the Tracks from Meredith bay is a huge challenge these days. The steep hill is not an option when I have my 7 year old on the back. I could not find the old entrance to the tracks from the lake by the Grouse Point Docks. There was a group of 5 people looking for that same access point I was looking for and we never found it. Did they put up a fence recently? Anyway instead of going all the way to The Weirs I found a really nice guy Ice Fishing nearby that let me cut through his yard. Thanks to that guy if you are reading this.
Tracks were miserable all the way to Ashland. Stay away at all cost. Ride up toward Rumney over the mountain was good. Ride from Plain Jane's to Plymouth was a B-. Plymouth to Ashland was ok. Best riding all day was Squam Lake. So beautiful and it seems that they do not have nearly the slush problem that has been plaguing Winni.
Squam to Kanasatka was just ok at this point and then Kanasatka to Winni on 15 was bumpy at this point. 4pm
100 mile day all in all decent riding.
Ok so I go to bed and I am dreaming about the bumpy conditions and dreading that when I wake up. So I'm supposed to meet a crew on Kanasatka at 10am. I wake up and hit the Suissevale access trail to 15. Access trail is bumpy of course as it is not groomed being that it is an access trail. Every bump re-aggrivates a sore muscle from the day before. In my head I am like oh man I can't do this today. Guess I am getting old.
I get on the main trail and there it was!!! All I could think of is that it was like magic elves came out overnight and made these magnificent, amazing, flat trails. Immediately I smile from ear to ear. I think to myself there is no way that all the trails in Moultonboro can be this good today. It's impossible I thought. It's kind of like the whole concept of Santa Claus. How does he get to every house in one night?
There is no way the groomers were able to hit all the trails overnight? So I meet my crew after a fantastic ride up the powerlines and tell them of my great fortune. So instead of our original plan to go up to Sandwich I suggest we ride all of, or the majority of the Moultonboro trails on Sunday. I wanted to explore new ground in Moultonboro and everyone was fine with the idea.
We had a GREAT day. We only logged about 60 miles but it was so fun. Red Hill was in great shape and so fun. The trails by the Village kitchen were awesome. Trails by the Castle were awesome. Powerlines were fun and smooth, best I've ever ridden in that area. We took the Kona loop and Far Echo trails to Braun bay (less grooming there and tight and windy but real fun).
All in all we had such a great day on the Moultonboro trails on Sunday I wanted to thank all the groomers for all their hard work. I really really really appreciate all the hard work you guys do for us. I had one of the best days riding even though I stayed close and never really left Moultonboro.
