Some random trail condition musings (from the past 2 weeks), in no particular order...-Skeggs is in soupy shape. Steam Donkey is all focked up from the recent rains, but Manzanita and Resolution are in better-than-summer shape. Avoid ECdM creek for a while in both directions.
-DMC is handling the rain better than I expected. Bullwinkle is a little tweaked, and will now launch you straight up, so I'd take the right-side option for the time being. Transmission + the rest of the pack are in good shape, as is the pump-track, both pretty dry. There are a few new hits that people have been wearing in around Rocky + Bullwinkle. One of 'em is huge.
-Pacifica is a mess. Don't even think about 'scout until March.
-Lower Canyon trail (between Steven's Cyn + Grizzly) in Montebello is in good shape. Lower Table mountain ST, not so much. Best to stay off it for a while until it dries out. Grizzly Flat FR is in good shape, but most of the connectors up top are closed for the winter.
-Alpine Rd. has tons of that snotty, greasy stick-to-your-tires mud. I'd resist riding both the FR and ST for a while.
That's it for right now.
Posted by El Santo 
riding a Hellapoint Bullit from gnor*cal on 01/19/06
