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Updated May 26, 2011 --
GalbraithMt.com Top Trails 2011
| GALBRAITH IS a moving target. New trails are being built all the time and old trails are constantly changing as the line and the natural obstacles evolve, or the area is logged.
There is also a matter of style or fashion. Some trails enjoy tremendous popularity and then fade (Wonderland, Chutes & Ladders), some fade and then return (Crazy 8s, The Old Up), and some never go out of vogue (Ridge Trail, Bob's Trail).
Here are 12 current GalbraithMt.com Top Trail Picks, with a selection from the North Side, South Side, East Side and Mid-mountain portions of Galbraith, as well as a range of styles and abilities from beginner to advanced freeride.
All are first rate trails, well worthy of your acquaintance. Happy trails...
GalbraithMt.com Trail Picks
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| Name |
Type of Trail |
Location |
Notes |
| Chainsaw Massacre |
Cross country |
East Side |
What a delight to discover/rediscover this hoary old timer again after nearly a decade! Chainsaw Massacre dates to another age, when many of the trails on Galbraith were built by dirt bikers, who cared very little about pitch and grade. It's been a long time, but the initial descent on Chainsaw massacre (after the cairn on Papa Bear) is as sweet as any singletrack on Galbraith. Nearby and newer Papa Bear (of the 3 Bears) cuts off all of the awful parts of the old Chainsaw, and all that remains on the new one is sweetness. Just opened again this summer, Chainsaw Massacre is double sweet when ridden with Lost Sole (AKA Sole Patch, Oly Extension), which it meets at the 2700 Rd. |
| Goldilocks |
Intermediate
Cross Country |
East Side |
Together, Goldilocks & the 3 Bears are the best-kept singletrack secret on Galbraith, and as of the summer of 2010, Goldilocks links with the 3 Bears, the resurrected Chainsaw Massacre and the new Lost Sole, creating a major new East Side trail hub at the intersection of the 2000 Rd. and the 2700 Rd. |
| 3 Bears |
Intermediate
Cross Country |
East Side |
Together, Goldilocks & the 3 Bears are the best-kept singletrack secret on Galbraith, and as of the summer of 2010, Papa Bear links with Goldilocks, the resurrected Chainsaw Massacre and the new Lost Sole, creating a major new East Side trail hub at the intersection of the 2000 Rd. and the 2700 Rd. |
| Unemployment Line |
Freeride |
Mid-mountain |
The most heralded and eagerly anticipated new trail on Galbraith in a long time, Unemployment Line is also the first mechanically-built trail on the mountain. It begins with a big elevated drop on the first catwalk off the road, and doesn't let up from there. And it feels like nothing else on Galbraith -- more controlled, more groomed, more safe in a weird way because even though the moves are big on Unemployment Line, the fast line is almost always open, more like California than the Shore. In the process, Unemployment Line destroyed another beloved Galbraith trail, Flying Squirrel, known as The Luge to the freeride crowd. You can pick it up Unemployment Line off the 3000 Rd. (Tower Rd.) a little ways above the junction with the 4000 Rd. |
| Atomic Dog |
Technical Trail
/ Freeride |
South Side |
Atomic Dog is wonderful new trail (the name refers to trail builder Eric Brown's late dog, Radar) that is sure to delight a wide swath of the high end crowd from the Freeride through the Technical Trail categories. Atomic Dog has got rhythm and flow and The Rock too. Atomic Dog starts after Unemployment Line at the 2300 Rd. and parallels the lower of the 3 Pigs to the bottom at Galbraith Lane. |
| Banjoland |
Beginner
Cross Country |
South Side |
Banjoland, The Bunnies and Art's Trail are the best beginner trails on Galbraith. All were on GalbraithMt.com's original Galbraith Trail Map in 2000, but they were destroyed by logging shortly thereafter, and then resurrected by volunteer trail work beginning in 2006 |
| Art's Trail |
Beginner
Cross Country |
South Side |
Banjoland, The Bunnies and Art's Trail are the best beginner trails on Galbraith. All were on GalbraithMt.com's original Galbraith Trail Map in 2000, but they were destroyed by logging shortly thereafter, and then resurrected by volunteer trail work beginning in 2006 |
| Bunny Trails |
Beginner
Cross Country |
South Side |
Banjoland, The Bunnies and Art's Trail are the best beginner trails on Galbraith. All were on GalbraithMt.com's original Galbraith Trail Map in 2000, but they were destroyed by logging shortly thereafter, and then resurrected by volunteer trail work beginning in 2006 |
| Kaya |
Beginner
Cross Country |
South Side |
Excellent new singletrack route connecting The Bunnies and the 1100 Rd., replacing the old lost trail, Nick & Pete |
| Mole Trap |
Intermediate
Cross Country |
South Side |
Excellent (but still raw) new singletrack connecting Rock 'n Roll and Lost Giants, enabling an unbroken singletrack route all the way from the 1000 Rd. / Pipeline Rd. on the South Side to Cedar Dust on the North Side. Dude! |
| Kona Boys |
Beginner
Cross Country |
North Side |
Excellent new singletrack route connection the Intestine and Arsenio in between Lower Arsenio and The Cleavage. |
| SST |
Technical Trail
/ Freeride |
North Side |
Popular SST is the longest trail on the North Side, having been extended over the years from Arsenio (actually the intersection with Granny's House) all the way down to Birch St. with the addition of the new lower section below the Power Line right-of-way, AKA The Runway. |
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