Today’s ride brought me to a scenic little gem called Coopers Gap. About a 20 minute or so drive from Tussey, in what can probably safely be called, the middle of no where, is the aforementioned gap. Five of us met up at the side of a road somewhere between Lewistown, Penn Roosevelt State Park and Rt 322. When we arrived, let’s just say it was raining… hard. But we drove all the way there, so let’s mount up. The names of the trails were a little bit of a blur, but I know that skittaka, dear tick and beautiful were all included.
Coopers Gap Ride (8/2/08)
All in all it was yet another fantastic ride. Unfortunately for me, I had a fair amount of trouble keeping the rubber side down on all of the wet rocks. So after a little blood, a few bee stings, and some tired legs, I had another great time. Beautiful was a trail I had heard a lot about. It’s a lovely trail that rides along the ridge of what ever mountain we were on. It was fantastic… and rocky… I lost skin.
Big thanks to Greg for the GPS tracking and both him and Nick for waiting for me!
Get on your bikes and ride.
August 3rd, 2008 at 11:30 pm
That’s a great loop! Hope you caught some of the perfect weather that came in after the rain.
I noticed that you picked up Shiitaka around the place where the Beautiful extension hits Coopers Gap road (and goes on to the Beautiful Extension Extension :). How was that section? I know the front part of Shiitaka got trashed by the new deer fence, and I haven’t known where the best place is to rejoin it now.
August 4th, 2008 at 11:59 am
I actually thought the whole ride was great. The trails were in excellent condition and are definitely worth riding. I had trouble with Beautiful because the rocks were all wet and I was all over the place (and not always with the bike). I didn’t see a deer fence, so I’m not sure about that.