CRAMBA: Pontiac Lake

[scoottruth]

Has anybody ridden Pontiac? I am from traverse city on spring break looking for decent trail

[jreyst]

Someone I know checked it out yesterday. Description: "SLOPFEST"

[Bunko]

How are the trails looking? Anybody been out there in the last few days?

[MIradler]

How are the trails looking? Anybody been out there in the last few days?

Rode it today. Two fallen trees obstructing the path. One towards the beginning of the trail and one towards the end. Aside from that conditions are good.

[JakeCamp]

Pontiac was perfect on Tuesday 4/9!

[oldkhs]

Finally got the bike out of hibernation today, PLRA was awesome. Thanks to those who did the trail work.
Is there somewhere else for trail updates. Don’t see much posting here?

[jreyst]

SE Michigan Trail Conditions FB group gets updated a lot more than here.

[mjbl]

Rode Thursday 6/27, fine condition. 1 large tree down before toilet bowl in some high speed rollers. Had to break real hard to avoid crashing into trail obstruction. Very fun ride.

[crustaceous_flora]

Love the new berms and jumps on the trail! Lots of face slappers and thick brush out there right now.

[mtbfree]

Just a warning, I got some bad poison ivy on my upper arm at PLRA a couple weeks ago. It was after an overnight rain... trail wasn't muddy, but the face slappers were damp and hanging lower than usual, so I assume there's a poison ivy/oak/sumac vine that hung down and got me.

[macarone]

Just a warning, I got some bad poison ivy on my upper arm at PLRA a couple weeks ago. It was after an overnight rain... trail wasn't muddy, but the face slappers were damp and hanging lower than usual, so I assume there's a poison ivy/oak/sumac vine that hung down and got me.

Face slappers, damp hangers! IM OUT!


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[DynoDon]

Just a warning, I got some bad poison ivy on my upper arm at PLRA a couple weeks ago. It was after an overnight rain... trail wasn't muddy, but the face slappers were damp and hanging lower than usual, so I assume there's a poison ivy/oak/sumac vine that hung down and got me.

Face slappers, damp hangers! IM OUT!

There is a solution, anybody can cut that stuff, snips, scissors, weed whacker, DR Trimmer, brushog, DNR sure isn't going to do it, runner/hikers won't do it, trail days don't happen often enough to keep up with it.


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[Mucky]

Trail was good today. Dry and loose on some hills. There where a few sections where there were huge patches of poison ivy at the edge of the trail. Beware

[mtbrskier]

Rode PLRA today since I in that part of Metro Detroit for the first time in 3-4 years. It was my go-to trail from circa 2000-2015.

The trail is in excellent shape.

I bit it on that big sweeping-left downhill toward the end of the loop where it comes out of the woods and drops down that gravely outwash.
That thing is way more rutted and eroded than I remember but I was likely carrying too much speed into it at the top.
Erosion has always been a battle at PLRA.

[thejode]

True that. It's part of PLRA's charm. I brake like a little girl in there. Then let if rip on the last half. PLRA will not disappoint.