D Griff wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2017 11:08 am
Johnny_P wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2017 11:01 am
I'm free to hoon after work at least. I could take a day off
probably Monday. I have a wedding to go to the weekend of the 14th and need to take Friday off for it as is.
Keep in mind for after work riding.... the Wiss and Belmont are fucking DARK AS HELL around 7PM now. They're not rideable without good lighting after like 6:30 PM.
If you want to pick up the bike without taking the bangbus on an expedition, the bus system is pretty simple for that hotel to the wissahickon transit center. $2.50 each way need exact change. 10 minute bus ride on the #65, only one stop IIRC, that'll get you to Cadence. Bus to Human Zoom you'd get off at same spot and just walk up Main St Manayunk for about a mile. Getting back is the same.
Getting to Brewerytown without a ride would be a lot harder and require transfers. So $3.50 each way, you pay the $2.50 into the machine then hand the driver a $1 and ask for a transfer. He gives you a piece of paper that is good for another bus ride.
Thanks for all of the pro tips. Could also :companycard: a Lyft as well, within reason.
Right now my schedule is looking really light, although I don't think I could
up until later on Monday, like 4 or so.
Another pro tip. If you venture into Wiss by yourself, note that there aren't any good trail maps available without paying for them. You don't really need it. Google Maps has the layout down pat doe. If you truly get lost, take a trail down the ravine to Forbidden Drive (gravel road) that runs like an artery through the park next to the river. The MTB trails run up and down along the ravine's ridges but are always at a higher elevation than Forbidden Dr. Stuff on the west side of the river on the Yellow Trail (closer to Manayunk) is easier to ride than stuff on the east side on the White Trail.
Valley Green Inn is at the midpoint of Forbidden Drive, basically smack in the middle of the park. They have food, bathrooms, and a water fountain. I wouldn't take the bangbus down there though.
If you go into Belmont.... good luck. Just keep riding until you pop out somewhere. There's a gravel road system that runs through the southern portion of Belmont and most of the trails end up circling back to it eventually. On the north side, the mouse trails are fucking awesome and challenging and basically a one-way that you won't get too lost on. Belmont isn't too big but it does wind around itself a lot and it can be freaky / intimidating by yourself. There are good trail maps available doe.
Mouse trails are from the TOP of the "stone bridge trolley tunnel" running on the Northwest edge of the park boundary down to that soccer field. Your hotel is visible in this map, towards the top to the left of the four buildings that make X's. Blue is gravel road. The techy fun bullshitty stuff is the lower left portion.
I can edit and name the stuff on this map if you want, point out places that are more flowy or less techy bullshit than others, etc.