Photos from Michaux SF Pennsylvania

You got some awesome pics in there Jack! I need to make it up there one of these days...

Nice Jack,
I was up there on Veteran's Day.











LOTS more to explore. Mmmmmmmmmmm

Watch my butt.... I'm going back at least one more time before the snow and ice make it treacherous. I'd be happy to have you along. I'll PM you with more notice than I gave the game on Saturday.

Thanks for the great shots John! Great to see folks I know out having fun in one of my favorite places.

ANYBODY who has shots of the Forrest BRING em ON>

Jax, I am going to have to join you for one of your rides. I do love Michaux. I can also show you around some of the little gems in my area.

It also sounds to me like you have a little Bald Eagle Bastard in ya.

I'm hoping to get my first trip in before the weather changes...Looks like a fun place to ride.

Sky, badguy and Ovoidious,

Me and code are going to try to ride some Michaux some weekend day after the Thanksgiving holiday. jus sayin.


Sky, Either ScottP or Bloochdog said you had PA ADV stickers.....zzzzat true? I figure I should get me a few of those.


what the hell...
Here's another photo from Ridge Road a year ago:

Post it up once you know what day it is.

What he said.

What they said

Is the Michaux forest anywhere near Mt. Davis? We rode down there in September.

Yes please do,,grew up well(LOL) in the Bigerville ,Arendtsville side of Michaux State Park ,,,so let me know when you are riding there again,live in York now ,just a few miles away
wfleet326@comcast.net
will meet up with you

Hey Jax,

Checked out a map of Michaux that said no motorcycles allowed on the trails. Are these pics from all gravel roads open to any vehicle traffic? My buddy and I, both from B'more, am trying to figure out a December Saturday ride for our GSA's. Wanna be our point man?

There are lots of legal gravel (sometimes less than gravel) roads in Michaux. Pretty much as long as you don't have to go around a gate, and it resembles a road, you are good to go.

Sweeeet. Thanks for the info. Definitely have to check that park out now. Baltimore sucks for anything resembling gravel.

Do a search for Michaux, maybe in regionals, you'll get some hits. Lots of riding there.

Also check out the DAMN riders, a lot of those guys are from B-more, Fredrick areas. There are routes, etc there.

I grew up in Buchanan Valley, you locals know where that is
Michaux is my backyard.

Word to the wise, deer rifle season starts tomorrow, ride on Sundays.

Oh Damn! Another fine tip. Thanks. Not really trying to get shot at.

Thanks for the reminder.

Drove through the Buchanan Valley yesterday :) getting home from tgiving family stuff. A beautiful area to live!
I should have known better than to try to go riding the first Saturday of December in PA..... This state gives school children off school the Monday after thanksgiving because it's the first day of rifle deer hunting. There are thousands of folks in the woods with rifles.... some of whom are going to shoot at ANYTHING that moves.

No hunting on Sunday?.... Probably lots of folks in the woods anyway.

+1 DAMN is a great resource for fun in the dirt, gravel, mud and sand.

I'm over on the DAMN site under a pseudo-pseudonym.

We need to ride Michaux together, I'm anxious to get the XR out there.

We went to Michaux again yesterday. ICE was the word of the day...



Yes, my Pa friends will ask .............. You tried what, where, when?

It all started innocently enough....


It went sideways pretty quick.
At about 5 miles in...







More fun and good karma to follow.

My partners in slime are Dozer1 and Dynamick.





doin the MyStrom got me outta this dance.




Did you see what my Strom got me out of????????


This is where I turned around. It got to the point that I had to ride in the drainage ditch to stay off the ice and my friends had 90/10 tires on. I figured that wouldn't be pretty so I decided to punt.


I had thought there might be ice, but decided to go for it anyway. As we got into PA from the south, I started to notice ice and snow in the shady areas. This is when I cautioned my buds that we may have to turn around because of ice. Just as we entered the gravel it looked pretty good! Lets rock.


Ah well.. "Nothing Adventured Nothing Gained". -Dorito

More pix to come.