The Hammerin' Wheels Mountain Bike Club

Fleming Meadow Loop

Nov '09 7 Sat 9:00 AM

Location: Iron Point Light Rail Station

Folsom Blvd. at Iron Point Rd.
Folsom, CA 95630

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Attendance: 3 people attended.
5.003 (3 ratings)
Who organized?
Bill Keane

What: Fleming Meadows Loop Ride (C8)

When: Saturday, Nov 7, 9:00 AM

Where: Pollock Pines, Ca

Why: It’s like a rollercoaster, only on the dirt!

Meeting Description: Fleming Meadows is a blast and we usually have the trails to ourselves.

There are about 8 miles of trails, with a few strenuous climbs. Trails are mostly single track with some fire road. Trails are mostly non-technical, but there are great stretches of flowing downhill single track with low (1 ft.) jumps and drops. We’ll be sticking to route 8. Routes 8A and 8B are pretty cool on the way down but a pretty good hike-a-bike on the way out.

If there are just a few of us I’ll be glad to bring along my little gas bbq and do up come chili dogs afterward, otherwise there is a great pizza place just a few miles back in town.

. Here is a link to a trail map:

http://www.fs.fed.us/...

We'll meet at 9:00 AM at the Iron Point Light Rail Station at the corner of Folsom Blvd. and Iron Point in Folsom and car pool/caravan from there.

Please bring YOUR HELMET, water, trail food, a functioning bike, patch repair kit,, etc.

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Amber Forest
I'll just plan on hitching a ride w/you then Bill.

Posted Nov 6, 2009 10:20 PM
Don
Here's another idea for adding mileage (if everyone wants too). After riding the entire loop counter-clockwise (the normal direction), we could cut across the loop on one of the fire roads, and ride a section of the trail the opposite direction, going downhill on what initially was a climb. Actually, I've been studying the map trying to figure out how use the fireroads to ride the entire loop as a downhill, but for some strange reason that doesn't seem possible.

Posted Nov 6, 2009 12:26 PM
Bill Keane
Paul, Denise, hope you can make it !!!!

Posted Nov 5, 2009 10:27 AM
Bill Keane
Hey Amber, Fleming Meadows is about 45 mins east of Folsom, but no worries I can take two up with me.

Posted Nov 5, 2009 10:26 AM
Bill Keane
Hey Don, I think a side trip along the lake is a possiblity. Let's see how we all feel when we get back to the parking lot. And hey I'm not rulling out a 8A or 8B 'detour'. It was pretty cool down by the creek!

Posted Nov 2, 2009 9:51 AM

Who attended?

3 attendees
- Don
  
  “ Fun ride. Thanks for leading Bill. And thanks for the refreshment. A little bit of everything - bomb scare, smoldering forest fire, (which Amber stomped out). And at the end I missed a turn in the trail and almost went down the spillway. That would have been a fun ride. Still want to do Fleming before it's snowed in. ”
- Amber Forest
  
  “ We didn't get to go to Fleming Meadow because the bomb squad was up there diffusing something somebody found. So we went around Jenkinson Lake instead. What a beautiful ride! I highly suggest this trail for those of you who enjoy a light to moderate technical trail with lots of scenery and plenty of cardio. ”
- Bill Keane
  
  “ Well, because of a bomb scare we had to ride Jenkinson Lake, but it was a great alternative and a perfectly beautiful fall ride! ”