New Trails at Spirit Mountain! - Wildcat Rework + Happy Hub Connector - Duluth, MN

New trail day at Spirit Mountain! There is a new trail hub called the Happy Hub where the reworked Wildcat and the lower portion of Happy Camper begin, as well as a new green rated trail off of Candyland named Happy Hub Connector leading you there. Happy Hub Connector had some fun beginner jumps and nice flow leading you to the new hub. Wildcat now has a large wooden drop as a squirrel catcher (that is rollable) before launching you down a flowy jump line with some larger gap jumps and tabletops. Everything on Wildcat worked great and was very intuitive, especially an optional gap over a flat bridge that is a speed check for the larger jump right after it. I wasn't able to clear that bridge gap without slightly casing the jump, and needed to throw in a pedal stroke or two to clear the biggest jump. The trail is brand new so the dirt was fresh and soft in some spots so it'll get faster as it's ridden in, but I already know the Duluth locals are sending everything on it regardless. The lower portion of Wildcat is still under construction so I wasn’t able to ride it or see what was new, but I know it's going to be a great improvement to what was an already awesome trail for the original Wildcat. Sounds like there are other new trails and renovations in the works for Spirit planned for this season, so keep an eye out for updates as the bike park expands!

Many of the other popular and most difficult trails were closed at Spirit this day, but I still had a lot of fun riding what was open. Rode a few laps with a rider I met, Mason, who towed me into some rock rolls and was absolutely sending his new Rocky Mountain Altitude, his very first ride on it no less! He was taking notes on his suspension setup to get his new Altitude dialed in, just like I was taking notes on my Spires new tune to get the suspension fine tuned. Was hoping to ride Monkey Business or Calculated Risk to test bottom out resistance, but they were closed. Need to get back to Spirit and ride those trails before seeing if I need to remove more volume spacers to utilize all my suspension travel. I've had a lot of fun learning about and adjusting my Fox Factory suspension, and I think it's close to being dialed! Can't wait to get back to Spirit Mountain to ride more trails as they open.

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