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WWTD
March 31st, 2009, 05:50 PM
I rode wompatuk today and even with the recent rain it was not that bad out there. Some of the low lying trails were a bit muddy, but on these trails I saw more hoof prints from horses than bicycle tire imprints. As far as Borderland goes I only rode for a little while but the trails were in good shape. There was more dog poop than mud on the trails. I wish people would clean up after thier animals, especially at Borderland where they provide plastic bags for you to clean up after your dog.
Jodebane
March 31st, 2009, 06:38 PM
What are the easiest trails at Wompy? I'm going there soon and I am a beginner so I would like to know.
Evil Chocula
April 1st, 2009, 11:10 AM
What are the easiest trails at Wompy? I'm going there soon and I am a beginner so I would like to know.

From what I've ridden there, they're all pretty easy. There might be a few rocky bits, but you can just walk them.
Paul0914
April 1st, 2009, 01:30 PM
grab a trail map in the vistors center or at the trail head across the street from the victors center, the "multi-use, bridle trail" are pretty wide and easy, but venture off of those to have some fun!
skunkty14
April 1st, 2009, 02:49 PM
What are the easiest trails at Wompy? I'm going there soon and I am a beginner so I would like to know.

Couple suggested routes: on the west side of the road, I'd try NW1 - NW2 - NW3 (take a hard right) - NW6 - NW5 - W1 - W2 - W3 - S1 - S2 - S3 - S34 - S10 (follow pavement) - S11 - S32 - S29 (you're now at South Field). Take pavement to S30 and back to S11 - retrace route to W2 (go right) to brief pavement - NW10 - NW9 - NW8 - NW4 - retrace back to car. That's ~7-8mi long.

Looping on the east side of the road is a bit hard without using tougher terrain and/or pavement, but a good start would be N2 - N11 (turn hard right on pavement then left onto trail ~200 ft up) - N16 - N17 - N20 - N21 - N22, explore from here. Heading to N32 - N33 - N14 would make a shorter loop or you could head out further.

Definitely take a map with you, sizeable park but easy to navigate, intersection markers are bright blue with white letters. Keep in mind that when facing a intersection marker you're always facing north to get your bearings.

Map can also be found here http://www.friendsofwompatuck.org/Wompatuck_map.pdf
Jodebane
April 1st, 2009, 05:47 PM
Thanks for all this great advice!