OCP Work and Ride

It has been a long time since I rode at Ontario County Park (OCP), June of last year in fact.
I've also been meaning to get out there for trail work, especially because Rick, a leader of trail work at OCP, comes out quite often to the Friends of Webster Trails work days.

So today I joined the crew and helped out. There were only four of us. Not a big turn-out. We filled and graded a handful of low spots on a new section of the Purple trail.

After the work, I went for a muni ride. From my past experience, I remembered it was difficult with its hilly and rocky terrain. I confirmed this today. While I'm better than a year ago, I still run of of steam on the never-ending hill climbs.  I think next time I'll avoid the Brown trail, or at least the west half. I was told the east half was easier, but I mistakenly started on the west and never got back to it.  And the other trails are still challenging but more manageable.

I took a few pics:

I rode about 4.5 miles.
Muni at Ontario County Park- 2011-11-20

Ride at OCP

I took the day off from work today and rode at the Ontario County Park in Naples, NY.
I had never been there before but I heard they had some good mountain biking trails. They probably ARE, but on a muni they're pretty tough. Unlike the other trails I've been to so far, these are super rocky and there are a lot of depressions. This picture doesn't really portray the difficulty, but it gives the idea... rocky. I should have taken more pictures or some video.If these weren't there, the elevation changes wouldn't be too bad. As it is, it's very difficult to climb any inclines. This is partly because of the rocks on the incline itself, but also because by the time I got to the inclines I was spent from navigating obstacles and fighting to keep balanced. Downhill was fine. So the ride was on and off. I probably walked 50% of some trails. It was kind of frustrating to be at trails with slope angles I could definitely handle, but I couldn't ride well because of the surface was crazy.
The trails are designed well, but the trail material just isn't for me.
I probably won't go back there anytime soon, but I'm glad I spent the time to check it out.

There is a lookout deck there with a nice view:

Muni at OCP - 2010-06-11