Evil, er, East Mountain Road/Lundy Catskills, NY

[bluemonster]

Back on the hardest road in the Catskills area. First though warmed up on Lundy Road. Then to confront the evil Class IV 4X4 road: guaranteed CR-V damage...

Sure enough, I take some pokes to the undercarriage in the deep ruts. Nothing more serious than a couple of Northern Pinstripes though.

Found some snow too! It was still about 10 inches deep and a blast in my new tires! And that's the easy section of this nasty SOB road....

[bluemonster]

Back through the 2nd biggest stream crossing in this area!

Woo-hoo 8)

Down the steep bank, check out my approach angle!

[bluemonster]

In through the deep water about a foot deep and COLD!

[james900rr]

thats awesome man i wish we had trails like that around here...are those legal places to off road? the only "off road" spots we have around my place are illegal ie: mining roads or county property. Boy oh boy i wish i had a spot like that to ride....good pix man

[bluemonster]

Totally legal, I even have the card of the Park Ranger (a pretty gal with my dream job) in case I need help.

This road is a bear in a SUV. MAybe OK in a big 4X4, but one section is at a scary side angle (total rollover risk), then you cross a bigger stream section (approx 50 feet around a old rotten bridge) then a long long rocky stretch that'll loosen your fillings and your undercarriage! Yikes!

Here's a review from our first trip:
http://www.criana.com/crv/nemc/gallery/catskills

[CRIANA]

Bluemonster,
Did you go for the part of the trail that makes you look out the sideway and look at ground because the angle is so much?

[Vigor25]

wow that would be too much for me...that takes a lot of guts :)

[bluemonster]

Bluemonster,
Did you go for the part of the trail that makes you look out the sideway and look at ground because the angle is so much?

I wimped out! :evil:

That section is too dangerous without help! I also measured the distances, 4 miles to the first stream crossing, so the whole thing is only about 8 miles long, but at 4 miles per hour, 2 hours to finish! I think that's what we did! :lol:

[CRIANA]

Wow, I ddin't realize we covered 8 miles. It did take around 2 hours.

I don't blame you, I wouldn't drive that section alone either :-)

Cool Pics :-)

[peahen]

Is that a bridge next to the stream? You should get a photo with the bridge in the pic and caption it something like "CR-V Natural Tendancy"!

[Hunter]

wow, that sounds/looks like a pretty good trail. wish we could be there to try that "scary side angle" section! :twisted:

[bluemonster]

Is that a bridge next to the stream? You should get a photo with the bridge in the pic and caption it something like "CR-V Natural Tendancy"!

Yep, that's a functional bridge, which is nice for scouting the hole for large rocks....

The "scary angle section" tilts the V about 20 degrees to the side and is thick mud...total seat pucker action there....

[chinchillax]

Cool trail... it seems like your bluemonster sees a lot of offroad journeys! It makes me jealous!:D