Trip Report: Pics & Video: USA, PA, Southwest / Northern WV

[jhl99]

Over Memorial Day Weekend, we did a 3 day mixed surface trip.  Trip was unusually in that instead of driving a few hours to a starting point, we started from my place... about 45 minutes from downtown Pittsburgh, PA.

Overlooking Uniontown


Quebec Single Track


Night 1 Camp


Packing up Day 2



Wall of leaves


One stop shopping.


Crossing Cheat Lake, heading for Snake Hill.  (Love the names of places in WV)


Trolls under the Big Sandy Bridge.


Gravel Grind


Camp, night 2



A double dab.


There was a road.

All in all, the trip was a pretty good beat down.  Originally, we planned to go to Ohiopyle and ride the GAP trail back to Connellsville... cut that short and high tailed back to my place via straightest line possible.

Here is a 3 minute, time wasting video of the trip:
https://vimeo.com/130054016

[Mista Bone]

Loved it!

[gmcampy]

Looked like a GREAT trip, do you have the route saved, I would like to try some/most some weekend in preparation for the RAT in Oct.  Thanks Glenn

[jhl99]

Here is the route we ended up riding:

https://www.google.com/maps/d/viewer?mid=z8Zofn0TZHpM.klfRtomV1J7w&usp=sharing

[gmcampy]

Thanks for posting!

[wahday]

This is great! My grandmother’s family was from this area (Dawson) and a few summers ago I went out and poked around, including in Connellsville where some relatives were also from. So beautiful and I dreamed of biking while we were there. Dawson felt like if the remaining populace left for the weekend, the entire town would be swallowed by the forest. So lush, especially coming from New Mexico. My great grandfather owned a jewelry store in the little business district of Dawson and they moved to Oklahoma in the early 1900’s. Lots of amazing architecture in that town, some dilapidated, others restored to amazing beauty!!

[threepin]

very nice, used to live on the lake in the center of your southern loop- couple of miles sw of quebec run, tons of great dirt in that area, no shortage of vertical either.