Mountain Biking Crescent Lake | Southington, CT
Crescent lake is like a different world and blew my expectations out of the water. This trail system has a bit of everything from flow, chunk, and jumps, to old school drops and wooden features. Trails range from beginner flow to really advanced with punchy climbs and short hills throughout. Along the back side of the lake are the old school tech trails, one of which is the one of the hardest tech trails I have ever ridden. Worth a visit for sure!
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Crescent Lake in Southington, CT :: Mountain Biking Connecticut
SEPTEMBER 2018 UPDATE: So much has been happening at Crescent and a lot of what is shown here is out of date. If you're looking for some of the new trails or want to see the updated versions of the trails shown in this video: Hit subscribe plus the bell icon to receive notifications when I post an updated video
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Today we're riding the singletracks of Crescent Lake in Southington, CT. Expect a fair amount of peddling as jumps and technical features are the exception not the rule on these trails. I also highly recommend you find a good map or local guide who knows the trails because it’s very easy to get turned around or find yourself going in the less than awesome direction down a trail. Thanks for watching!
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MTB // THE FLYIN' FLANNEL **FULL EDIT** Crescent Lake, Southington, CT
Jake is on a roll after hitting some jumps at the Rez and Frankenstein. He wanted to hit up Crescent Lake and hit the step downs and gap jumps I showed him earlier in the year. Ever since Jake popped his cherry, he has become a jump wh*re. Check it out or skip to specific points in the video by clicking below:
Session on the gap jumps: 2:02
Session on the first step-down: 3:56
Session on the second step-down: 4:42
Session on the third step-up/step-down: 5:40
Riding Angelo's Ashes At Crescent Lake
Riding Angelo's Ashes - a single track mountain bike trail at Crescent Lake. There are lots of fun rock rollers, drops and interesting lines on this trail. One of the best at Crescent Lake!
MTB // BREAKING THE I.C.E.? --- First Ride of 2018 Crescent Lake, Southington, CT
This is my first ride of 2018 and I'm at Crescent Lake in Southington, CT for a quick loop. Last year I didn't start riding until May and I wanted to get a head start this season. I couldn't get my boys to come out and ride today but hopefully they will come out soon. I couldn't really session because my fingers were too cold. Next time.
Short Trail Hike in Connecticut (Crescent Lake)
Slideshow of my hike around Crescent Lake in Southington, CT. I have to admit, I think about 4 pictures from Sessions Woods in Burlington, CT got mixed into this video. I believe they are the ones where the sun is shining through the trees.
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Case Mountain Park in Manchester, CT :: Mountain Biking Connecticut
Today we’re riding up in Manchester Connecticut on the trails in Case Mountain Park. This was the first day the weather really warmed up and after a few days of dreary, rainy weather me, my bike, and nature were all very happy for the sun to be out.
The park itself is massive with 640 acres of land and the nearly 12 mile loop we tackled today barely scratches the surface for what this place has to offer.
You must be prepared to work to get back to the car. We climbed nearly 1 thousand feet of elevation which for our neck of the woods is nothing to sneeze at.
And because of the size of the park and the fact that there are little to no trail markings I highly recommend you go with someone who knows the trails or get yourself a good GPS enabled map to follow.
Today’s ride is a little special because its in the middle of the day on Friday. Yes my friend and I are both gainfully employed but we were able to take some time off to get out in the woods.
[Story about getting zapped by the power lines] True story. It was a very humid day and I could hear the power lines crackling above me as I rode under them. I guess that’s one way to force yourself to get off the brakes, but I wouldn’t recommend it
Right now we are starting the Tinti Trail which twists and turns as you climb until you hit this rock roller which begins a fun fast downhill.
And from here we ride a few more connector trails, alongside and across this beautiful stream up to the reservoir
After taking in the views we decided to play around with the GoPro and try recording with the helmet mount.
That's when we discovered this new trail. According to Strava it’s called “Tossed Salad” and as we would soon find out the hard way we were looking at the exit.
I’ll spare you the boring climb footage, but next time we ride case we will definitely ride this trail in the downhill direction.
As luck would have it, we actually found two new trails this ride. Taking “Tossed Salad” backwards dropped us off at the trail head for “Dingle Berries”. Again these names are coming from Strava so they could be totally made up. Names aside we did seem to hit this trail in the downhill direction which made for a much more enjoyable experience
At this point we’re just about half way through our ride and about to begin the climb back to the car. Rather than continue to give you a play by play let’s just take a look at some of the highlights.
Yeah that was a lot of climbing at the end. Thanks for checking out the trails in Case Mountain with us today. If you like what I’m doing I’d love if you hit subscribe. Either way, now it’s your turn, get out there and ride!
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GoPro Hero 5 is no good with gimbal!!-- NEW trail at Crescent Crescent Lake Southington, CT
This is the first ever trail Angel rode when he bought his squish last year. I continue to experiment with the gimbal and my new Hero 4 Black. The 5 Black will be shelved for the time being. It also might be time to ditch the Session. The audio sounds muffled. Enjoy the video or go to specific points in the video:
Angel Session Baby Gap Jump - 3:06
Session 2 - 4:01
The BRIDGE session - 4:55
New Trail - 5:57
Ryan & His Magical Flying Fatbike: Mountain Biking at Crescent Lake in Southington, CT
Today we are back at Crescent Lake in Southington, CT and riding with Ryan and his magical, flying fat bike. Ryan is riding buddy of mine and as you can tell he likes to get airborne!
We took our time this ride and sessioned nearly all of the jumps on the trail, with mostly positive results. Hey, I didn’t say all positive results! But over all those brave enough to face the jumps, especially Ryan, did remarkably well.
But what is this on the trail ahead … Behold Godzilla. The 12ft gap jump that no mere mortal dare attempt. Lucky for us Ryan is on fire and ready to sail through the sky to victory!
What an exciting ride. A big thanks to the crew that came out to ride today, and of course a special shout out to Ryan for putting on an amazing show for us. So what about you? Have you hit gap jumps that big? Every come up short? Let me know in the comments below. If you are interested in seeing more hit subscribe and come along for the journey. Thank you so much for watching. Now it’s your turn, get out there and ride!
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Spring Lake Village Adult Condominium Complex in Southington CT
Spring Lake Village is a Condo Community in Southington designed for Adults 55 and over.
South Pond, Connecticut
Summer of 2016 in Connecticut! Loved visiting this beautiful state.
Crescent Lake 072819
Here is a raw video of my recent trip to Crescent Lake. Crescent Lake is located along the southeast slope of the Flat Tops Wilderness, in northwestern Colorado. This road has a good mix of trail riding, rock crawling, mud, water and creek crossings. It's about 12 miles from the trailhead to the lake itself.
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Drop at Crescent Lake
One of the many features at Crescent Lake in Southington, CT. This one is about halfway down Walking Giants.
Southington People Helping Southington People - Southington CT.mp4
The 2011 annual campaign for the United Way of Southington kicked off at the Music on the Green this week with appearances and appeals by Executive Director Carol Reilly, Honorary Campaign Chairwoman Sheila Durant Robinson, and United Way of Southington Youth Committee Member Rebecca Allard.
Originally reported on The Southington Patch.
Crescent lake Mtb jump
Rob at crescent lake southington ct 18ft jump.
A View of Crescent Lake
Just panning around Crescent Lake on a beautiful summer day.
997 - THE FIRST SHRED /// Crescent Lake
Super Stoked to upload our first film from our shred over at Crescent Lake. If you enjoy, please Like, Comment, and Subscribe. As a new channel, we appreciate all of the support!
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Case Mountain Park - Glastonbury, CT - Jan. 14th, 2018
Taste of Case, winter style. Cold, winter riding (16 degrees) on a sunny day. Great trail conditions. The group did a total of about 22.5 miles on fat bikes (and one skinny). Mostly a mellow pace with a few openers.