Bradley Park Trail Crew

Tracks are Set! Now we wait...

2011-12-12T07:47:00.000-08:00

We wait now for more snow and cold air. I was able to get out and lay down the tracks for the classic ski trails. They are extremely thin all around and no coverage in spots along the road on the way out of the park on the East side.

One thing I need to strongly suggest is please do NOT walk on the track portion of trails. I need the base to set up as good as possible so the trails can be enjoyed throughout the winter.

The plan is to have a short skate-ski route that follows the road in the park. I hope to expand this next year on some of the other trails, but that depends on how much wider I can go in crucial spots.

A new map is going to be posted on this site hopefully by the weeks end. More posts will also be put in. Now I get that these are not the most ellaborate things in the world, but it will work until we get funds for something much more substantial. I will look to distribute maps to City Hall, Tomahawk Chamber of Commerce, Tomahawk Main Street, and more to come.

If anybody wishes to donate towards the grooming and future improvements i.e. lights for a night loop, real sign posts and arrows, please send and make checks payable to:

Bradley Park Trail Crew
W6300 Camp Rice Point Rd
Tomahawk, WI 54487

Have a Merry Christmas and Happy New Year with your friends and family.

Hopefully, we'll be able to enjoy the trails in the park soon.

Justin
BPTC

2012 Hogsback CX Highlights

2011-11-25T19:28:00.000-08:00

Winter Trail Map

2011-11-22T06:24:00.000-08:00

Hogsback Cross Attack Course Preview

2011-10-08T10:53:00.001-07:00

2011 Hogsback CX Course

2011-09-29T08:35:00.001-07:00

The race course has been laid out via GPS, Changed significantly from the original course mapped back in August to shorten up the lap. Kids will not do the new section and will go straight to the run up.

Register early!!!! This is going to be a great weekend. Click HERE to get to the site and look for the entry form or link on the to the Bikereg site on the right side of the page.

Thanks to the following sponsors for coming through.

Tomahawk Mainstree Inc.
Tomahawk Chamber of Commerce
Tomahawk Internet Cafe
Tomahawk Surplus Store
Redeye Brewing Company - Wausau
Van's What's Brewin
Sammy's Subs
Sprocketz Bike Shop - Weston
Infinit Nutrition
Planet Bike
Clif Bar
and more to come....

Energy Bars So Easy I Could Do It

2010-02-21T20:17:00.000-08:00

I found this in an issue of Bike Magazine while cleaning up man cave/spare bedroom.

Dry Ingredients
1 Cup Whole Wheat Flour
2 Cups Rolled Oats
1/2 Cup Oat Bran
1/2 tsp baking powder
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 cup shredded coconut (unsweetend)
1 Cup Lightly Salted Chopped Nuts
1/2 Cup Dried Fruit

Wet Ingredients:
2/3 Cup Peanut Butter
1/2 Cup Milk
2 eggs
1/2 Cup Honey
1/2 Cup Brown Sugar

Line a 9"x13" Baking pan with plastic wrap and coat with cooking spray.
Mix together the dry ingredients, then usa a mixer to blend well with wet ingredients.
Press the uber-sticky mixture into the pan.
Cool for 30 minutes in the fridge.
After cooling, remove the concoction from the pan and cut into bars.
Place bars on a greased baking sheet and bake at 300 degrees for 20 minutes, or until firm to the touch.
Let cool, then chow down before during and after your ride.

Let's Do This!

2010-02-11T19:01:00.000-08:00

Okay so after Tuesday's Bradley Park visioning meeting, Silent Sport Trails are to be considered a focus of the park. Step one is complete. Now what takes place is a feasability study to see what can be done in the form of funding. We all know as the avid mtb racers we are that the common trail can be done with basic but necessary tools and the most costly thing of it all is time. I will be getting out there with the camera, gps, Salsa Mamasita, and my ERGON pack full of goodies like tape to flag my routes. I would like to start in April, but that's not in my hand and I must be patient.

An of what will be included in the park is around 5.5 miles of mostly singletrack for the difficult level of ability. I would like to have roughly the same distance for the easy and intermediate loops. I will be including some cyclocross run up areas that believe it or not are already built into the hills down the hogsback with some other fun stuff. The users that would be able to utilize the park in it's future focus as a silent sport area are: Hiking, Mountain Biking, Trail Running, Disc Golfing, Surfing, XC Skiing, and Snowshoeing. I would also like to somehow work up something where it could be a drop for kayaking and canoeing.

Trail Layout 10/13/09

2009-10-13T15:48:00.000-07:00

So I was able to get a layout planned and should get to work on it this upcoming weekend. It's about 5 miles in total length with only a little bit that needs to be added to complete the loop. Red is where I walked it last weekend and the white is how I want it to go. There is and will be a little climbing in this compact little area but it wont disappoint once completed.

3 hours and 6.5 miles later

2009-10-11T08:03:00.000-07:00

Trail Head Creek

On a bit of a scouting mission with my garmin gps unit, I walked the grounds and every trail to its end. I found some trails that are just in need of clearing, some need to be benched for errosion control and some have to be created to connect and complete a loop. I've already got some names for some of the features. Say hello to:

Heartbreak Hill or...

Double Jeopardy as either way you choose your going up and it's going to hurt. The descent going into the valley is fast.

This photo didn't turn out well (stupid batteries) but it would be known as psychocross hill. What was supposed to show up are the well spaced railroad ties as you go up the hillside just perfect for cyclocross racing.

And here are some remaining shots.

The drop into the valley

The Bear Den (a couple of those within about a half mile of each other)

An example of the work that needs to be done just simple clearing.

There are three trails that connect to this bridge maybe Toll booth may be an appropriate name.

All in all a success I think this trail has the potential to be great I was shocked at the amount of elevation in such a small partial but now the work comes in whcih I need to upload the gps data place it on a google earth map and see where trails need to be built to connect and complete a good solid 4 or 5 mile lap in which I'll post.

Welcome!

2009-09-12T08:20:00.000-07:00

Greetings and welcome to the site. This is dedicated to documenting the process of the working with the city of Tomahawk to incorporate and allow the use of silent sports activities such as: Mountain Biking, Snowshoeing, Trail Running and of course Hiking in Bradley Park located in the city of Tomahawk.

The support so far has been great and working with WORBA (link on the right) and IMBA (link on the right as well) has really made this a fun filled yet rewarding project to this date.

I will be attending the meetings hosted by the parks and recreation department to discuss the future of the city's parks in which I hope this trail can be a part of it.

Thanks for taking interest and please feel free to shoot me over a comment.

Justin Lund