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gopherhockey
03-28-2003, 11:18 AM
I am working to get our trail conditions page up and operational. It is almost ready!

I just need to get some input on the "general conditions" that would best describe a trail.

Currently I have:

Closed
Wet
Damp
Sticky
Dry

I started describing each one and realized that sticky and damp could possibly be the same thing, or maybe not the best words to use?

Wet - obviously a no-ride condition

Damp - some word that describes a trail that could be ridden, but may have muddy spots in low lying or other areas.

Sticky - I threw this in initially - when we first build the bypass at Lebanon we had a condition where most of the trails were fairly dry, but this trail was actually sticky. It had the very top layer that was near muddy conditions but it was solid underneith. This might confuse people though.. can you think of a better term than sticky? Or does it make sense? Is damp "wetter" than sticky?

Hmmm...

Currently I have to stick to 5 total conditions. Closed, Wet and Dry seem to work. The other 2 are up for debate.

Ideas???

BrightYellow
03-28-2003, 12:15 PM
How about tacky?

Crash
03-28-2003, 04:56 PM
I second Tacky. It has always been one of my favorite words :cool:

simpkins
03-28-2003, 10:20 PM
My favorite (well not my favorite, just funny) trail condition is "powder, packed powder". Just another term a ski resort uses for, how do you say "skating rink". But yeah tacky works. Lates Marty. PS, Foothills are buried, it'll be a while. Lates Marty

jjrsds
03-28-2003, 11:16 PM
Tacky is good. Damp, sticky and tacky are all about the same.
Soggy might fit in somewhere.

Dry
Tacky
Soggy
Soaked
Closed

Dry, tacky, and soggy would be still be ok to ride. Just my two cents.

mtnbykr
03-29-2003, 12:59 PM
my favorites-

open<br>
closed<br>
wet<br>
dry<br>
damp

kurt

gopherhockey
04-02-2003, 08:03 PM
Anyone want to give the trail conditions page a shot? Go here:

http://www.morcmtb.org/forums/trail.php


Note that it is still in testing, but I hope to make it available to the public here shortly as trails start to open up.

This will be one page we want to draw attention too, so I want to be sure it works well, makes sense etc.

Thanks.

BrightYellow
04-03-2003, 09:43 AM
It worked well for me. Just as a side note... the WebCyclery link below has "Wazee" as it's hover over text.

gopherhockey
04-03-2003, 09:47 AM
nice catch - thanks...

Hopefully we'll get some LOCAL advertisers here soon...

;)