Hi Mark! You were the one who tipped me off that the ride was possible. I was prepared to pay the $20 to pass through Mohonk but I rode on a Friday afternoon and I never found a place to pay. Even at $20, it's a great ride. One possible issue: Mohonk and Minnewaska are busy on the weekends during leaf-peeping season and you'll share the trails with a lot of walkers. If you can ride during the week, the trails are empty.
Brad Queens On Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 7:25:54 PM UTC-4, Mark Roland wrote: > > Just be aware that right around where the River to Ridge trail ends, there > is a table in the woods where they will collect $20 for a day bike pass or > $100 for a yearly. Also, helmet required. You can get to Minnewaska > completely via the carriage roads--I did it a few weeks ago for the > Rivendell 25th Eastern Seaboard Ride. > > On Tuesday, October 22, 2019 at 4:33:53 PM UTC-4, Brad wrote: >> >> A few weeks ago I rode from the Poughkeepsie train station to Minnewaska. >> I think more than 90% of the ride was on rail trails, carriage rodes, or >> very lightly trafficked backroads. >> >> The Poughkeepsie to New Paltz leg is rail trail all the way to the New >> York Thruway. >> Just across the river from, New Paltz, the new River to Ridge trail >> (which doesn't show up on Google maps yet) gets you into the Mohonk >> preserve. >> The Mohonk carriage roads get you up to where the footbridge crosses >> 44/55. A combination of carriage roads and back roads get you into >> Minnewaska, where you can take carriage roads to the main entrance. From >> there, you can ride all sorts of beautiful carriage roads. >> >> Some parts of the ride might be dicey on really skinny tires, but it's >> definitely not mountain biking. >> >> Here's my Ride With GPS route (there are a couple of wrong turns in there >> and I continued on to Kerhonkson after Minnewaska): >> >> https://ridewithgps.com/trips/40675222 >> >> Brad >> Queens >> >> On Monday, October 21, 2019 at 4:26:58 PM UTC-4, ScaD wrote: >>> >>> Just checking to see if anyone has a Fall ride (mostly low cars or light >>> off road if possible) that's easy to reach by train from NYC. >>> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/rbw-owners-bunch/5e76a03f-cc40-4d8b-bd7b-09a204cfd44a%40googlegroups.com.
