Quarantine Wiss - Wissahickon Valley Mountain Biking - Philadelphia, PA

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Philly MTB

Philly MTB

4 жыл бұрын

A beautiful spring morning in the Wiss with a little bonus jump sesh. Keeping it socially distant and keeping it early to avoid the hikers. This is like my fourth or fifth Wiss video and it has about half new stuff and half old hits. Trails are so good right now...I hope everyone is healthy and getting a chance to get out in the woods and get their heads straight.
Strava for this edit: / strava
Trailforks: www.trailforks.com/region/wis...
For those just finding out about the Wiss...
The Wissahickon Valley Park, or the Wiss as us locals call it, is home to the best mountain biking in Philadelphia and likely one of the best urban trail systems in the US. Located just a few miles from downtown Philadelphia, The Wiss has nearly 30 miles of single and double track that comprise a loop which follows the walls of valleys created by the Wissahickon and Creshiem Creeks. There is terrain for all skill levels ranging from recently built flow to more old school rocky tech with everything in between. It's super easy to navigate, as you can always drop down to Forbidden Drive, a wide gravel path that follows the creek from one end to the other, which allows for a bail out to get back to the car.

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@chriswilliams7824
@chriswilliams7824 3 жыл бұрын
Cool riding a trail this, for the brave adventurer. Man, they seem seconds from falling headfirst over the handlebars. Great riding! Respect!
@carterw9148
@carterw9148 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome work on that techy climb
@AndrewSmith-in7mq
@AndrewSmith-in7mq 3 жыл бұрын
It's behind the Shawmont School next to the basketball courts. Entrence trail is small but it opens up. Visitors are asked to take one piece of trash out with each visit.
@marchatton1407
@marchatton1407 4 жыл бұрын
Yeah buddy! What's up Sam? It was fun watching that trying to figure out which parts you were riding on. The Cresheim drop in was nice. Love that log drop followed by that stone brick gully with the kicker rock to the left. Hit that and gap right over it.
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 4 жыл бұрын
Yo Marc! We still gotta get a ride in!
@Pozitivi
@Pozitivi 3 жыл бұрын
Nice riding! keep it up :)
@rstrakovsky
@rstrakovsky 4 жыл бұрын
Good shit, I am local too...the creishem trailhead gets me into the system. You're really ripping some of those lines, good stuff. Been so crowded lately, I need to get our earlier in the morning.
@thefriendlyneighborhoodmou7635
@thefriendlyneighborhoodmou7635 4 жыл бұрын
Great riding bro!! You guys are sooo fast! Keep it up!
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Amoh... After things get back to normal, you and bengie should come it with us 🤘🤘
@pooper409
@pooper409 4 жыл бұрын
What trails were you riding?
@AndrewSmith-in7mq
@AndrewSmith-in7mq 3 жыл бұрын
try Freedom Bike Park behind the Shawmont School. They are starting to build some jumps and there is a bowel area that is not finished. Trail builders are needed, It's on water Dept property and they don't seem to mind.
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 3 жыл бұрын
I'll have to check that out. Is that near the reservoir?
@kentao4
@kentao4 2 жыл бұрын
Ok where is that log jump at the end?
@pugs3664
@pugs3664 4 жыл бұрын
Sick vid! Where is the spot around 1:50 and 2:25? Haven't seen it before and looks pretty fun!
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 4 жыл бұрын
Thanks. That's at the south end of the park by the golf course www.strava.com/segments/1184050
@petermayer3702
@petermayer3702 4 жыл бұрын
Awesome videos! what are you riding? I took your advice on one of your other comments and reached out to Philly Bikesmith
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 4 жыл бұрын
Nice, they'll get you sorted! The bike I'm riding in this video is my 2019 Giant Trance Advanced 2. It's pretty much stock except an i9 rear hub and I bumped the fork out to 160mm from 150. In some of my videos I'm riding a bike with green handlebars and that's a transition trans-am steel hard tail with a 160 Pike fork. I recommend both bikes highly. If you're in the market, I've heard really good things about the trance 29er and think it'd be great for local trails.
@petermayer3702
@petermayer3702 4 жыл бұрын
@@PhillyMTB Awesome, thanks!
@sasquatchhimself
@sasquatchhimself 4 жыл бұрын
Yo Sam I checked out your KZfaq channel from your Strava name and turns out I watched this video of you at Wiss before we rode at Spring with Wolff. Great vids. Where's the jump at the end? I've never seen it
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 4 жыл бұрын
It's a secret spot, but I'll take you over there. It's right up your alley... The whole line is like 12 jumps that get progressively bigger
@sasquatchhimself
@sasquatchhimself 4 жыл бұрын
@@PhillyMTB No way! Yeah let's def check that out soon.
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 4 жыл бұрын
@@sasquatchhimself for sure...I got Wolff out there. He hit the first three
@sasquatchhimself
@sasquatchhimself 4 жыл бұрын
@@PhillyMTB Awesome, I'll talk to Wolff and we'll set something up!
@melvinyoung1122
@melvinyoung1122 3 жыл бұрын
That jump at the end, is that also in Wissahickon?
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 3 жыл бұрын
No that's at a local jump trail
@slappadabass3290
@slappadabass3290 3 жыл бұрын
Haven’t done these trails yet. Where is a good place to start? Easy to get lost?
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 3 жыл бұрын
Wiss is very easy to navigate. The creek runs though a valley with a gravel path that follows it. The mtb trails are all on the upper walls of the valley on both sides which loop around the entire park with constant connections back down to the gravel. Where to start depends on where you're coming from. Valley green parking lots are right in the middle of the park and a great home base, but since I'm coming from center City Philly, I park over by blue bell park as it's closer for me.
@slappadabass3290
@slappadabass3290 3 жыл бұрын
Philly MTB Cool thanks! I work near the Art Museum. Any sweet jumps or man made stuff?
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 3 жыл бұрын
@@slappadabass3290 not really at the wiss. There's a little mtb specific skills section over near the Rittenhouse town trail head (closest to the art museum) which has a drop and some jumps with berms but that's about it.
@rockerjakerful
@rockerjakerful 3 жыл бұрын
Ima local se should ride sometime im going to green lane tomorrow and nox next week
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 3 жыл бұрын
Unfortunately I'm recovering from a slam at Blue Mountain a few weeks ago that herniated a couple of discs in my neck, but I'll be back at it soon and we can get out on the trails!
@rockerjakerful
@rockerjakerful 3 жыл бұрын
@@PhillyMTB I wanna go to blue mountain are the trails any good there?
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 3 жыл бұрын
@@rockerjakerful Blue is good, but TBH I would drive the extra hour (from Philly) and hit mountain creek. It's head and shoulders ahead of blue in terms of trail quality and variety.
@planetdog1641
@planetdog1641 Жыл бұрын
which parking lot do you use to hit this part of the trail?
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB Жыл бұрын
These trails are almost all the south end so you can park by Rittenhouse Town, Bluebell Park, kitchens or vgi and will have easy access to all this stuff.
@planetdog1641
@planetdog1641 Жыл бұрын
@@PhillyMTB thanks, I'll check it out. great video footage!
@belowaveragemtbrider9145
@belowaveragemtbrider9145 4 жыл бұрын
Is this anywhere near the SRT at all? I wonder if I rode by all this shit and didn’t know it
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 4 жыл бұрын
Yes the entrance to this trail system is right across from the bus depot on ridge ave (near where you pass the movie theater in the small road portion of the art between East falls and manayunk
@belowaveragemtbrider9145
@belowaveragemtbrider9145 4 жыл бұрын
Philly MTB no shit! I live in Berks country but occasionally throw my hard tail on the SRT when I want to spin. I remember riding past that area when I rode from Lock 60 in Phoenixville to center city. I’ll have to keep this place in mind looks awesome. Been riding Mount Penn a lot lately cause it’s only 15 minutes away and falls within the essential travel bull shit.
@manfredadams3252
@manfredadams3252 4 жыл бұрын
@@PhillyMTB I've ridden to the top of forbidden drive so many times and never knew there were MTB trails. Just stared at the ducks, lol.
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 4 жыл бұрын
@@manfredadams3252 there's close to 30 miles of trails there in addition to forbidden drive. Definitely worth checking out
@manfredadams3252
@manfredadams3252 4 жыл бұрын
@@PhillyMTB I'll need a new bike. If I take my fancy carbon Sirrus on those trails it'll be in pieces. I'm more the take the bike on the train to AC, get high and ride to cape may sort of biker.
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 4 жыл бұрын
what's your favorite Wiss section?
@MS-wu8zj
@MS-wu8zj 4 жыл бұрын
Is that jump at the end also in Wiss?
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 4 жыл бұрын
@@MS-wu8zj nah that's a private line outside the city. Wish the Wiss had some of those
@MS-wu8zj
@MS-wu8zj 4 жыл бұрын
@@PhillyMTB Thanks for the reply. Just waiting for my MTB and will be hitting this trail. 15 years out of practise.
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 4 жыл бұрын
Nice...it's a great time to get back into it as it's one of the few things we can do nowadays. Bikes have changed a bunch since 15 years ago... prepare to get your mind blown 🤯🤯
@rstrakovsky
@rstrakovsky 4 жыл бұрын
I really like the East Falls side. Less crowded, lots of challenging tech, but still some rowdy descents and flow. Plus the skill line is now there to dial in some things.
@andrigudmundsson9989
@andrigudmundsson9989 4 жыл бұрын
What trail.
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 4 жыл бұрын
Which part?
@notyouraveragerider5146
@notyouraveragerider5146 4 жыл бұрын
where is that jump at the end
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 4 жыл бұрын
That's a private line outside of the city. Unfortunately the wiss is light on built jumps like that.
@martybee6648
@martybee6648 2 жыл бұрын
Any bears here ?
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 2 жыл бұрын
Generally no but there has been a black bear sighting or two over the years
@martybee6648
@martybee6648 2 жыл бұрын
@@PhillyMTB should I bring bear spray ?
@PhillyMTB
@PhillyMTB 2 жыл бұрын
@@martybee6648 definitely not
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