Anyone know what happened to Geoladders?

Ricekrispyota

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I plan on doing Cannell Trail in late September, pending the outcome of the Trout fire up there. I have the trailforks gps route downloaded to both my watch and my Lezyne GPS. I remember geoladders used to do a turn by turn that I printed out the first time I did it (15 years ago or more). I used it that day to work my way down the trail. It identified where the spring was to refill water, and I'd like to make sure I hit that (or the cabin) to refill my water. I've looked for geoladders online, but the link seems to be dead. I find it odd that no one has put an identified waypoint for the spring and the cabin ( or at least I can't find a map with them identified). I did the trail about 5 years ago with some friends, but haven't done it enough to be super familiar with everything.

Any help is appreciated.
 
Ricekrispyota said:
I plan on doing Cannell Trail in late September, pending the outcome of the Trout fire up there. I have the trailforks gps route downloaded to both my watch and my Lezyne GPS. I remember geoladders used to do a turn by turn that I printed out the first time I did it (15 years ago or more). I used it that day to work my way down the trail. It identified where the spring was to refill water, and I'd like to make sure I hit that (or the cabin) to refill my water. I've looked for geoladders online, but the link seems to be dead. I find it odd that no one has put an identified waypoint for the spring and the cabin ( or at least I can't find a map with them identified). I did the trail about 5 years ago with some friends, but haven't done it enough to be super familiar with everything.

Any help is appreciated.
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You can always download a Strava route and follow it. I have one if you need it.

Also, welcome to 2024. :laugh:
 
The spring is right along the fire road bypass of Big Meadow IIRC. The smart move is to bring a water filter with you. There is a stream right before Big Meadow, and another toward the end of Cannell Meadow.

Either way I wouldn't hold your breath on riding Cannell this season. The fire is right to Sherman Pass, and its getting close to Cannell singletrack south of there. And only 25% contained.
 
evdog said:
The spring is right along the fire road bypass of Big Meadow IIRC. The smart move is to bring a water filter with you. There is a stream right before Big Meadow, and another toward the end of Cannell Meadow.

Either way I wouldn't hold your breath on riding Cannell this season. The fire is right to Sherman Pass, and its getting close to Cannell singletrack south of there. And only 25% contained.
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Ok. Thanks for the heads up.
 
I did Cannell Trail recently. The spring is near Cannell Meadow, and the cabin should be on most maps. Check local biking forums or FB groups for updated waypoints since geoladders is down.
 
For the spring and cabin waypoints, I’d recommend checking out recent trail reviews or forums where folks might have updated info. Sometimes local hiking groups or recent trip reports can have the details you need.
 
evdog said:
The spring is right along the fire road bypass of Big Meadow IIRC. The smart move is to bring a water filter with you. There is a stream right before Big Meadow, and another toward the end of Cannell Meadow.

Either way I wouldn't hold your breath on riding Cannell this season. The fire is right to Sherman Pass, and its getting close to Cannell singletrack south of there. And only 25% contained.
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Yeah, good call on the water filter. And honestly, Cannell might be a no-go this season with that fire raging near Sherman Pass
 
So, I got a confirmed shuttle with Sierra South for this Sunday. Been calling them every week since the fire to see what's going on and was told today that Cannell is open from the top of Sherman Pass.

Decided that this group has run it enough, there may be a GPS route with the cabin stop so I started searching. Wouldn't ya know it, some guy named @Mikie included his GPS track from a ride back in 2019. It includes him wandering around at the cabin. Loaded it into my Garmin and we are set to go.

Mikie

Thread 'The Cannell Plunge. It's Time!'

Ride Name: The Cannell Plunge. It's Time!
To Reserve Your Shuttle Spot: http://www.mtnriver.com/biking-adventures/
(800) 861-6553
When: September 7th
Time: Based on Kern River Adventures Shuttle
Where: Kernville USA
Ride Description or Details:
Really? You need one?
Shuttled to Sherman Pass, dropped off, climb up to 9000 elevation then roll and drop techy death defying fun!
~~~~~ Optional Details ~~~~~
Meet Location: Kern River...
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Thanks @Mikie for your diligence in helping us not get lost. LOL
 
Kinda unrelated, but does anyone know who was behind Geoladders. Seems to me it was probably some MTB OC Local rider. Like maybe many of us might of known them by name or reputation.
 
I miss Geoladders. The creator was Doug Andrews, and I believe Terry Best (formerly Rock N Road) was part of it, too. I wished there was an archive of some sort. I logged so many rides there, and I would love to go back and see what the rides were.
 
You can poke around the site using

The way back. Machine....

Some reason I thought the head dude was named Doug but could be wrong

From June 2015

Geoladders -- MTB Rides

Mountain biking routes, directions, and races. (And now we have games too).
web.archive.org

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