Kennerdall Ride w/my Teammate

Sunday morning I awoke to find TJ sleeping in the spare room of my house. I went downstairs and after seeing his car out in the driveway I yelled into the room at him and he yelled back out, "I'm up but I'm checking my resting heartrate". I few minutes later he was up and we had loaded the truck. I short stop at the local Eat'n Park for breakfast and we then arrived at Kennerdall for our ride. Kennerdall is located just north of Butler and the trails there are built on State Game Lands and State Forest Land.




Once we had suited up TJ made a few adjustments to the bottom bracket, we said hello and good day to the others getting ready and we where on the trails. It was a crisp morning and the trails where slogged with water. It wasn't what I would call muddy but just wet. This place has some really cool views and awesome trails. Its a pretty good place to ride the singlespeeds because most of the trails are on top of the ridge and unless you really want to (which we did 3 times) you don't have to ride down the over 900' drop to the Allegheney River and Dennison Run.

This Forest Area is very open due to the Large trees, which gives you the ability to see quit far.

Somewhere around the 12 mile mark. Yes we look a bit wet but there isn't alot of heavy mud!






Of course you always get the question and here is the answer. Yes the pros walk! These bridge crossings over Dennison Run become as slippery as snot! If you're riding here take great caution when crossing these. Most have a safety cable to grip as a handrail so use it! TJ demonstrates just how a pro would walk across.

Here is a shot from the Iron Furnace. The information here stated that back when this Furnace operated (1800s)the workers would clear almost an acre of woods a day in order to fuel the fire needed to run the furnace and they only worked during the winter months because most had jobs on local farms during the summer. In one year of operation they would clear over 100 acres of forest. Small traces of their existance can be seen everywhere and we probably have them to thank for some of the trails we ride.


The remaining Furnace. Cool but we have to get rolling back up the hill. To see this you must make the drop down from the ridge. This isn't quit as low as the Allegheny put its still a drop. These two riders need to get back to training and less strolling around. So off we go.....









Towards the end of our 35 mile trek we found this tree on the trail that had been chewed by a porcupine. I can say that in the couple of years riding here I have seen more than a couple of these little critters. In fact on more than one occasion I had seen them on night rides and TJ and I watched one climb a tree during the day. We have also seen deer, squirrel, eagles, and beavers on our rides here. So if your in area of Franklin or Butler bring your bike and a healthy appitite for trails because this place has them. It was great getting out with just the two of us from the new team for a training ride and we managed to make it last for over 5 hours of being out on the bikes!