Got Downhill? MLP gets the Swoop Flowing

Back in the summer during a ride at the mOOn I asked one of our best Moon Lake trails supporters Joe F. what do you think the Moon needs? He replied "I can tell ya what the mOOn needs, a long flowing downhill" 

 "Say it's so Joe" We have DH at the mOOn thanks to: Moon Lake Staff, Andy, Clif, Mike, and Paul along with NEPMTBA and crew including: Chuck, Ty,  Loren, Jake, Isabella, Joan, Buddy, Bill, Brian, and Mike and Lee, also nearby landowners, Ken and Tom all helped out with the successful designing, and constructing the first phase of the downhill trail. A few highlights are: It begins at the water tanks, but can also be accessed from T-Rex 2 thus making different ways to make more interesting loops to ride or hike. Official name given is "NFS" or Not For Sissys? Nice Fast Swoop? Nice Flow Sucka? or any other colorful alignment you choose to add personal  experience to it! Starting out at the water tanks the trail user will encounter a ribbon of flow atop granite cliffs with many optional "Trials" lines, singular glacial boulders, gaps, and flagstone. As the terrain begins to drop away the trail changes to loam covering the rocks and follows the ridge till the super flowy "S" turn designed by Brian and Mike called "Swoop it" You have to ride this to gain the effect of the feeling as you can keep the momentum going all the way through both turns with increasing speed. The trail cuts back on itself in a switch back manner to begin the really steep stuff, that of course in northeastern Pennsylvania we all call the Sideways Slippy or Off Camber. On this section of the downhill exists a line over a huge slab rock that drops away at 2 angles! When dry its a handful, when wet? well let's just say when WET... YIKES!!!!!!!!! Arriving at the bottom it joins a service rd and a turn to the left will take you back uphill to another service rd section of Big Blue. In the future, phase 2 downhill will connect with the Flume and beyond to access future 5858 trail to return back into the park proper. 

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