Sunday, September 18, 2011

Swanson Park / Bellevue, NE


(map is oriented with north to the left)

Trail Notes:
A) 0.0 miles Trail entrance
B) 0.5 miles Drop with steep, short, rooty up
C) 1.16 miles Quick down and up with airtime
D) 1.36 miles Creepy pile of pompoms
E) 1.5 miles Ravine dive
F) 1.9 miles Start of big climb
G) 2.56 miles Top of big climb
H) 2.8 miles Decent around firefighter training area
I) 3.4 miles Fun series of hops
J) 3.5 miles Start of rooty climb
K) 3.7 miles Top of rooty climb
L) 4.31 miles Trail exit to parking lot

Swanson Park in Bellevue is the original trail system in the area.  Whether you are looking for windy singletrack, rooty climbs, or speedy descents, Swanson has it.

Calvin Crest / Fremont, NE


Trail Notes:
A) 0.2 miles Trail entrance
B) 0.4 miles Downhill slope with a sharp right turn at bottom
C) 0.55 miles Short steep uphill grunt
D) 0.95 miles Top of climb 1
E) 1.15 miles Gravity cavities and bridges
F) 1.95 miles Short, steep, tight switchback series
G) 2.1 miles Spider outhouse and observation tower
H) 2.25 miles Top of tricky decent
I) 2.7 miles Swinging bridge
J) 2.95 miles Start of final climb
K) 3.45 miles Parking lot

Calvin Crest is a jem of a trail situated on the southern bluffs of the Platte River just south of Fremont NE.