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boosted96cobra
05-06-2010, 06:10 PM
My wife asked me yesterday what I wanted for Fathers day, I said a dune trip to St Anthony.

Anyone up for a weekend riding the baddest dunes known to man?

hang&rattle
05-12-2010, 03:11 PM
Wow!-boosted96cobra, I never knew dunes where so close. My budy in Great Falls MT., posted me you're thread. I got excited, it's almost do-able. We as a family don't have any race bikes just mostly utility trikes, but my kids would have a blast if there is a small area that is family orientated. I'm a single dad with two, what a fathers day gift this would be. The Rocky Mountains with timber fall and rough trails would suffer in comparision to big stretches of sand. Thanks for the post.

RiJiD-WILL
05-13-2010, 03:06 PM
Looking forward to making it there even if I don't get my trike by fathers day the CR125 is ready and the Fully caged ranger needs the sand!!!

boosted96cobra
05-16-2010, 02:14 AM
Wow!-boosted96cobra, I never knew dunes where so close. My budy in Great Falls MT., posted me you're thread. I got excited, it's almost do-able. We as a family don't have any race bikes just mostly utility trikes, but my kids would have a blast if there is a small area that is family orientated. I'm a single dad with two, what a fathers day gift this would be. The Rocky Mountains with timber fall and rough trails would suffer in comparision to big stretches of sand. Thanks for the post.

Ya last year my brothers made the trip done from Havre Montana and had a blast.

Don't get me wrong there is some huge dunes and bowls at St Anthony, but you guys could ride what you have in your sig for days out there. My son has ridden from one side to theother and back on his tri - zinger, my daughter did ok on her 125m also. The only bike I have seen struggle was a POS chinese 200 and it had rock hard bald tires, no ground clearance and a swinger than was so heavy I have no idea why it was ever but on a quad.

http://duneratt.com/Dunes.gif

Looking at this map, basically anything to the right of crapos hill, you can ride on with the smaller bikes. the red trails are called the "Highway" and you should be able to get around most of it that way. This is an older map but we camp at Oasis and it is halfway between egin lake and millers pond.
You will find alot of this stuff on this side (the right side of the map):
http://duneratt.com/Cedars/Dunes%20035.jpg
http://duneratt.com/Cedars/Dunes%20039.jpg
http://duneratt.com/Cedars/Dunes%20037.jpg
http://duneratt.com/Trees/Dunes%20034.jpg

boosted96cobra
05-16-2010, 02:25 AM
This is Choke, at the far other end, the steepest and second biggest dune there:
http://duneratt.com/Chokecherry/ChokeCherry%20016.jpg
This is also choke but notice the trail going to it:
http://duneratt.com/Chokecherry/ChokeCherry%20006.jpg

There is even ways to get to the big stuff if you choose. These trails are a riot, some woops, banks, burms, sand rocks ect.

Here are some links you can check out:
http://duneratt.com
http://duneratt.com/DuneMap.php
http://www.duneguide.com/sand_dune_guide_st_anthony.htm

RiJiD-WILL
06-03-2010, 01:33 AM
those pics are getting my heart pounding! that place looks amazing. you ever been to Dumont? how do the large dunes compare?

sadly I wont make it on fathers day wife has to work. oh well I will be picking up a few trikes this week so I will have all summer...