The Castle and The Boneyard at Slaughter Pen in Bentonville, AR
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- čas přidán 21. 03. 2023
- First ride in Bentonville, AR from my most recent trip. Spent a week riding in the NWA with Jeremy from the channel Dialed In and Andrew with his channel Andrew Gehn. We did some riding before I started filming but was all stuff I already had out on my channel with a previous
Slaughter Pen video.
Our main goal was to go ride the new castle that we've been seeing so much about. On our way to the castle we hit Schroen Train. A blue trail with some flow that ends with some rock sections. The "flow" was really just a pedal fest but the rocky stuff at the end was fun.
We then arrived at the castle. Rolled up to the super impressive start tower. Over the top for sure but a really cool build.
There's five trails to choose from off the start tower. We didn't even bother with the easiest trail so showing you the other four. Two jump trails and two tech. Both jump trails have fun jumps and nice berms but be prepared to pedal to clean em. If your no stranger to the Bentonville pedal then you won't be surprised but if you're like me and think a jump trail should work without needed to pedal then just know that's not the case on these or most jump trails in Bentonville for that matter. I went into the trails thinking I would have to pedal a bunch so it actually wasn't as bad as I thought it would be. Pretty tiring still though.
The two tech trails are pretty different from each other. Dragon Scales is more classic Rock Solid rock armored trail while Loam Wolf is much more raw handcut. I really liked Loam Wolf and it was by far my favorite trail at the castle. Dragon scales was fun but I just can't get past the manufactured tech and would much rather ride the raw and natural Loam Wolf.
On the way back we hit up the Boneyard. Jeremy had checked out this spot years ago and always wanted to go back and hit the drop on it. I had never seen this zone and was impressed with the big wood berm and drop. It had rained the day before and the drop was pretty muddy and wet. Jeremy sent it anyways as this was a bucket list feature for him. I hit it next and then hit the rest of the features. It's pretty rad to be able to hit gnarlier stuff like this on public trails. I wish we had more big, iconic features in MN.
Great way to kick off the trip!
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PSA, when the trail builders block off cut throughs on the climbing trail to the castle that’s a pretty good sign saying stay on the trail.
ill be there next week. Can not wait.
Hell yeah, have a blast! 🤙🏻
Nicee! Missed you guys again. (Not that we’d keep up) Will be there 30th till the 3rd!
Sick! Enjoy man. It’s a good time of year to go
My brothers !! 🫡🫡
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I think I need to get down there. Trails look so fun!
It’s a good place to go at this time of year.
I’m going to Bentonville this week. I can’t wait
Heck yeah! You already have what you want to ride planned out or would you like some suggestions?
@@ridindirt I’ve got some ideas but some suggestions would definitely help. I’m into anything with jumps and rocks honestly
I watched a guy hurt himself bad enough on that Boneyard drop that I thought he might be dead for a few seconds. It’s on my list next time I’m down there too, good to see someone hit it and not catapult their face into the ground! 😂🤙
Dang that sounds gnarly. It’s a pretty simple drop but I can see how things would go wrong with it’s somewhat sketchy run in and shorter landing
“Jeremy’s doing more commentary on my channel than I am” Very relatable 😂 Great first day back on the bikes in Bentonville with you and Dialed In’s laps down the new castle zone. Boneyard drop was sketchy too but you both sent it! Looking forward to all the rest of the vids from this fun trip!
Hell yeah brotha! Proper trip for sure. Stoked we all made it with our any crashes or bike failures. Successful trip 🤙🏻
Ah Springtime, when the the Northwest Arkansas woods are filled with the sounds of Minnesotan mountain bikers. haha. Seems like everyone is down there this time of year.
Lol absolutely. We ran into plenty of Minnesotans. Have fun down there. Hit me up if you want any info on stuff you haven’t ridden that I have. Also ya gotta ride Handcut Hallow.
Good stuff guys. Can't wait to get back. Going for bike fest this year!
Oh heck yeah! Enjoy 🤙🏻
You were really dialed in on this vid.
Jeremy has that affect on people
Epic 1st day on the bike coming out of winter hibernation. Wouldn’t have pushed it as hard if you weren’t there! I’d say Loam wolf was my favorite and then the Boneyard drop was a classic I needed to check off. Look forward to all the videos you have in the pipe of NW Arkansas! It’s crazy we rode every single day down there. Like and subscribe to watch all the HOT! Content coming up!!!
Hell yeah dude! Nice work on the drop too! It was definitely a little sketch with the mud. Smash that like button and hit subscribe button! And turn on notifications so you don’t miss any of this HOT! Content coming up!!!
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I'm with you on Loam Wolf. That's a fun trail.
Sick vid. The Castle looks rad... I'm gonna have to check it out when I'm down there in April!
Yeah definitely. It’s the fancy new place to ride. Make sure to hit Handcut Hallow too. Good stuff over there and not far from the castle
@@ridindirt hell yeah I will! Thanks! 👍
@@TheDustyDutchman we lapped Interplanet Janet like 4 times. One of the few jump trails in Bentonville that actually flows without needing to pedal. That and Mad Hatter
@@ridindirt haha good to know. Those “flow” trails do get a bit pedal’y down there
@@TheDustyDutchman the Bentonville pedal
Wow that place looks amazing. Andrew! Does that mean Andrew will be putting out a video? I'd love to try and chase you guys. Probably be all I could do just to keep up. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Andrew filmed our ride at Ponca so I think he plans to do a video for that. That’s all he filmed though. I filmed everything though so I have like 7 videos to make from this trip
Thanks Harry, I will be making one video of my favorite ride from this trip, the Ponca trails at the Buffalo Outdoor Center!
@@AndrewGehn cool. Haven't heard from you in awhile.
@@harrygrimley4352 Appreciate the notice, there’s actually a reason for that and my next video soon will explain why.
@@AndrewGehn no worries. Like your videos. I'm central MN can relate.
Jeremy should rename the channel Dialed Inn with all that promo 😂
Kendall, that’s pretty good😜👊🏻 How’s the patrol running?
@@Dialed1 solid, just looking for the skills and fitness lol
Haha I actually thought about that. Or maybe needs a motel called Dialed Inn Minneapolis
@@ridindirt That is gold right there!
Yeah boys! Rippin! All of that pedaling reminds me of Cuyuna haha. Also, I noticed you got new bars... Did that Diety carbon bar break or something?
Haha well it’s the same trail building company.
Didn’t break I just never liked the Diety bars that much, not enough backsweep for my liking. PNW bars definitely feel better. Also your the first one to notice or at least say something about it. I’ve been wondering if anyone would haha
@@ridindirt lol makes sense then... Cool I was just wondering
YALL RIPPIN! Good to see you guys all linked up down there to shred! Jeremy have you ever thought of being a sales person😂 Any recommendations for places to stay down there?!
Lol Jeremy kept telling me he hasn’t really been into doing videos anymore but as soon as I’d start recording Dialed In would be all up in the camera. He couldn’t help himself. It was just second nature to be Dialed In on camera haha.
As for staying somewhere I think Jeremy likes a place down there but I can’t remember the name 🤔
😂 I know of only one place down there it starts with B and ends with N. For real though It is a great spot, priced low and with the way it’s set up for bikes it just works out!
So you mentioned that it does have a bit of pedaling there. Short Rides but might be fun with a ebike right? Get in more laps
Oh yeah an e bike is great for Bentonville, mostly because there is just so much trail so you’re able to cover way more ground. The pedaling I’m talking about here though is on the jumplines and that you have to pedal a lot in between jumps to have enough speed to clear em and in my opinion you shouldn’t have to pedal on a downhill jumpline. It should just work at trail speed. But that is kind of the deal in Bentonville though, they don’t have much elevation so they really try to get the most out of a downhill and they become a bit pedally. It’s called the “Bentonville pedal” haha.
But free this video I know Trailblazers went back in and adjusting medieval and made it flow much better (or so I’m told), I haven’t been back down yet. They do great work down there though. I especially like the jumpline Mad Hatter they did.