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    Default Hill Catalogue

    Upon my return from California I have only 10 days of no school and unlimited access to a car+gas. I also have nothing to do in terms of chores or work until after school starts. So I'm making a list of all the nice runs within Connecticut and Rhode Island. Help would be appreciated. Don't give away any runs that are secretive, but rather search this site and using the new google maps street view or add runs that you know of. Photos, and links would be helpful in any hill review.

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    Wildcat Mountain, Stone road
    Raymond Hill ct - Google Maps
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    Add Rt. 69 in Prospect, CT (try Rt. 69 and Talmadge Hill Rd. on Google Maps) - Prospect sits on a huge hill. There are 4 main roads to the center of town - ALL are huge hills...

    From the Hamden Area - Take Rt. 10 to Gaylord Mountain Rod - follow that to Rt. 69 - take a Right and head towards prospect - you'll be on the big hill a mile before you reach the center of town.

    Been hoping Rbriggs bombs this one sometime soon...
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    Stone road is all stone's. (Unless they paved it in the last 6 months.)

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    The east side of Providence is pretty manly.
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    If you are in Hamden check out Eat Rock park in New Haven, was there yesterday and it was a blast... Also if you get the chance, do a little recon of the sleeping giant area for me will ya..

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    also check the Wheelabrator thread for sundays session...

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    Quote Originally Posted by RBriggs85 View Post
    Stone road is all stone's. (Unless they paved it in the last 6 months.)
    pavement looks nice?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Bruce22 View Post
    pavement looks nice?
    It's not pavement those photo's are takin by a camera on the dash board of a moving car.
    It looks paved but it's really gravel.
    Trust me.

    When you wanna go as fast as CT has to offer PM me and we will meet up.

    I'll show you some roads.

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    Quote Originally Posted by scratch View Post
    If you are in Hamden check out Eat Rock park in New Haven, was there yesterday and it was a blast... Also if you get the chance, do a little recon of the sleeping giant area for me will ya..
    sleeping giant area is so/so in my opinion. ridge road is pretty decent but the roads are real thin and the risk of getting run off of the road is pretty high.
    going down goodsell road onto ives street is a pretty good hill, but id have a lookout or something at the stop sign.
    anyone been up westrock? the section off of west shephard is really badly paved, but im told it gets better further up.

    route 68 in prospect is bananas, went down it once on my garbage sector9 and am too terrified to try it until i get a better setup. tons of traffic

    route 69 in bethany towards new haven is about 4 miles of pretty intense dh with really wide medians, tons of traffic.
    downs road in woodbridge. ideal road in my opinion. 1.5 miles of downhill with next to no traffic, with good paving. and a sweet location right down the street from academy skate park. about 3 different good sized hills.

    rocky top in hamden. never tried it, but very little traffic, 3 hair pins, fairly steep grade.

    clark rd in woodbridge, steep steep grade, few sharp turns, good pavement

    ill put up some more, but in general; bethany, prospect, woodbridge, and beacon falls all have great hills

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    Quote Originally Posted by leeks View Post
    sleeping giant area is so/so in my opinion. ridge road is pretty decent but the roads are real thin and the risk of getting run off of the road is pretty high.
    going down goodsell road onto ives street is a pretty good hill, but id have a lookout or something at the stop sign.
    anyone been up westrock? the section off of west shephard is really badly paved, but im told it gets better further up.

    route 68 in prospect is bananas, went down it once on my garbage sector9 and am too terrified to try it until i get a better setup. tons of traffic

    route 69 in bethany towards new haven is about 4 miles of pretty intense dh with really wide medians, tons of traffic.
    downs road in woodbridge. ideal road in my opinion. 1.5 miles of downhill with next to no traffic, with good paving. and a sweet location right down the street from academy skate park. about 3 different good sized hills.




    rocky top in hamden. never tried it, but very little traffic, 3 hair pins, fairly steep grade.

    clark rd in woodbridge, steep steep grade, few sharp turns, good pavement

    ill put up some more, but in general; bethany, prospect, woodbridge, and beacon falls all have great hills

    Let's skate! and goodsell is meh... bumps when turning onto ives

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    Default Re: Hill Catalogue

    Route 42
    Bethany Mountain Road

    By far the most difficult road in CT that I have ever seen.

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    Default Re: Hill Catalogue

    Quote Originally Posted by RBriggs85 View Post
    Route 42
    Bethany Mountain Road

    By far the most difficult road in CT that I have ever seen.
    i live on rt 42
    i tried part of it but i wouldnt go through the hairpins too fast, way too many bad drivers.

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