Colorado Discovered RC track in the wild: adjoining Centennial Park, Frederick, CO

[NorthernCrawlerado]

I just bought an Element Gatekeeper RC crawler, (this is a great RC car sub-hobby, BTW), and while walking the dogs near Centennial Park in Frederick, Colorado, I found a great place to drive the crawler over the mega-ton of rocks in the park…

Then I stumbled on a short-course, home-grown off-road race course. It is far too small for BMX, and seems to be scaled for 1/24 up to (a tight) 1/10th scale - might be far too slow for my brand-new Typhon.

This course is immediately south of the parking lot, adjacent to the field the paraglider guys fly out of. It seems to be hand-dug. There is an apex spot where a driver might be able to see most of the track.

Might be worth a look - but I’ll probably turn in some laps at LRC raceway in Longmont or go bashing on that single-track in Erie that guy made that video about this weekend.

I’ll attach a photo next time I’m in the area.

 

[quiznatodd bidness]

I’d be interested to see that. I stopped by Erie single track a week ago or so to check it out. I didn’t have a ton of time, but it’s interesting. Some good areas, but I had to do a lot of back and forth as I didn’t immediately find a good place to stand and see very far -lots of blind spots.

 

[NorthernCrawlerado]

It’s just as tough to see where you are driving on this track. In truth it would probably be suitable for 1/18th to 1/24th cars. Not great for a 1/8th car like the Typhon. Probably even a 1/10th scale car might be questionable.

 

[NorthernCrawlerado]

Erie Singletrack has users renting the space through some sort of web application.

Honestly I may try to check out the BMX park in Longmont tomorrow at a couple of locations, or go by LRC if they’re open.

I suspect it will be too cool to go out at all tomorrow or Sunday.

 

[Tommy the Cat]

I have ran my Notorious and Losi DBXL around this little track...it's too small for both but fun just the same. Really surprised to see it mentioned here. It's really well hidden.

 

[quiznatodd bidness]

I am hoping to try this place out soon. Sounds like we have maybe 1 more snow for the season, but dirt tracks are finally worth finding and spending time on again.