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Yeah Remy is perhaps one of the most skilled and intelligent out there and he didn’t like the feeling it gave him. Smart man, live to ride another day!👍
I really think that part of "rider intelligence" is knowing when to back away from doing a feature and placing personal safety above any sort of achievement.@@john_casey
@@john_casey in his defense, he is a world-class mountain biker. if this trail was not on the edge of a cliff, it would be a piece of cake. I believe the trail is easy for him, but there is always the risk of the cliff. Its like someone walking 2 feet from a cliff. they are perfectly good and capable of walking, but the cliff just makes it risky.
I have a buddy who's ridden that entire section, which Ive walked twice. He's an epic rider and local mtb guide... but still, I would NEVER! I don't even want to watch anyone do it.
I rode Portal last year, definitely high exposure up top! But I walked way more at the bottom as those switchbacks are so steep, loose and sharp, they are way more difficult than riding the exposed sections. @Remy - thank you for following the signs and dismounting when asked! As always, you are a great ambassador.
@@MrMeheheh Make us at least three of us. Walked the death section but the rest of the top section wasn't bad. Session the two lower section switchbacks at least three times before clearing only one.
I agree. Just getting to start of the Portal is also a quest. Especially for a few dumb Canucks with no idea where they are going. Also, the last time we rode it one of the shops told us to just call a cab at the bottom. But there was no cell service there so we had to ride toward town to make the call. Then, the only cab was apparently 1/2 way to Fruita at the time. So we rode 13 miles back to town to get our truck. All pretty tired and dehydrated. Still worth every minute of it, but I would be better prepared next time for sure. Great video as usual Remy!
I'm almost 1000 miles from where you are, in the safety of my home in Colorado, sitting at my kitchen table, eating breakfast in my pajamas, feet firmly planted on the ground... AND I'M LEANING TO MY RIGHT as I watch this.
Remi saying "I feel like I'm skilled" is along the same lines as Kevin Durant saying "I think I'm pretty good at basketball". I think I would have to walk Portal, and even then it's sketchy. I walked the white line trail in Sedona and that was enough for me. Portal is certifiable.
It's not long after getting into MTB that you hear about Moab and Portal. It carries a huge prestige as a trail, definitely one of the craziest trails in the 4 corners area. Gets my adrenaline and HR going even just watching footage of it. Awesome job though Rémy, made it look totally easy and approachable. Glad, you made it down safe!
Thanks for making this video Remy!! We rode this trail earlier this year as part of the long Mag7 trail route, and it was very satisfying to get down staying very focused on every move. You are an excellent ambassador for MTBing!!! 🤙🏽
In the early days of the Canyonlands Fat Tire Fest Rim Cyclery was the center of the Moab mountain biking universe. Someone had recently fallen off the Portal and Rim had their smashed GT LTS hanging out front to warn us (before the signs) about the risk on Portal Trail. The exposure hasn't changed but the trail is much harder now than it was 30+ years ago. Dirt erodes and rocks move. Thankfully trail crews have armored and stepped sections that were troughs in the past. This is the finest POV video I've seen of Portal. Chapeau Rémy.
I still have my Rim visor hat from 1992. I don’t recall the GT LTS, but Portal still loomed large in everyone’s minds, esp as we had just started riding Rock Shox Mag 21. Glad to see Portal still rocking!
One of the kids on my college cycling team died there ~25 years ago. He was a risk taker, went for a jump without having ridden the trail before and it wasn't a jump, it was a turn. He made the landing however many hundred feet down. He landed it, but his chest hit his handlebars and his head kept going and he broke his neck and died. We know that he landed it because he was still clipped in. moral of the story: Remy gives real good advice at the start of this video.
There is beauty in movement. I love watching you guys maneuver the bikes through the technical sections. It's impressive and inspiring! I wish I could ride bikes every day.
Remy that trail is nuts! I wouldn't even want to walk that one part without my bike, the exposure even on the part you guys were riding is no joke, I've done trails with exposure to cliffs but it's hard packed trail and really solid ground, that whole area just looks like it could slide off the edge, that one corner is just like nah
Rode this last year and enjoyed it primarily for the views. The rock switchbacks at the bottom are really rough! Unfortunately by hiking up Portal you missed out on riding the Gold Bar Rim singletrack, which IMO was the best part of the Mag 7. Rolls up and down with cool technical features both climbing and descending. Highly recommend hitting that if you get the chance!
Definitely some scary parts and I'm nowhere as skilled as you, but for some reason I've been 3 times. I think it's worse after doing the rest of Mag 7 especially Gold Bar. Just so tired and danger-conscious by the time you get to Portal.
When Remy is scared to do something, mere mortals shouldn't even consider looking at it LOL. Great work, Remy, for again confirming the insanity of Portal. Good stuff!
Been there, rode that, have it burned in my mind. (I may have walked a “few” more sections than you 😂). I do want to go back and try with my 29er. Last time was 26” wheels.
Wow what an amazing but very scary. trail The caterpillar. 797 Is in the top 3 largest mining. trucks in the In world it has the carrying capacity of 400 tons the only thing that dwarf this is it $5 million. price tag two of these trucks carrying capacity wouldn’t even come close to caring the ball of the people Who ride this Trail😂😂 Plus the highlight. for me was at 1:18 That 75 FT monster an this trail both have huge consequences. if you get them wrong
My buddies and I road that trail 30 years ago on hard tail MTB's. I'm afraid of heights and there were parts of the trail where I wanted to crawl on my hands and knees. Video doesn't do the exposure justice, it's way scarier IRL!
Watching this made me so much uncomfortable, was stressed for you as I would actually be there... Amazing ride but God, I love my supra safe blue trails XD Amazing video !
Ive ridden this trail twice 1st time i was put riding captain ahab just before and ran into some base jumpers jumping off the liff below the parking lot. They called me the crazy one for riding portal. Second time i went with some buddies that wanted to sky dive down there and again the professional sky divers called me crazy.
Pretty sure the 200 ft reference on the sign was how far you should walk your bike down the trail for safety. Not the cliff height. That trail is crazy and even scarier in person!
What a treat for the hikers that got to see the two of you ride sections of that trail. Watching you ride the cliff sections, I panicked and almost fell off my couch!
Scariest trail I've ever been on! But it's a ton of fun other than that walking section. Shocking that anyone would try to ride that. 200ft is the free fall! You bounce 1000ft down to the road.
Prompts to you!! Loved the introduction 😊 👍💪 when i was there i thought about trying to ride that trail, i was with my girfriend and sadly she is a beginner so i decided to stay away from it not only for her sake but for mine as well, riding that alone is now without a doubt not a smart idea! I am happy to have my hesitations confirmed 😂
I rode/walked this several years ago. A week before I was on this trail a firefighter/mountain biker died when he pitched off it. It’s serious business. Views are great though!
My brain triggered some adrenaline spikes just watching this.......I'm not even sure I would have been able to walk the part with my bike in my hands. Crazy stuff !
Nice send and such an epic zone to ride! Sent that section with a busted rear linkage a few years back. Wish I had some rear suspension for that one!!! 😆
If I ever ride portal I’ll be walking the tricky exposed sections I reckon. Other than that bit of mortal consequence cliff riding, it looks just plain super fun, and technically challenging at a high level
My body gets clumsy when I'm acclimating to heights. My theory is that my brain can't process the visual and creates a sensory overload to shut down my body for a couple minutes and then I'm ok. I love your methodology in riding and would love to have a coaching session when and if I get my schedule set so I can travel.
I have ridden portal. It’s a great ride, but certainly deserves respect. Did you get to ride some other classics like Porcupine Rim? That’s a fun ride with incredible views of Castle Canyon. Nice job Remy.
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I appreciate that as a pro you walked the death section. Setting a good example for the rest of us.
Yeah Remy is perhaps one of the most skilled and intelligent out there and he didn’t like the feeling it gave him. Smart man, live to ride another day!👍
I really think that part of "rider intelligence" is knowing when to back away from doing a feature and placing personal safety above any sort of achievement.@@john_casey
Ummm this trail has been around for decades. @@john_casey
@@john_casey in his defense, he is a world-class mountain biker. if this trail was not on the edge of a cliff, it would be a piece of cake. I believe the trail is easy for him, but there is always the risk of the cliff. Its like someone walking 2 feet from a cliff. they are perfectly good and capable of walking, but the cliff just makes it risky.
I have a buddy who's ridden that entire section, which Ive walked twice. He's an epic rider and local mtb guide... but still, I would NEVER! I don't even want to watch anyone do it.
I rode Portal last year, definitely high exposure up top! But I walked way more at the bottom as those switchbacks are so steep, loose and sharp, they are way more difficult than riding the exposed sections. @Remy - thank you for following the signs and dismounting when asked! As always, you are a great ambassador.
Thanks for sharing!
Same. I walked the death section but top was mostly fine. It's been too long since I've been riding in Moab though
@@MrMeheheh Make us at least three of us. Walked the death section but the rest of the top section wasn't bad. Session the two lower section switchbacks at least three times before clearing only one.
I agree. Just getting to start of the Portal is also a quest. Especially for a few dumb Canucks with no idea where they are going. Also, the last time we rode it one of the shops told us to just call a cab at the bottom. But there was no cell service there so we had to ride toward town to make the call. Then, the only cab was apparently 1/2 way to Fruita at the time. So we rode 13 miles back to town to get our truck. All pretty tired and dehydrated. Still worth every minute of it, but I would be better prepared next time for sure.
Great video as usual Remy!
I'm almost 1000 miles from where you are, in the safety of my home in Colorado, sitting at my kitchen table, eating breakfast in my pajamas, feet firmly planted on the ground... AND I'M LEANING TO MY RIGHT as I watch this.
If Remy walks the bike I'm walking my bike for sure ...
If he’s walking I’m not even not going. Risk/reward ratio not there.
Remi saying "I feel like I'm skilled" is along the same lines as Kevin Durant saying "I think I'm pretty good at basketball".
I think I would have to walk Portal, and even then it's sketchy. I walked the white line trail in Sedona and that was enough for me. Portal is certifiable.
It's not long after getting into MTB that you hear about Moab and Portal. It carries a huge prestige as a trail, definitely one of the craziest trails in the 4 corners area. Gets my adrenaline and HR going even just watching footage of it. Awesome job though Rémy, made it look totally easy and approachable. Glad, you made it down safe!
The rock after the sign has a suprisingly high number of pedal strike and chainring marks on it, crazy.
Moab is such a gnarly area. So much cool stuff for off roading whether hiking, biking, jeeping, or horseback.
Rémy is my mtb spirit animal.
Thanks for making this video Remy!! We rode this trail earlier this year as part of the long Mag7 trail route, and it was very satisfying to get down staying very focused on every move. You are an excellent ambassador for MTBing!!! 🤙🏽
Glad you enjoyed it!
bravo Remi...live to ride another day!
In the early days of the Canyonlands Fat Tire Fest Rim Cyclery was the center of the Moab mountain biking universe. Someone had recently fallen off the Portal and Rim had their smashed GT LTS hanging out front to warn us (before the signs) about the risk on Portal Trail. The exposure hasn't changed but the trail is much harder now than it was 30+ years ago. Dirt erodes and rocks move. Thankfully trail crews have armored and stepped sections that were troughs in the past. This is the finest POV video I've seen of Portal. Chapeau Rémy.
I still have my Rim visor hat from 1992. I don’t recall the GT LTS, but Portal still loomed large in everyone’s minds, esp as we had just started riding Rock Shox Mag 21. Glad to see Portal still rocking!
That was a wicked trail ! F"ing scarey , I would have shit my pants ! Great riding Remy , thanks for the video !
I've been 4wheeling in moab for 20years. Need to take my bike and give it a try. That trail def looks like a one and done.
Thanks Remy for this. I will continue to dab that trail section for the rest of my long life.
One of the kids on my college cycling team died there ~25 years ago. He was a risk taker, went for a jump without having ridden the trail before and it wasn't a jump, it was a turn. He made the landing however many hundred feet down. He landed it, but his chest hit his handlebars and his head kept going and he broke his neck and died. We know that he landed it because he was still clipped in.
moral of the story: Remy gives real good advice at the start of this video.
remy x portal is the collab we needed
Awesome video. Thanks a lot. I could hear that you were working really hard.!
There is beauty in movement. I love watching you guys maneuver the bikes through the technical sections. It's impressive and inspiring! I wish I could ride bikes every day.
The guy in front steers more with his back wheel than the front.
Thanks for all the tipps and the insane sends 🔥
No problem!!
I remember “riding” that on a hardtail with cantilever brakes and a Softride suspension stem. Youth and ignorance rules, haha! Cheers to you!
wow amazing, scared me from the comfort of my couch :)
thank you for sharing
Remy that trail is nuts! I wouldn't even want to walk that one part without my bike, the exposure even on the part you guys were riding is no joke, I've done trails with exposure to cliffs but it's hard packed trail and really solid ground, that whole area just looks like it could slide off the edge, that one corner is just like nah
Rode this last year and enjoyed it primarily for the views. The rock switchbacks at the bottom are really rough!
Unfortunately by hiking up Portal you missed out on riding the Gold Bar Rim singletrack, which IMO was the best part of the Mag 7. Rolls up and down with cool technical features both climbing and descending. Highly recommend hitting that if you get the chance!
Eres un poco flipao, Remy, con todos los respetos.
Definitely some scary parts and I'm nowhere as skilled as you, but for some reason I've been 3 times.
I think it's worse after doing the rest of Mag 7 especially Gold Bar. Just so tired and danger-conscious by the time you get to Portal.
Yes.
Couldn't agree more. Such an epic ride from top to bottom though!
My bike would have so many dings and chips after falling off that 1000ft drop
When Remy is scared to do something, mere mortals shouldn't even consider looking at it LOL. Great work, Remy, for again confirming the insanity of Portal. Good stuff!
Awesome. Thanks for this
You just earned a new subscriber my friend that was a narly fuckin sesh
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First of your videos where I was actually genuinely scared.. 😮
Phil Kmetz ride on this trail is well worth a watch too.
"This cliff is not 200 ft" is always my thought when I go by that sign.
I couldn’t even walk around that without a bicycle and safety harness. Got nothing like that in Florida. 😊
Been there, rode that, have it burned in my mind. (I may have walked a “few” more sections than you 😂). I do want to go back and try with my 29er. Last time was 26” wheels.
It was fun last Sunday as a finish for Mag 7
You ride so well before the big old roller, then super hero speed is released when you’re on the front! 😮
Just imagine a hiker showing up during one of the sections really close to the cliff.
Wow what an amazing but very scary. trail The caterpillar. 797 Is in the top 3 largest mining. trucks in the In world it has the carrying capacity of 400 tons the only thing that dwarf this is it $5 million. price tag two of these trucks carrying capacity wouldn’t even come close to caring the ball of the people Who ride this Trail😂😂 Plus the highlight. for me was at 1:18 That 75 FT monster an this trail both have huge consequences. if you get them wrong
Amazing views but you can just hear the challenge on this trail with Remy's breathing. This trail does look seriously technical and dangerous.
Drew flows through the tech! Nice to watch style like that moving through what is basically rubble.
Doing this trail at the end of the Mag 7 route is supreme Final Boss energy.
My buddies and I road that trail 30 years ago on hard tail MTB's. I'm afraid of heights and there were parts of the trail where I wanted to crawl on my hands and knees. Video doesn't do the exposure justice, it's way scarier IRL!
Watching this made me so much uncomfortable, was stressed for you as I would actually be there... Amazing ride but God, I love my supra safe blue trails XD
Amazing video !
So this trail is on my “do not ride list”. Yep, it’s a thing…sorry.
I believe Dan Atherton cleaned that “trail”…and wicked fast 😮
Ive ridden this trail twice 1st time i was put riding captain ahab just before and ran into some base jumpers jumping off the liff below the parking lot. They called me the crazy one for riding portal. Second time i went with some buddies that wanted to sky dive down there and again the professional sky divers called me crazy.
i saw you in your car driving down half nelson road
Wow good job 👏 👏 👌🤙👍 keep it up You are A risky riders now
Right here right now let’s gowww 😂
Respect!
Trail is sick.
Pretty sure the 200 ft reference on the sign was how far you should walk your bike down the trail for safety. Not the cliff height. That trail is crazy and even scarier in person!
Oh it could be
@@remymetailler it def is
Surprised they don't have chains as a guide rope anchored on the wall to the right.
Some hiking trails do that in the Canadian rockies.
Impressionnant la verticalité.
Can you imagine this trail in the snow or ice or even when it was muddy .
I'm not afraid of heights, but I am afraid of going SPLAT!
What a treat for the hikers that got to see the two of you ride sections of that trail. Watching you ride the cliff sections, I panicked and almost fell off my couch!
Rode it years ago on a 26 inches hardtail with no dropper post of course, that was interesting 😅
Same
I mean people have ridden the craziest part? another epic video 👌👌
15:02 so fun!
Scariest trail I've ever been on! But it's a ton of fun other than that walking section. Shocking that anyone would try to ride that.
200ft is the free fall! You bounce 1000ft down to the road.
yep exactly. Why..
Scared to walk close to the death cliff, two seconds later riding feet away from a bigger cliff
Nope. No thank you.
Sick riding as always breh.
That amount of speed on a trail like that is just plain dumb no matter your expertise!
it's as gnarly as it sounds!!! That corner has quite a few dead mtb'ers attributed to it
MTB insanity 🙃😮😮😮
Prompts to you!! Loved the introduction 😊 👍💪
when i was there i thought about trying to ride that trail, i was with my girfriend and sadly she is a beginner so i decided to stay away from it not only for her sake but for mine as well, riding that alone is now without a doubt not a smart idea! I am happy to have my hesitations confirmed 😂
Next time!
Remy where are the videos with the downhill bike?!?!?!?!
The speed you guys are going is insane! thanks for making me sweat without a workout! wheew! \m/
I would surely get a sore muscle all over my body for riding that track. Thats insane.
Wear an elbow pad in case you fall off that 200 yards cliff.
Huge pucker factor dude
Remy, please be careful. I know you're a pro, but so is Gee Atherton, and we know what just happened to him at Rampage recently.
I got vertigo from the video on that cliff…. ☠️
I rode/walked this several years ago. A week before I was on this trail a firefighter/mountain biker died when he pitched off it. It’s serious business. Views are great though!
Stunning video, and I agree with you. Some trails, you only have to ride once.
It's filed away, in the, WTF was I thinking, folder!
Very nice trail my friend, very challenging & scary too, enjoy ride & keep safe always, from athens, greece.
how do they say crazy in French? Crazee? That trail is NOT on my bucket list :)
My brain triggered some adrenaline spikes just watching this.......I'm not even sure I would have been able to walk the part with my bike in my hands. Crazy stuff !
That’s beautiful- but a firm no way I’m ever doing that trail- but beautiful trail and area. If not so exposed I’d try
Nice send and such an epic zone to ride! Sent that section with a busted rear linkage a few years back. Wish I had some rear suspension for that one!!! 😆
Wow! Id love to do that trail...much slower though and I'd probably be walking my bike alot too
That should stir up some fear and anxiety. Mistakes there could have fatal consequences. No one wants to die when they go out for a MTB ride.
Flat pedal riders could do it.
So you're human after all
Wow...that was so awesome...you just got a new subscriber 👍👍
Thanks for the sub!
I don't think I could ever do that trail... I've seen those that do the whole thing... no dab's. Absolutely crazy.
If I ever ride portal I’ll be walking the tricky exposed sections I reckon. Other than that bit of mortal consequence cliff riding, it looks just plain super fun, and technically challenging at a high level
Looks like this trail has been the death of many derailleurs. I'd be walking the exposed sections for sure.
My body gets clumsy when I'm acclimating to heights. My theory is that my brain can't process the visual and creates a sensory overload to shut down my body for a couple minutes and then I'm ok. I love your methodology in riding and would love to have a coaching session when and if I get my schedule set so I can travel.
Its beautiful, thats for sure.Great job 👍
Thanks Remy for another Cool vid. I feel like i gainee some confidence riding that trail now that i’ve watched this vid.
I have ridden portal. It’s a great ride, but certainly deserves respect. Did you get to ride some other classics like Porcupine Rim? That’s a fun ride with incredible views of Castle Canyon. Nice job Remy.
Not yet!
Portal to the afterlife.
Don't think I'll be giving that a go anytime soon, even the not scary bits were scary 😧
Very accurate review of Portal. Dangerously beautiful, right?
Remy, you are amazing! And yes, I was squirming in my seat just watching you ride a lot of this trail! Yikes!!
Awesome!!! love it!!!!
awesome!!! love it!!!!
i would not walk that trail without caring a bike! on a different note, you clearly put propane on the map for me.