Just looking for tips on these 2 trails. Going for a run this afternoon.

Last week I ran the trail in the Bonnet Carre spillway and was eaten alive by deerfly and the banana spiders were creepy AF. Hoping for a better experience on this trail.

I use to mountain bike these trails years ago, so I am somewhat familiar with them.

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Posted by LSUtiger17

New Orleans

Member since Mar 2009

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Posted on 8/25/18 at 9:20 am to PJMLSU

I’d strongly recommend somewhere other than Hooper. Went on a run there 1.5 years ago with my gf and we came across a couple of teens on a pipeline with one of them tossing an extended-clip pistol in the air. No one around and they didn’t look like the most trustworthy group. Nothing happened but I was pretty nervous walking past them. Also came across deer corn piles on another section. I’ll never go back to that hell hole

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Posted by Rossberg02

Member since Jun 2016

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Posted on 8/25/18 at 10:00 am to PJMLSU

Went to both last year with my bike.

Hooper seemed to be under construction and I constantly fought spiders.

Comite was well maintained and fun to ride.

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Posted by crazyLSUstudent

391 miles away from Tiger Stadium

Member since Mar 2012

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Posted on 8/27/18 at 10:59 am to PJMLSU

I would recommend riding those trails over running them. If you are willing the beast up in St. Francisville is a great trail to run

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Posted by PJMLSU

United States

Member since Aug 2007

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Posted on 8/30/18 at 8:34 pm to crazyLSUstudent

I ran 3 laps in reverse direction on Saturday.No biting flies and no spider webs on the trail.It was pretty tough and like the St. Francisville trail, I could never get into a good rhythm. I still enjoyed it and felt like I got a lot out of it.

The St. Francisville trail is extremely rooty, more so than the Comite trail. I did Beast for a Day back in May and it was pretty damn tough. Quads were toast.

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