Guys,
Thanks for the replies. Already very helpful. I hadn't read much about the crosstrail. There is a dealer close by for each here in town, so I'll be checking out both brands.

Rocks, roots and more obscure obstacles would be more rare. Having the ability would be nice though and open up some more mountain trails around here later that I have friends that ride from time to time.

Most of these units I'm looking at have fork lockouts, the Trek having a remote lockout on the higher versions. I'm assuming they've figured this out and locking out the suspension, even without a remote lockout isn't a tedious task?

Thanks again.