The Perfect SF East Bay MTB Setup? Scott 29er Scale Expert "TRAIL"

I still have my first 29er, a XC race oriented 2011-12? Scott Scale Expert I picked up off Ebay on a deal in 2012. It brought me back to MTB big time, blowing my mind with the speed and the comfort of riding a bike that my 6'3" frame actually fit.

After the 2015 High Cascades 100 endurance race, I got into trail MTB as a means to improve my bike handling and descending skills. Previous to High Cascades, the modifications to the Scott were
mostly for for speed - tubeless wheel set, XT brakeset, Thompson Carbon race bar, and the Maxxis 2.25 Ardent to protect me from the shale in Bend.

Since then the conversion towards trail has continued - 34.6mm 125mm drop RockShox Reverb Dropper, 1x11 chainring, 11 speed shifter and derailleur, 180mm front disk, front fender, 800mm flat bar w/Diety grips

and this weekend the finishing touch, a Minion 2.3 DHF front tire. And today it all came together!

Fast on the flats, climbs like crazy, more ground clearance than the slacker bikes in the fleet (Scout 290 and SC Hightower), and now sticky front end. And it's light/easy to throw around.

Its only 100mm front-end travel (but note its not maxed out above), but clippless XT pedals and steep geometry, longer stem, it has that speedy race twitchiness missing from the others in the fleet. Remember, I went "Trail" to improve my XC.

Could this be the perfect MTB for the East Bay?