Leisurely up & at ’em.
Plan is to ride Dupont for an easier day. Weather looks questionable but no rain forecast.
On way out of woods talked to 2 younger guys w/ big hit bikes about their ride. Decided that they were too big for me. Wished them well and stopped @ The Hub to learn about other rides. Need to stop back on Tuesday to learn success.
Drove to Dupont Southern end where single tracks are to be. And that they were. Some wet and some ice.
Way better riding down at this end. Burnt mtn area.
Swooped down back side of Burnt Mtn & joined 4 other riders: Archie & son Zack, Mike & his wife. They sorted out some directions which I enjoyed. I bought a map case @ REI that attaches w/ Velcro straps on the handlebar which made map reading way easier as long as I kept oriented. EDGE 305 has compass in main screen. I use it all the time, when I think about the direction I started from.
We rode slick rock up Cedar mtn:
Hardly any soil. Whatever traffic stripped the vegetation from the rock and h2o runs down the scar preventing revegetation. Great traction. Fortunately the ice was melted out by the time we rode.
Rode around & back to the parking lot. More trail to be ridden on the other side of Bridal Falls but a cold fast flowing knee high ford was required. My choice was dry feet and a drive over to the other side. I rode Reasonover Creek Trail: nice job of trail built for mtn bikes. Catch the stream, Zysk says cigar sized trout:
Trail tread on this side was like red clay. Bike is really muddy. Late afternoon by myself. Fog settling in. Made van just @ 4:00 just about right, 1 hour to spare before dark.
Short drive back into intersection of rt 64 & rt 276 where the Hub shop is and road into forest to place I have been roadside camping on Avery Creek. Poached a shower @ XG. Drove into Brevard to Dugans to watch Zags. Smoking bar. Weird smelling smoke on my clothes. Dugans did not buy FSN channel. Back @ gravel parking lot to fix dinner & listen to game on XM. Arizona beat Zags. Bummer.
Scott never called, concertitis. He said he will contact me about this coming weekend rides.
Temp gets below freezing long enough to form ice and icicles, not as cold as Spokane is getting. But no snow.