Got out on a Thanksgiving day ride with Hayride, and a new face to the Steel*Wool crew - highD. We went for a ride on the local trails a short ride from our houses. It's amazing that on Thanksgiving day we could ride some dry singletrack! Most Thanksgivings it seems like I get out to ride trail but it's not usually over 60 degrees at 8500ft! Crazy, I tell you. The hikers had packed down the snow on most of the east-side trails so it was mostly easy going and really fun riding. My favorite time to ride these trails is in spring and fall and winter since it seems like it's a whole different place.
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| Hayride on boot. That's not dirt, it's pine needles that blew down to thee packed down snow. |
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| My artsy shot of the day |
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| highD carefully choosing her line. If you go off the 8" wide packed down section of the trail, you stop dead in the softer snow and usually let out some kind of... UMPH! There was some slipping and sliding, safety was definitely 3rd. |
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| Lots of sawing logs today...followed by some trailside "recovery" drinks. |
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| 5 rather large trees were still across the trail from the huge windstorm a couple weeks ago. Hayride was able to clear most by himself a day or two ago, but the others were too big without the saw. Trail is clear now though! Except for a major double-spruce down that would make a great lil bridge in the spring if nobody can bring a chainsaw in to cut it. |
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| The crux...no way we could cut this one today. |
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| and yes, as with all S*W rides...another shot of whiskey! |
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