Firecracker 50

This July 4th I'm heading to Breckenridge to race the Firecracker 50. It's a new venue I have never been too so I'm pretty excited to race it. 50 miles and 10,800 feet of climbing.

Another High Country Ride

The Purgatory endurance race was happening today. I didn't race it but decided to ride from Rico up Scotch Creek and down to the Hermosa trail head to watch the racers come through and cheer on Matt and Shawn. I arrived too early and the weather wasn't looking favorable so I decided to climb back up and the rain gods unleashed a fury of rain for nearly an hour on me. I was a red colored muddy mess by the time I arrived back in Rico. 33 miles and 3340 feet of climbing on the Airborne single. Despite the mud and cold I still had a great ride.

I had to cross this creek twice. The feet were pretty cold on my way back up to Scotch Creek road.

High Country-Scotch Creek/CT to Salt Creek

Had a great ride again on Friday. The weather was perfect. I rode from Rico to Scotch Creek, up to the Colorado Trail, and over to Salt Creek and descended back to highway 145 and back to Rico. 3k of climbing with 27 miles.

Atop the climb up Scotch Creek. Looking toward the Durango side of the hill.

The Colorado Trail.

A few trees down at the entrance of Salt Creek.

Amazing how the aspens are so thick in this area of Salt Creek.

High Country Riding-Groundstock Trail

Went and rode Groundstock Trail after work on Wednesday. The meadows are pretty muddy still at 10,500 feet elevation. Great 14.5 mile loop starting from the Lizard Head parking area and riding back up 145 after descending Dunton Road.

Funny Cartoon

Claudia had sent this to me last week and I saw it as well on Nina Baum's blog. Pretty damn funny.

White

The Jabberwocky now is set up with white Soma Fabrication Clarence bars; same style as the Mary bars that were on it previously.

Stoner Mesa

Went over to the West Fork and rode Stoner Mesa on Friday. As the turkey flies it is within close proximity of Rico but just have never ridden it for whatever reason. I could actually start in Rico and ride up and connect to it. The total loop is 29 miles. 8 miles of climbing on a good graded fire road, 13 miles of single track and another 8 miles of pavement back to the truck. A total of 2580 feet of climbing. It took me a total of 3 hours to ride it including stops to hurl trees and I had some slippage on the rear wheel for whatever reason and had to tighten the rear skewer a few times. The trail hasn't been cleared by the Forest Service yet as I had to climb over about 20 trees. The trail is in rough condition presently but will get more buffed out with more use.
The start of the 13 miles of single track after climbing 8 miles and 1800 feet up a graded road.

My camera must have had some condensation from being in my back pocket. IT looks like I'm out in the fog but was actually clear.

The West Dolores River at the bottom of the single track. Now just 8 miles of pavement to the the truck.