I would be remiss in telling the story of how
@thegock and I were late for this. We met in the parking lot ~ 8:15 to get about an hour ride in before the trail building session was starting. Tom has only been there a few times and doesn't know the trails. We run into
@fidodie,
@clarkenstein and
@michael.su just finishing up their ride at marker 8. We continue on up the mountain to hit the red trail. Tom had some tire pressure issues so we stopped a few times to pump up. Close to the pipeline, it was almost 9:30 so figured we'd join the group. Based on where we were, I thought we'd have to back-track a little to find the bouldering trail that will become the new loop. We get to a point where I'm pretty sure we passed it, so we turn around and go back. The trail is an off-shoot to the left that is usually marked with flags. We get to pretty much the same point where we started, can't find it. Turn around and head back the other way. Still no trail. We go even further and I'm sure we missed it again. By now it's almost 10, and Tom thinks we are hopelessly lost. I assure him I have (literally) been in this park 100+ times in the last few years, and know where we are, just not where this new offshoot trail is. Tom doesn't seem to be buying it and checks this site to see if there is more info. We see a few hikers and ask if they saw anyone with tools - only the ranger 4x4 parked on the pipeline. I finally scroll through my strava files to see the last time I went down that trail - find it around a year ago and see exactly where it is, and compare to where we are on the gps map. Gotta turn around and head towards the pipeline again. Following the gps map, I finally locate it - not only were the flags down except for one flattened near the ground, some clown drug a large tree branch across the entrance to the trail. Anywho, we finally heard voices and met the rest of the team. After the TM session, I told Tom I'd take him on a full tour of the place soon. He just shook his head and said "I'll bring signal flares". Something tells me he's not going back, at least with me