It's been some time since I have ridden here (like 10yrs. or more) but gotta say very impressed with what I rode today. Followed IDBrians route to a tee which brought me through stone gate, devils staircase, the wall, and cascade and what ever the other names are, but no turtle, though it now looks like I rode pass it. Much more then I remember and some that I did, I have done races there in mid 90's on both sides so why no more races? Rock gardens left me with battered and shredded poor excuses tires when are tire companies gonna step-up to the 29er movement espiecially here in jagged rocky east...