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DANSPANK
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To save you time reading through all of this crap the moral of the story is "ride the Thunder Mountain trail".
Still here? Are you comfortable? Then I'll begin...
I was out in south west Utah a week or so ago. I met up with a group of people for a number of rides that centered around the Virgin river. We started at about 9000ft on the Virgin River trail. You'll read this a lot, the scenery was just stunning. The photos below won't do it justice - you'll just have to go yourself.
Day 1
With clear blue skies and temps in the 70s we set off on a roughly level trail that meandered through mature aspens and firs, and open meadows following the hill contours. Not much climbing really, just nice and flowy alternating double and single track.
We stopped a lot so that we could keep everyone together, take photos and just enjoy beoing out there, but it really wasn't that strenuous. Towards the end of the trail will climbed to the site of our camp for the next two days - sitting nicely at 9200ft.
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6714158
In the afternoon we took a really nice and flowing trail around Navajo lake. There wasn't much climbing aroung this lake so we didn't stop too much and you could really motor - especially on the last few miles that returned us to camp:
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6714157
At about the half-way point the trail cut through a lava field - really cool!
Then it came the super-fast section back to the camp that I mentioned. Great stuff!
Camp was a bit primitive so after a wetwipe and hot towel wash it was time for thermals. When the sun goes down it gets C-O-L-D!! It dropped to a very chilly 28degrees but it was well worth popping your head out of the tent to see the stars. Something you just don't get to see at the 50ft above sea level you get here in Jersey. It was a stunning night show!
Still here? Are you comfortable? Then I'll begin...
I was out in south west Utah a week or so ago. I met up with a group of people for a number of rides that centered around the Virgin river. We started at about 9000ft on the Virgin River trail. You'll read this a lot, the scenery was just stunning. The photos below won't do it justice - you'll just have to go yourself.
Day 1
With clear blue skies and temps in the 70s we set off on a roughly level trail that meandered through mature aspens and firs, and open meadows following the hill contours. Not much climbing really, just nice and flowy alternating double and single track.
We stopped a lot so that we could keep everyone together, take photos and just enjoy beoing out there, but it really wasn't that strenuous. Towards the end of the trail will climbed to the site of our camp for the next two days - sitting nicely at 9200ft.
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6714158
In the afternoon we took a really nice and flowing trail around Navajo lake. There wasn't much climbing aroung this lake so we didn't stop too much and you could really motor - especially on the last few miles that returned us to camp:
http://trail.motionbased.com/trail/activity/6714157
At about the half-way point the trail cut through a lava field - really cool!
Then it came the super-fast section back to the camp that I mentioned. Great stuff!
Camp was a bit primitive so after a wetwipe and hot towel wash it was time for thermals. When the sun goes down it gets C-O-L-D!! It dropped to a very chilly 28degrees but it was well worth popping your head out of the tent to see the stars. Something you just don't get to see at the 50ft above sea level you get here in Jersey. It was a stunning night show!