Saturday I took Red on it's maiden voyage to Sheep Pk. We'd been up to the snow line a few times near Blue Pt., but not to the top yet this year. It was a pretty warm day in Missoula. I was still pretty sore from the Hood loops. Must be getting older or something. Recovery? During the first descent I came across friends Bill and Dave (links on blog) who were climbing up. They indicated they were going to go out the East Fork. I mentioned I was headed down to the parking lot and then back up, always a fun challenge. By the way, I wonder what the status of the E. Fork is with portages? Going to have to check with them. So, two of these added some more elevation to the week.
Sunday, somehow I got up early and drove to Butte to meet another friend, Chad, who lives in Helena. We were going to ride some of the sections of the upcoming ultra in Butte. A seriously challenging race that is a hundred miles covering sections north and south of I 90 with many thousands of feet of cumulative climbing.
We rode a section of trail that is one of the more memorable sections of singletrack I've experienced. In '08 we came over this section in a hail storm and howling winds. Cracking trees, literally. I missed this one last year, going down to Colorado.
The views on top of this trail are nice, but the best part is the trail itself. It is a fun trail to ride. The singletrack at the moment is being cleared too. Another nice bonus. We had a good visit with the below guys doing maintenance.
There are a few washed out sections, like below behind me, in a section where Chad snapped a photo; but, for the 13 or so miles of this section, things are mainly excellent. I managed to wrap up about thirty thousand of climbing Sunday to Sunday. Time to get ready for a tough day.
Saturday I took Red on it's maiden voyage to Sheep Pk. We'd been up to the snow line a few times near Blue Pt., but not to the top yet this year. It was a pretty warm day in Missoula. I was still pretty sore from the Hood loops. Must be getting older or something. Recovery? During the first descent I came across friends Bill and Dave (links on blog) who were climbing up. They indicated they were going to go out the East Fork. I mentioned I was headed down to the parking lot and then back up, always a fun challenge. By the way, I wonder what the status of the E. Fork is with portages? Going to have to check with them. So, two of these added some more elevation to the week.
Sunday, somehow I got up early and drove to Butte to meet another friend, Chad, who lives in Helena. We were going to ride some of the sections of the upcoming ultra in Butte. A seriously challenging race that is a hundred miles covering sections north and south of I 90 with many thousands of feet of cumulative climbing.
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A decent number of trees down in the East Fork, but not too bad. Otherwise the descent was in primo shape.
Thanks D, Great to hear you are going to do the 100 too! Should be a very fun day.
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