Winter Riding...

SUCKS!

I froze on Sunday and left the camera at home because they were forecasting rain. Instead it just got colder-brrr. There was a good inch of snow in Black Mo which made everything pretty and the riding fun. It was going great until I had to climb a steep hollow and couldn't keep traction. I explored a piece of the AFT that was surprisingly good. This shows promise for the 'AFT in a day' ride. However I had to cut things short because of the cold. This was my 2nd snow ride of the year - here is a pic from the first (Nov 11).

Turkey Day Ride

Thanksgiving Ride

Well, it is sort of a tradition for Big Dawg and I to ride on Thanksgiving. I think this is the 3rd year in a row. Conditions were a little warmer this year so we could show off our 'best' duds!!!Big Dawg was recovering from a cold so I figured rocks would help those clogged sinus passages and up we headed to the Charcoal Flats. We dropped in via Sand Spring where we surfed leaves until a slick field of babyheads made us dismount. After this the trail got pretty sweet excluding this deadfall!
We intersected the Charcoal Flats and I showed Big Dawg one of the rockiest trails in the forest. This trail is very cleanable but was playing rough in the wet conditions. I ran off the trail numerous times and Big Dawg perfected stuffing the front wheel! I was running out of time so we cut things short and exited down to the chimney house and climbed out on Lower trail. We finished up with 3 bridges, Carcass, and Technical Extasy. A solid ride to fuel our hunger before the Feast!