Wardsworth Creek

Today we went up Hobble Creek Canyon and did the Wardworth Creek trail. We didn't actually do it all though. We started late because we had a ward breakfast, and had to be back by one.

Big Springs Hollow

We did the Big Springs Hollow Ride again this week. This time I took my GPS so I could get some data.
Here is the google earth path:

And the elevation profile:

Provo Canyon Raceway

I don't have any really great pictures of this bike trail. It is loads of fun. Here is the google earth image of the trail:

Coming down the gravel road, either user error or bike error resulted in some nasty road rash. I hesitated on putting this picture up, but you can look at it if you want to. No one is making you look at it.

Rock Canyon Trail

One day after doing the Lambert Park ride, Ron, Jesse and I decided we wanted some intense downhill. We used two cars so that we could have a shuttle. The shuttling took the longest. We went up a little higher than the rock canyon campground and then went down to the trail. Here's a picture of where we started from. We would go from there, all the way down to the valley.

Here's the google map image of our path:

And here is the elevation profile. Ignore the first part. That was my gps adjusting to new elevation:

Lambert Park

Lambert Park is a great place to go mountain biking. I could go there everyday and be happy for the rest of my life. It's a series of single track trails that are just loads of fun. We learned, however, that walmart bikes are not the best companions on these trips.

Besides this catastrophe, one of the fathers that accompanied us had to go to the emergency room. He did one part of the trail and wiped out. He got 13 stitches and had some crushed ligaments. Here's a picture of the trail. It doesn't look too bad, does it? You can see the little rock ramps.

This trail is actually a lot of fun. We went back and did it. Here's some video of this part of the trail. It's called ruin.







Here's our path on Google Earth:

Deer Creek Trail

This is probably one of the first trails that I took my camera. In this case it was my new iphone. The Deer Creek is a 7 mile double track path along the deer creek resevoir. It was rather pleasant in the evening because the mountains created some shade. One you finish the 7 miles, you turn around and go back.

Here is a picture of the boys:

Probably the most exciting part of the trip was our encounter with a rattlesnake. I got it on video:

This was an easy but fun ride. Here's a video overlooking the lake:

Here's a map of the trail thanks to utahmountainbiking.com.

Mountain Biking

This summer we are going on a little mountain biking trek with the young men. We've been training for this by doing two rides a week. It has been fun. At first, I was borrowing Travis Roundy's bike. He's in the MTC preparing to go to Portugal. I was grateful that he let me use his bike but fearful that I might break it. So, I bought my own bike. I decided on a specialized rockhopper. The store I bought it from graciously took $100 off the already discounted price. It's a cool bike. I had to replace the shifters with grip shifters because shifting was difficult with my stubby thumbs. I hate grips shifts, but didn't see any other option.

We've been doing rides that are close by. Here are the ones that we have done:

• Bonneville lakeshort trail (partial)
• Big Spring 
• Provo Canyon Raceway (2)
• Lambert Park (2)
• Deer Creek Trail
• Dry Creek
• Rock Canyon
• Squaw Peak Downhill (partial)