A nice bike ride

I went on a nice 8-9 mile ride today on my trike. It was fun. I'm a little sad that I didn't bring my GPS; I'm a big fan of GIS data. I went down to the lake. There was a detour on the trail. This detour was through a nice residential area. The roads all had bike lanes. It was quite pleasant.

The river was overflowing. The last mile going towards the lake had water right up to the trail. It looked to be 3-5 higher than normal. I stopped to take a picture, and I was attacked by mosquitos. Needless to say, that picture didn't turn out very well.

Trip to Moab

This weekend, we took some of the young men to Moab. It was fun. After about 7.5 miles I was about to die.

Bartlett Wash Map and Elevation Profile

Slickrock Map and Elevation Profile

Some High Adventure Pics

I still haven't gotten photos from others, but here are some of mine.

High Adventure

High Adventure was great! I had loads of fun and I think the young men and other leaders did too. I'll post some pictures later, but for now, here are the maps of our trails. My gps did something wierd, so I had to use other profiles for the maps. Here they are.

Day 1: Cassidy-Lossee


This was a horrible trail, kind of. The uphill and flat parts were great. The views from the peak were incredible. Going down was not so fun. It was in a dry wash. The terrain was slippery and full of gravel. I had only gotten three hours of sleep the night before and was so tired. I fell several times more than anyone else and was the slowest downhiller, which is not normal (my weight gives me some pretty good speed downhill). On one fall I landed on my handlebars with all my weight and some momentum. I'm still not sure how it happened, but if my handlebar had been a spear it would have gone right through me. I think I have two bruised ribs. Alison wants me to go to the doctor tomorrow to make sure that they are not cracked or broken.

Day 2: Thunder Mountain


This trail was awesome. We climbed up a long paved pathway that was designed for cycling. We then went through some beautiful terrain at a slight incline. We rolled up and down through ravines. It was great. We stopped for lunch at the top and then headed down. The highlights were the fin, and the last downhill push. I'll have to post some pictures soon. I was so relieved after doing this one because after the first ride, I had no confidence in my ability as a mountain biker. But, it really was the three hours of sleep I had gotten. This trail was great and I had no crashes. We did have a father and son duo that crashed on this one though.

Day 3: Bunker Creek


This was a very cool downhill trail. We started at the top of Brian Head at an elevation of a little more than 11,000. We descended to around 8,000. We actually tool a wrong path. It's not marked on here since my gps data got messed up. I really enjoyed this intermediate-technical. There were a few advanced places that were especially fun. I was able to stay at or near the front for the majority of the ride because it was downhill, where I feel I shine (not because it is less aerobic work, but because I have the weight to go faster and the confidence to not slow down too much). I believe my max speed was around 27 mph.

Timpooneke Trail +

On Saturday, we had a crazy adventure. We did some really tough trails. I thought we were going to do a shorter loop, but I was so very wrong.

This is the first time in a very long time, that I actually envisioned myself passing out and waking up on a helicopter flying me to safety. It really drained me. The whole time I kept thinking that the trail was longer than it was, so that made it even more difficult. At 7.5 miles, I ran out of water and I thought we had 4.5 more miles to go. Fortunately I was back at 8.5 miles. Here's the maps and elevation profile along with some pictures.

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:

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: