The day we have all be waiting for…..the trip into Paradox Valley and a dinner prepared for us by the great folks at Paradox Produce Company. It meant no cooking for us, no dirty dishes and a chance to get out of the baking sun! Day 5 Wedding Bell Hut to Paradox Hut: 31.43 miles…
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San Juan Huts Day 4
Today was more or less a “flat” day. If you can count 2,000′ of elevation gain as flat? Relatively speaking though it was another easy day without any major climbing. Similar to yesterday, there was nothing super hard about today. Day 6 Dry Creek Hut to Wedding Bell Hut 35.08 miles 2,093′ elevation gain 2,625′…
San Juan Huts Day 3
With day 2 now behind us, day 3 was looking much better. Everyone was feeling good, altitude headaches were still there, but we knew that today would be the day that they would go away. We’d be dropping down to a more reasonable 7,500′ today. Day 3 Black Mesa Hut to Dry Creek Hut 34.95…
San Juan Huts Day 2
When we last left our intrepid adventurers they had just completed an epic day of riding the Colorado Trail and were fairly wiped out…….. Day 2 Bolam Pass Hut to Black Mesa Hut 28.38 miles 3,097′ elevation gain 11,383′ max elevation I woke up with a pretty good headache due to the altitude, I was…
San Juan Huts Day 1 and Prep
I had been trying to figure out some way to boil down 7 days/6 nights of backcountry mountain biking into just one post. I don’t really feel like I can do the whole trip justice in just one post, so I’m going with a summary of each day while it is still fresh in my…
Bennett to Barlow Loop
Some friends put together another gravel/mixed surface ride for this past Sunday starting out at the Bennett Sno Park near Mt. Hood Meadows. The word was that a mtn bike might be better for some of the sections, while at the very least 40c tires were the recommended tire size for cross/gravel bike. Out of…
ON & OFF RHODES 