Velo Cult Gravel Ride

Caught wind of a gravel ride out of Gaston, OR mapped out by the folks at Velo Cult.  After the on and off heavy rain on Saturday I was a little hesitant about how today would be.  The weather turned out to be absolutely fabulous. Now, first things first.  I’m not new to this biking…

San Juan Huts Day 7 Into Moab!

One last night in the hut and today marked the final leg.  35 more miles and we’d be done.  We were all ready for today, there was no doubt about it.  I can’t describe or say enough about how awesome this trip was (yes Juston it was Epic!).  However I was very glad to be…

San Juan Huts Day 6

Day 5 was a chance to chill out and let somebody else do the cooking.  Day 6 was “only” supposed to be 20.8 miles long.  It was also supposed to be over 5,000′ of climbing.  The good news……it was just under 5,000′ per my Garmin, the bad news, it was almost 23 miles long, and…

San Juan Huts Day 5

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…

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…