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…