We have kept up our weekly night rides for the last 3 months. Our light purchases have paid off. This was by far the coldest and snowiest night yet. Craig and me were the regulars and Jamie joined us for his first ride in Corner Canyon(CC). We meet a guy, Scott at the trail head and we decided to try Clark's trail. The gate was locked at the bridge so we went down and tried Ghost falls via the CC Road. Clark's would have been challenging if the gate was open. The snow was about 3-4 inches near the gate. The lower section of the shore line trail was 90% snow free. The CC road was 70% snow free and had car tracks all the way up to the top of Ghost Falls(GF) Trailhead. The above picture is at the top with only about 3 inches of snow. The gate at the top of GF was open and we had fresh tracks all the way
down. The upper trail was a blast with 3 inches of dry snow. I was bringing up rear and I had more control making a fresh line rather then follow the other tracks. Our lights seemed to double their light output with reflection from the snow. We took a right at the fork and descented the north lower section of Ghost falls. Since this is south facing most of it was snow free. Great ride eventhough our feet were cold. I'm bidding on used pair MTN shoes that are a size larger so I can wear extra socks.
We have kept up our weekly night rides for the last 3 months. Our light purchases have paid off. This was by far the coldest and snowiest night yet. Craig and me were the regulars and Jamie joined us for his first ride in Corner Canyon(CC). We meet a guy, Scott at the trail head and we decided to try Clark's trail. The gate was locked at the bridge so we went down and tried Ghost falls via the CC Road. Clark's would have been challenging if the gate was open. The snow was about 3-4 inches near the gate. The lower section of the shore line trail was 90% snow free. The CC road was 70% snow free and had car tracks all the way up to the top of Ghost Falls(GF) Trailhead. The above picture is at the top with only about 3 inches of snow. The gate at the top of GF was open and we had fresh tracks all the way
down. The upper trail was a blast with 3 inches of dry snow. I was bringing up rear and I had more control making a fresh line rather then follow the other tracks. Our lights seemed to double their light output with reflection from the snow. We took a right at the fork and descented the north lower section of Ghost falls. Since this is south facing most of it was snow free. Great ride eventhough our feet were cold. I'm bidding on used pair MTN shoes that are a size larger so I can wear extra socks.
2 comments:
Wow!!!! you are officially a blogging guy. I never thought I would see the day...
Mike,
Great blog man. Night riding in the snow explains a lot about why your fast on the bike - hardcore.
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