Lone_Summit
07-17-2011, 03:39 PM
What do you do on a Sunday when you can't sleep?
I decided to get the bike out and do a nice long ride. No one else was up yet, but sometimes it's nice to ride alone so you can go wherever you want. I decided to ride from out my door in Dillon Valley, out to Keystone, and back in a loop. The tentative plan was to take Straight Creek to Oro Grande to Keystone Gulch to Soda Creek then back to the Valley. It didn't quite turn out right, but a nice ride nonetheless.
This is one sketchy ass bridge to start the day out.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10426.jpg
Now on to the Oro Grande. This trail isn't too exciting, but it offers nice views and fast dirt to really stretch the legs out.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10429.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10433.jpg
The dump and shooting range are so sexy.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10438.jpg
After the dump I kept climbing the dirt road for a few miles until I found some nice singletrack to use to descend into Keystone.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10439.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10440.jpg
It was fun...
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10442.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10443.jpg
Finally into Keystone and the first of the pavement, this shit lasted for about a mile until I pulled into Keystone Gulch.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10445.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10446.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10447.jpg
Now this is where I think I first messed up. Once I hit the Keystone Gulch Trailhead I took a right at the first singletrack I saw. Rossater Trail maybe? It has some nice sections, but lots of mud and horse shit. Should I have gone farther up the gulch to hit the CT to come down into Soda Ridge?
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10448.jpg
Still some fun trail.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10449.jpg
Around this point I had an option to climp up Aquaduct (which I should have done) which probably could have led me where I wanted to go...instead I turned right.
But I saw some nice flowers.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10453.jpg
I got dumped out in Summit Cove by the Elementary school and had about 4 miles of bike path ahead of me.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10454.jpg
Two more miles of dirt. I can see my house.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10455.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10456.jpg
All in all it was:
23.2 miles
avg 7.75mph
top 29mph
time 3hours on the dot.
1 pedal that released and bashed an ankle.
I'm pissed I didn't make it to the Soda Creek Trails...next time I might have to look at a map first.
I decided to get the bike out and do a nice long ride. No one else was up yet, but sometimes it's nice to ride alone so you can go wherever you want. I decided to ride from out my door in Dillon Valley, out to Keystone, and back in a loop. The tentative plan was to take Straight Creek to Oro Grande to Keystone Gulch to Soda Creek then back to the Valley. It didn't quite turn out right, but a nice ride nonetheless.
This is one sketchy ass bridge to start the day out.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10426.jpg
Now on to the Oro Grande. This trail isn't too exciting, but it offers nice views and fast dirt to really stretch the legs out.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10429.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10433.jpg
The dump and shooting range are so sexy.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10438.jpg
After the dump I kept climbing the dirt road for a few miles until I found some nice singletrack to use to descend into Keystone.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10439.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10440.jpg
It was fun...
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10442.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10443.jpg
Finally into Keystone and the first of the pavement, this shit lasted for about a mile until I pulled into Keystone Gulch.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10445.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10446.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10447.jpg
Now this is where I think I first messed up. Once I hit the Keystone Gulch Trailhead I took a right at the first singletrack I saw. Rossater Trail maybe? It has some nice sections, but lots of mud and horse shit. Should I have gone farther up the gulch to hit the CT to come down into Soda Ridge?
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10448.jpg
Still some fun trail.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10449.jpg
Around this point I had an option to climp up Aquaduct (which I should have done) which probably could have led me where I wanted to go...instead I turned right.
But I saw some nice flowers.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10453.jpg
I got dumped out in Summit Cove by the Elementary school and had about 4 miles of bike path ahead of me.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10454.jpg
Two more miles of dirt. I can see my house.
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10455.jpg
http://i74.photobucket.com/albums/i266/jsrmem/Summit%207-17-2011/SDC10456.jpg
All in all it was:
23.2 miles
avg 7.75mph
top 29mph
time 3hours on the dot.
1 pedal that released and bashed an ankle.
I'm pissed I didn't make it to the Soda Creek Trails...next time I might have to look at a map first.