Thread: TR: Fruita Three Ways (with lots of pictures!)

My friend Adam and I had a "long" weekend in Fruita planned- Friday afternoon until Sunday morning- so we squeezed as much riding as we could into less than 48 hours. The weekend basically broke down like this:

Friday: 18 Road Trails followed by pizza and beers at Hot Tomato
Saturday: Rabbit Valley Trails (Kokopelli, Western Rim, East Rabbit Valley) followed by Mexican food and Margs.. run into Daywalker and his crew randomly (nice PM Gear jersey!)
Sunday: Mary's Loop, Horsethief, Wrangler followed by getting in the car and driving home

Here are a handful of shots from the weekend... Fruita delivers once again!

Getting started on Zippity:


Looking down to what lies ahead:


3...2...1... dropping.


More Zippity goodness:




Day Two, starting out on Kokopelli near Castle Rocks:


Before Western Rim, near the junction with Brian's Trail:


This doesn't suck.


Western Rim, one of the most scenic trails I've ridden:


Smooth, fast, flowy singletrack defined:


Watch your step:


His wife is going to have a heart attack when she sees this shot:


It's not all downhill, sometimes you have to work for it. Yeah, this is steep:


The storm JUST missed us, but the views were inescapable:


Day Three, time for Mary's and Horsethief. This is the portage between the two:


Views here don't suck either. Oh yeah, the singletrack is fun too:




Charging through the singletrack:


Believe it or not, there are a handful more pictures I didn't include in this TR. Use this link to see more:

http://www.stevemokanphotography.com...Biking-Part-II

Western Rim is awesome.

Thanks for the stoke bomb! I cannot wait to go ride, stupid broken collarbone. Western Rim is the shit

funny, we were up at 18 Rd on Friday and Mary's, Steve's, Handcuff's, Wrangler etc. on Saturday. Me = Black Knolly Endo, Mrs = Orange 575. White Tacoma.
Where did you guys camp? There was a whole mess o people up at Monument when we were there.

Mtnjam- we actually stayed in a hotel in GJ. I was on an orange Salsa Big Mama 29'er, and my buddy was riding the HiFi Pro pictured- we rode 18 Road Friday afternoon until about 7:00.

Awesome pictures. Looks like a great weekend was had.

Small world. I was riding 18 road until about 7pm on Friday night, then Edge Loop and more 18 Road on Saturday, and then Sunday it was Horsethief, Mary's, etc. Its funny, everywhere you look you see people cmaping and hanging out, but when you actually get out there on trails, theres very little congestion.

Originally Posted by Long Duck Dong

Its funny, everywhere you look you see people cmaping and hanging out, but when you actually get out there on trails, theres very little congestion.

So true. Camped at Rabbit Valley, rode all over it Saturday then Chutes and Ladders on Sunday.

Damnit, I gotta get to Fruita. Driving through in a few days on our way to Powell. Maybe I can fit the bike in the truck for a quick trip on Zippity

Nice... I have to get over there someday. As of now though, I may be too much of a pansy to ride my fully rigid 29er there.

And, no Daywalker pic?

yeah, we were out there all weekend... super fun!

I have pictures too.... somewhere.