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Susanville Gravel Ride

Heidi Faller Posted onMay 2, 2022May 2, 2022 California, Gravel biking, Susanville Leave a Comment 130 Views

The weather looked a little threatening so we decided to just do an exploratory ride from our boondocking spot along Willard Creek. We had to turn around once we hit snow, but our ride was 14 miles with 1,...

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Susanville Ranch Trails

Heidi Faller Posted onMay 1, 2022May 1, 2022 California, Mountain Biking, Susanville Leave a Comment 517 Views

We saw flyers for a mountain bike race to be held at the end of the month at Susanville Ranch Park and decided to go check out the trails. Susanville Ranch Park is a 1,100-acre park property owned and...

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Lake Almanor Path Ride

Heidi Faller Posted onApril 29, 2022April 29, 2022 California, Gravel biking, Lake, Mountain Biking Leave a Comment 1729 Views

Derek and I drove the short distance to Lake Almanor one day to ride the path that skirts one side of the lake. It’s paved but heavily covered in tree branches, needles, and pine cones from the winter. We...

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Bizz Johnson – Devil’s to Susanville

Heidi Faller Posted onApril 28, 2022April 28, 2022 California, Gravel biking, Mountain Biking, Susanville Leave a Comment 147 Views

Stopped by snow heading west the other day, this time we rode into town along the Bizz Johnson Rail Trail. Our plan was to take the South Side singletrack one way and the rail trail back. That plan was...

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Bizz Johnson Trail

Heidi Faller Posted onApril 26, 2022April 26, 2022 California, Gravel biking, Mountain Biking, Susanville Leave a Comment 940 Views

We had a couple short moving days to get up here to Susanville, CA. I hate sitting for more than a few hours so we never drive very far. We boondocked one night in a defunct drive in movie...

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Pioneertown Ride

Heidi Faller Posted onNovember 10, 2021November 10, 2021 California, Mountain Biking Leave a Comment 373 Views

Back in the day Derek and I raced up at Big Bear Mountain a lot for the California State Series. While we didn’t ride all the way to Big Bear on this ride, had we kept going we would...

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Eureka Peak Ride

Heidi Faller Posted onNovember 8, 2021November 8, 2021 California, Joshua Tree National Park, Mountain Biking Leave a Comment 222 Views

Derek and I rode up to Eureka Peak in Joshua Tree National Park. Our ride was 22.6 miles with 2316′ of climbing up to 5469′ of climbing. This out and back was all on sand/gravel road starting from the...

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Joshua Tree Desert View Conservation Area

Heidi Faller Posted onNovember 3, 2021November 3, 2021 California, Joshua Tree, Mountain Biking 2 Comments 786 Views

Desert View Conservation Area is approximately 605 acres of undeveloped desert biome with mountain biking and hiking trails. None of the trails are very long, and we had to be creative to weave them all together into a ride....

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White Cross Memorial and Kelso

Heidi Faller Posted onNovember 3, 2021November 3, 2021 California, Mojave National Preserve Leave a Comment 106 Views

Before we left Mojave we walked over to the White Cross World War I Memorial which was first constructed at Sunrise Rock in 1934. It’s a beautiful setting of granite rock outcropping maintained by volunteers. Unfortunately, like most things...

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Exploring Ride in Mojave National Preserve

Heidi Faller Posted onNovember 2, 2021November 2, 2021 California, Mojave National Preserve, Mountain Biking Leave a Comment 331 Views

There aren’t any mountain bike specific trails in the preserve, but we rode our bikes out some gravel, dirt, and rock roads back to see Rock Springs and then further to some giant rock boulders in the New York...

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