It’s always nice to be camped on trail networks because driving isn’t involved. We rode out and back from camp to Wolverton Mountain and then all the way back. The ride was 21 miles with 2568′ of climbing. We started off riding Honeybucket Trail out to Cold Springs Trail and then Aspen Creek. There was …
It was getting a bit toasty down in the valley so we’ve moved north to Prescott for the week. Our new boondocking spot is up around 6400′ with highs forecasted in the 70’s. We were last in Prescott back in 2015 when we camped and rode with some friends for a couple days so it’s …
We finished off our time in Black Canyon by riding two more sections of the Black Canyon Trail. These two sections weren’t very long thankfully, because it was a warm day. The ride was 15 miles with 1699′ of climbing. Today we got a late start to riding because a dog wandered up to our …
This ride took us back up into the mountains by Mayer and towards Prescott, AZ. This is all unpaved and since we didn’t know what to expect we rode mountain bikes instead of gravel bikes. I’m happy with that choice because some of the hills were really steep and I like to be able to …
What an outstanding ride! Back in 2015 Derek and I shuttled this with our friends Kevin, Dave, and Cinda. Without them here, we rode it as an out and back this time. Much harder! Our ride was 22 miles of singletrack canyon and rocky bliss. This section starts off rather tame with some rolling trail …
After a couple weeks in Gold Canyon we packed up ahead of the rain storm and drove a couple hours north to the Black Canyon area. The Black Canyon Trail began as a prehistoric Native American pathway linking local settlements together and providing a way to travel long distances. Today it’s an 80 mile mostly …
So far spring seems a lot like winter down here in southern AZ. Shorts all day, beers outside in the evening as we watch the sunset and listen to coyotes yipping it up. Instead of posting about every ride, I’ll do a recap of the last handful. We have the trail system largely to ourselves. …
Shambala is a mythical kingdom in Tibetan Buddhism and it’s also a Three Dog Night song. For us, it was a trail we rode as part of another day here in Gold Canyon. Some of our day was repeat of trails we rode before, but this was a new to us one. The trail itself …
Today we tackled some of the trails further out on the perimeter against the Superstition Mountains. These are at times more technical than most everything else out here. I really like Lost Gold Mine Trail and we rode a new section called Lost and Found that I don’t think gets much use. It’s more technical …
We don’t like driving. After leaving Oracle we drove about 1.5 hours to our next two week spot in Gold Canyon. This time we took a different route up through Superior on a steep ascent. I was curious what that are looked like after reading Oak Flats last year. I didn’t get any pictures of …