I forgot to write a blog post about our last ride in Prescott. This time we rode from camp on a series of trails to get to the further reaches of the network. Our ride was 14 miles with...
Wolverton Mountain Ride
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...
Thumb Butte Trails Prescott
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...
Black Canyon Trail – Arrastri & Soap Creek
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...
Palace Station Ride
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...
Black Canyon Trail – Bumble Bee & Hidden Treasure Sectioins
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...
Copper Mountain Ride
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...
Spring in the Desert
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,...
Shambala & Another Snake
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...
Lost Gold Mine Loop
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...