While here in Southern California we took the opportunity to ride out by Idyllwild. We mountain biked Thomas Mtn at least once back in the late 90’s but barely remembered it. This time we did a loop up the...
Diamond Valley Lake Gravel Ride
Derek and I did a ride to and around the gravel road that circles the lake. We parked down in the County Park at the bottom of the dam and road up the paved road climb before dropping into...
Vail Lake Mountain Biking
Waaay back in the day, Derek and I raced mountain bikes at Vail Lake as part of the Team Big Bear California Series. It was a smaller venue with a lot fewer trails then there are now. Vailocity Bike...
Clear Creek Ride & Hike
From our boondocking spot in Camp Verde, we rode out a gravel road and did a hike up along Clear Creek. The hike actually goes for something like 21 miles but you have to cross the creek (the sign...
Colorado River Overlook Ride
If you’ve been reading our blog lately you know we spent a couple weeks in Canyonlands National Park. I am behind on posting but here is another fantastic ride we did to experience one of the lesser visited areas....
Lockhart Basin Ride
There are some amazing remote gravel/rock road rides in the Canyonlands area. We rode Elephant Hill Road the other day and I blogged about it here. This time we decided to explore Lockhart Basin Road, the back road to...
Elephant Hill Ride to Confluence Overlook
Elephant Hill Road in Canyonlands is no joke. It’s a high clearance 4X4 dirt/gravel/sand/sheer rock road that goes into the remote backcountry. We decided to mountain bike it so we could get out to the Colorado River/Green River Confluence...
Alien Run Trails
The Alien Run Trails are technically challenging and scenic mountain bike trails routed near an alleged UFO crash site in Aztec, NM. The area boasts rugged singletrack winding through pinon tree and desert scrub badlands with playful slickrock areas....
Road Apple Trail System
Derek and I finally rode some of the trails in Farmington, NM. We started in the BLM Glade Run Recreation Area, featuring 19,000 acres of slick rock, rolling terrain, and sandy arroyos. This is high desert so there is a...
Jersey Jim Gravel Ride
Before the giant rain storm this past weekend, Derek and I rode our bikes on a loop up out of Mancos that went by the Jersey Jim Lookout and around towards Dolores before dropping back down to Transfer Campground....