Wow, so wow
A perfect day on a perfectly groomed trail. The ride – Providence Canyon The bike – Salsa Beargrease
Tag: snow biking
By the good graces of the groomers Providence is perfect
Having neglected the great outdoors right outside my door for the past month I could no longer continue in my wayward course and ignore the Beargrease. We spent and afternoon playing in perfectly groomed snow thanks to the volunteer groomers who leave waffles for us all to enjoy. The timing was perfect as a new storm dumped another foot of sugary, white powder on us
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Derailleur battery dead. Going single speed.
The trails don’t get any better than today. The grooming gods have been hard at work so the rest of us can play hard. The ride – Providence Canyon The bike – Salsa Beargrease
Bobsled Run
Providence doesn’t get any better than this morning. The Beargrease loved the smooth, white highway on the climb and giggled on the bobsled run down. We were both very cold. The ride – Providence Canyon The bike – Salsa Beargrease
Sticking to the Road
OK, so staying on the road is probably more accurate. I can say as I really stuck to anything. We received 5″ inches of snow in the valley and probably around 11″ in the mountains last night. The trail was impassible and needed to be left alone for the groomers to work their magic so I followed jeep tracks and snowmobile trails up the road
Rollin Fat and Cold
I have to leave the house every now and then or my brain will explode. The past couple of days of storms blanketed Providence Canyon in white. A few riders had made it up the first section. I was alone in the climb to the top and ended up on the road to finish. The descent was in fairly deep unpacked snow. There’s something about
Snow!
I will miss the pure thrill of mountain biking in the summer but there is something magical about getting out into a forest covered in a blanket of snow. The ride – Providence Canyon The bike – Salsa Beargrease
Warm and sparkly
With beautiful weather comes slightly warmer temperatures and the trails are starting to melt just a bit. To take advantage of the winter beauty while it’s here I ran three laps. The ride – Providence Canyon The bike – Salsa Beargrease
Do It Again
In the summer I typically ride a several loops at the top of Providence Canyon. The trail was perfect and I even though most of the feeling in my hands was we gone I took advantage of the perfect conditions and made a second loop. Then I climbed up the road for a while which would usually be miserable but with the cold temperature was
Crunchy Smooth
Green Canyon is almost always a beautifully groomed, hard packed, ice road. At the beginning of the trail the air bit at any of my exposed skin and pierced deep and painful. The hard packed icy snow crunched loudly but the trail was smooth, sticky and fast. As I ascended the last section towards the Mt Naomi Wilderness I didn’t expect much given that the