The beginning of the ride is no fun, if you do it the way we did. Straight up for over 2 miles, along the power line road. It is rough and steep. Darcy rides most of it, but I know what is ahead: pain and no fun. So, I get off and start pushing right away, while Darcy rides away. She is waiting for me with a snack and lemonade at the top (ha!), which is near here - a wide open alpine meadow that is nearly level, except for the large boulders. This is within and near the edge of the burned zone. Next time we ride Bobcat, we plan on riding up the single track, and then turning around and riding back down. There are certainly places where the we will have to get off and push, but it will be much more fun than that blasted power line "trail".
The Devil's Backbone is far, far away in this shot, but visible if you zoom in and hold your mouth just right while squinting. It is in the center of the upper-right quadrant of the shot. Look for a yellowish strip of land: the backbone formation is right behind that yellow/light colored strip.
Trying to do this makes me want to upgrade my 8 mega-pixie camera to the latest and greatest.
BTW, do these riding togs make me look fat?
Here is an interesting pattern of fallen logs, looking across a drainage.
Darcy, on the trail. The mountain in the background is Buckhorn Mountain. Horsetooth Rock is behind Buckhorn. The two mile slog uphill gives us over 6 miles of singletrack riding once we are up there. The downhill is a long, fairly technical hoot. Too much fun to be had to stop and take pictures, today.
