Bangtail Divide

Last Sunday I went and rode the Bangtail Divide trail on my mountain bike. 33miles total, with around 25 on singletrack and trail. Badass! It took me 4.5 hours and involved 4600 feet of climbing.

Crazy Ride back in June

Moto Adventure

On Sunday back in June, my buddy Paul and I fired up the KLR 650's and heading for the mountains again. It was a clear sunny day with a few high clouds, but everything was green and lush and it was truly springtime in the Rockies. Up Corbly Gulch we went, up up up on a big wide trail. All of a sudden we were going up a really steep narrow trail, with no turning back! Big rocks and steepness conspired to throw my moto down on top of my leg. Paul was ahead of me and came down to find me dazed sitting next to my bike.



He had fallen off as well higher up. We got me back on my moto and headed down. Going down a steep trail with ruts and rocks on a KLR that can't stop is repeatedly the scariest thing I ever do. You are skidding, and accelerating, and trying to steer and avoid trees, rocks, etc. I hate it. We made it down okay and despite being pretty banged up, decided to go ride Flathead Pass! That was easier than Corbly's top section, but also really knobby trail. We encountered snow at the top.





On the way out the East side I came upon what I thought was a log in the road until I got closer and saw that it was metal. Paul came back from up ahead wondering where his muffler was! Quick ranch repair and off home we went.

Sunday Ride, Montana Style

On Sunday my fellow KLR owner Paul and myself took an afternoon ride. First stop: Ross Pass in the Bridger Range. A pretty knobby doubletrack ending in a real steep section brought us there without incedent. After taking in the view, we came back down and decided to head to Livingston via Brackett Creek Road, which is a great dirt road, wide and smooth through a lush green farming valley. In Livingston we stopped for refreshment at the Slack Knuckle, which included IPA's, nachos and a pork sandwich. Then back over the pass on the frontage road to home.

Blogslack

Haven't had time to post lately. Too busy with work and fun and every other damn thing....
Brief Recap of Recent Events:

Raced the bike leg of the Peaks to Prarie Triathlon.
Super fun. Basically a long slightly downhill time trial.

Rode mtn bikes out in Three Forks with Ciaran and Mike H. Went 38 MPH on the downhill singletrack at one point. Sweet!

Raced my first Tuesday Night Training Series road bike race and got killed.
Ouch. Old men and fast women passed me. Raced from near town to up past Bridger Bowl. Cool to race with a group, or at least for the 20 minutes I stuck with the pack.

Going to race this weekend near Great Falls at the Belt Creek Omnium.
Probably gonna get killed again.

Later,
L train

Employee Ski Day

The boss at work decided that he would take everyone skiing at Bridger Bowl yesterday. I had a great day, and rode more laps that I have in a long time at the hill. I rode from 9 when the lifts opened until 330 I think. One hour break for lunch and the rest was riding time. It was really fun. I spent most of the day with Mark and Miles who I work with. We pretty much stuck to Pierre's Knob and did a lot of cruising in the trees. Pretty mellow and fun. I brought the GPS and got a lot of paths out of it.

Data:
Time: 5:45
Max Speed: 41.9
Total Ascent/Descent: 26197 ft
Distance: 34.25 miles.

No wonder I fell asleep at 7:30!