The ranks of the adventurous dwindled a bit.  Three of us, Smokin' Ray, AniH and self, set out to hit some of the lesser used and more adventurous trails.

Part of the adventure was the drive in.  There are two ways to the somewhat elusive trail head.  The way in went through a narrow short tunnel under the freeway.  The Element made a little scrapey bottom sound going into the tunnel.  Then the "road" had a way eroded spot that didn't look wide enough to drive over.  So some reverse backtrack and some improv up the wash.

Went out a diferrent way on a powerline road.  Lots of erosion ruts and line picking.  The driving was almost as adventurous as the ride.

Anyway.  The goods:




The elevation shows to run between, like, 4,200 and 4,700 - a difference of 500 feet low point to high point.  It sure felt like more than that.

Total Time (h:m:s)	3:59:18
Moving Time (h:m:s)	2:42:08
Distance (mi )	16.35
Moving Speed (mph)	6.0 avg.	19.2 max.
Elevation Gain (ft)	+2,874 / -2,856

And 2,900 calories burned!

The trails were in decent shape, all things considered.  Some ruts and overgrowth, but we find our way out and back - and did a bit of trail work alon the way.. 


Here is today's ride lined up next to last week's ride. 



Now the challenge is to link these two rides (and a bit more on the Noth end) and do it in a single session.  Should be able to break the 40 mile mark.

Boo-Yah.

Next week's epic ride:  Cupacabras