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T&E News V. 50 Issue 7 July 2015 P101hurts and the weaker ones had did they run good considering reached a point where it wasto do it too. the altitude. The Lily Pond trail generally unpassable due to the started us off as we headed up snow. I say generally because I Once the party ended my me- to American Flag Mountain. could have made it to the topchanic Jamie was scheduled to It was super fun with all sorts but it would be so far off thearrive out in Taylor Park with our of rock formations and twist- trail it wasn’t worth tearing updirt bikes for some trail riding. ies to hop and rail through. the park.Driving out past the reservoir to As we climbed higher we gotcamp was stunning. The pictur- to patches of snow which got Stoke levels were pretty highesque lake surrounded by roll- bigger until we had bikes stuck after the ride and the next daying green hills that met the base and had to carefully find ways was to be even gnarlier. Ourof the towering pine covered around. The last bit of climb- group was cut in half, one hav-mountains of 14+thousand feet, ing labored the bikes are they ing started with broken ribsstill capped with snow. We are starved for oxygen. My 300 bowed out and the other hadriding that, I thought to myself. didn’t quit as high as 14,660’. an event to go to. Jamie and IJust the location and view from On the way down we found headed out for the Timberlineour camping spot was unbeliev- another trail head that had trail and it delivered. Rocks andable. I cooked up some steak some pretty extreme trail that more rocks. It climbed up andunder the stars anticipating switched back up the mountain up then as expected, ran alongwhat trails await. and ran through some rock the mountain side giving some gardens. I was into it until we awesome views. Rain threat- We had to dial in the jetting a ened our ride so we put thetad on the two-strokes but man hammer down. On the decent we came to a patch of downed Aspen trees that had been plowed over by an avalanche. Working the bike through and over this took a breather but the remaining descent was black soil littered with roots and rocks, it was great. The storm continued to brew so we blitzed back and packed up camp to move to the next spot. These two days were some of the most fun motorcycle rides I can recall and it felt great to tackle such gnarly terrain just getting back up and going. I hope this is a good indicator of how my riding will go into the remainder of this season! n

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