Stuff I don't like to see when riding by myself. I tell myself it's the poachers who did this. But in the back of my mind, I can't help but think a mountain lion did this.
Or maybe Brad has been riding in the "UC" again. I heard he likes to kill deer.
Tuesday, March 30, 2010
Wednesday, March 24, 2010
Utah County- A Pretty Great Place To Work (And Ride)
I've been spending more time riding in the UC than in Draper so far this season. The dirt is dry, there is some cool new single track, and the UC scene is full of fast riders who are always up for a ride. But if you come down, leave your 18T cog at home. The UC is steep.
My new favorite lunch ride looks like this (I hijacked this from Miles cuz I don't have a fancy bike computer that can do this).
Start from the shooting range, up the jeep road to the cliff's, drop into the race course, do a lap, climb out to the road, back down to the shooting range, over to the BST and catch the new single track.
A lot of turns and a good pitch for a single speed.
Come on down and do some trail building the UC way- Ride it.
My new favorite lunch ride looks like this (I hijacked this from Miles cuz I don't have a fancy bike computer that can do this).
Start from the shooting range, up the jeep road to the cliff's, drop into the race course, do a lap, climb out to the road, back down to the shooting range, over to the BST and catch the new single track.
A lot of turns and a good pitch for a single speed.
Come on down and do some trail building the UC way- Ride it.
Sunday, March 21, 2010
I Have A List
I have a list of routes I want to ski in the Wasatch before I die. Pretty high up on that list is the Coalpit Headwall in Little Cottonwood Canyon.
"Deemed best run of my life by numerous Wasatch skiers".
It was finally time to check this route off my list.
Saturday, a group of six of us - Dug, Ben, Jon, Mike, Tyler and I, met up at 4:30am for an early start. There is no easy way to get to Coalpit. All routes require a long sufferfest. We decided for the longer but more mellow, scenic approach of starting from White Pine, working our way past Red Pine, Maybird, Hogum, and up 2/3 of the Hypodermic Needle (another line on my list), where we cut right and caught the Thunder Mountain ridge (above the Y-Couloir) and up to Coalpit.
6 hours of skinning/booting and I forgot my ipod.
Here is the view of our route up the Hypodermic Needle.
Looking back at the Pfeiferhorn
The view of the valley from the Coalpit summit
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The Coalpit Headwall
The waterfall section towards the end
Hands down, one of the best routes in the Wasatch. Good times.
For a video of the trip. Go here.
Coalpit is described in Andrew McLean's book - The Chuting Gallery, as:
48 degrees
4,930 vertical drop
One of the biggest and most classic lines in the Wasatch...it has a bit of everything- a beautiful steep headwall, glades, a narrow roller coaster ride of a gully, an obstacle (a waterfall requiring a down climb via a fixed rope), and a convenient finish."Deemed best run of my life by numerous Wasatch skiers".
Saturday, a group of six of us - Dug, Ben, Jon, Mike, Tyler and I, met up at 4:30am for an early start. There is no easy way to get to Coalpit. All routes require a long sufferfest. We decided for the longer but more mellow, scenic approach of starting from White Pine, working our way past Red Pine, Maybird, Hogum, and up 2/3 of the Hypodermic Needle (another line on my list), where we cut right and caught the Thunder Mountain ridge (above the Y-Couloir) and up to Coalpit.
6 hours of skinning/booting and I forgot my ipod.
Here is the view of our route up the Hypodermic Needle.
Looking back at the Pfeiferhorn
The view of the valley from the Coalpit summit
.
The Coalpit Headwall
The waterfall section towards the end
Hands down, one of the best routes in the Wasatch. Good times.
For a video of the trip. Go here.
Thursday, March 18, 2010
The View From My Cubical
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Billboard
Thursday, March 11, 2010
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Early Morning Play Date- Suicide Chute, LCC
Saturday, March 6, 2010
ICUP #1 - St. George
Normally I'd be really happy with my result but I got beat by a rider wearing "Daisy Dukes". To be honest, I let Kenny gap me and ride out of sight so I wouldn't have to look at those things. I was afraid something might fall out.
I counted about 20 in the singlespeed div. The most I've seen in a while. Kenny set a blistering pace from the start and pretty much pedaled away from the group on the first lap. I was in a dog fight with a few other riders for 2nd place. I managed to save a little kick for the final climb and get enough of a gap before the final downhill to keep 2nd place.
My lungs were a little seared from the effort. Probably only minor internal bleeding. Race pace is a lot different than training rides.
It was good to see all the other racers back out of hibernation with their pasty white legs. It's been a long winter
I counted about 20 in the singlespeed div. The most I've seen in a while. Kenny set a blistering pace from the start and pretty much pedaled away from the group on the first lap. I was in a dog fight with a few other riders for 2nd place. I managed to save a little kick for the final climb and get enough of a gap before the final downhill to keep 2nd place.
My lungs were a little seared from the effort. Probably only minor internal bleeding. Race pace is a lot different than training rides.
It was good to see all the other racers back out of hibernation with their pasty white legs. It's been a long winter
Thanks to Brandon "Touch of Evil", and Rico twin #2 for the road trip. Good times
The post race chill with Kenny and Nick (photo taken from Miles)
Monday, March 1, 2010
Start Your Engines
Intermountain Cup Race #1 is this weekend. I was hoping to have the new team kits before race day but it looks like we'll miss it by about a week.
Some day I'll learn the proper way to taper for a race but until then, I will follow the three golden rules during race week.
Some day I'll learn the proper way to taper for a race but until then, I will follow the three golden rules during race week.
- Absolutely NO SHARING my drinks with my 3 kids.
- Washing my hands every few hours.
- No more donut runs.
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