Showing posts with label Sawtooth Ridge Trail. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Sawtooth Ridge Trail. Show all posts

Wednesday, December 24, 2014

The Off Season


Fall color.
The Santa Cruz Super Enduro was my final race of 2014 and the beginning of the "off season".  Fortunately I live in a place that allows me to never stop ridding my bike throughout the year so I have no excuses to stop riding throughout fall and winter!


Sawtooth Trail, Truckee
Fall in Northern California is my favorite time to ride, the dusty blown out trails of summer have been replaced with tacky beautiful ribbons of singletrack, and even high sierra trails are still open to play on.  I was able to ride in Downieville, Truckee, and Forest City throughout the Fall and was treated to the best trail conditions of the year.

Big Boulder Trail, Downieville
Truckee Ditch Trail, Forest City

Big Boulder
After a month of just having fun on the bike I started to put in a lot of base miles and start to prepare for the 2015 NICA NorCal series where I will be competing at the varsity level.

NU Team Rides
The NorCal high school season officially started December first and teams across the state began training for the races in spring.

Road rides on the hardtail.
As winter rolls in heavy rains can make the trails unridable for a few days so I have been putting in base miles on pavement as well as spending a lot of time the spin room.  On my local trails downed trees and washouts can become serious problems.

Downed tree on 8 Ball Trail.
I hope everyone can remain being active through winter and enjoy these beautiful days whether it be on white or brown pow.  Happy holidays!

Bullards Bar Trail









Saturday, October 20, 2012

Tahoe Visit !!!



Resting under the Aspens
This week I got to ride some trails in the Tahoe area that I have been dying to rideI rode the Sawtooth Ridge Trail in Truckee, the infamous Tahoe Flume Trail, as well as checking out the Truckee Pump Track.  Here are some pictures of my trip.


Flume Trail


Sawtooth Ridge Trail

Sawtooth Trail is a fun 10 mile loop that is littered with lose rock and lots of optional features to keep it interesting. 
 

A fun rock slab on the side of Sawtooth Ridge Trail.

One of many features along Sawtooth Trail



A log ride on Flume Trail
  Flume Trail is an awesome 13 mile ride that starts at the Flume Trail Bike Shop and ends at the Tunnel Creek Station Cafe.  The ride begins with a 5 mile climb up the North Canyon Road to Marlette Lake.  Then you take the Flame Trail, a flat singletrack with beautiful views a Lake Tahoe, giant boulders on one side of the trail and a steep cliff drop on the other.  After the Flume Trail you ride down a fast, sandy fire-road down to the Cafe.