Despite the relative heat during the day, it started to cool off shortly after quitting time so mother nature was agreeable to letting the fat tire get out and rollllll....trail of choice was hooking into the CDT at Burton Parkway and taking the trail for seven mile until you hit the junction where you could either go to Basin Creek and do the long loop through Herman Gulch and the long grinder dirt road back up to the car. Option # 2 was to take a right at the junction and ride towards Bear Gulch which put you on to Highland road and you road the dirt road back up to the trailhead.
Option 2 it was....As usual the Burton CDT was amazing - buttery smooth and nice smooth lines after the Butte 50/100 riders went through. Getting more riders on the trail is great because it starts to wear in some nice natural arcs through turns which make the lines easy to follow but also more 'natural' in line choice.
It was a little under 14 miles which is significantly shorter than the larger loop back through Herman Gulch so this will be a nice addition to the arsenal of rides depending on time allotment to ride.....
The views back from Bear Gulch were absolutely amazing! It was great to see the Highlands from the south/west side which just gave a totally different perspective and a 'cleaner' view of the whole range. What made it all the more amazing was that the sun was setting and the colors were just going OFF!
I even managed to play around with the camera and figure out how to do a 'panoramic' shot with the cheapie point and click:
close up of Red:
Option 2 it was....As usual the Burton CDT was amazing - buttery smooth and nice smooth lines after the Butte 50/100 riders went through. Getting more riders on the trail is great because it starts to wear in some nice natural arcs through turns which make the lines easy to follow but also more 'natural' in line choice.
It was a little under 14 miles which is significantly shorter than the larger loop back through Herman Gulch so this will be a nice addition to the arsenal of rides depending on time allotment to ride.....
The views back from Bear Gulch were absolutely amazing! It was great to see the Highlands from the south/west side which just gave a totally different perspective and a 'cleaner' view of the whole range. What made it all the more amazing was that the sun was setting and the colors were just going OFF!
I even managed to play around with the camera and figure out how to do a 'panoramic' shot with the cheapie point and click:
The Highlands highlighted in sunset colors:
Looking back West towards the Humbugs with clouds forming and moving:
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