My stay in Butte is wrapping up and with 2 months to go until the High Cascades hundie it was time to get the singlespeed out and get in some saddle time. The beauty of much of the riding in Butte is that you are usually going up, or down...meaning there is not a ton of time to chill, regroup, eat, drink, etc...so you have to figure out how to do all that while on gentle slopes, etc...or stop which is not always an option if you are in race mode and trying to eliminate un-needed stops.
Saturday's ride took me through many of my usual trail choices. With my days in Butte wrapping up, it was time to get in some last hurrahs on some of the usual suspects...
I parked at 9 mile, rode up Blacktail, over to Archery, down Archery, up Thompson where I did the upper and lower loop, then took the RR bed up to Toll Canyon, went up the CDT to Fish creek, down Fish Creek, up Toll, then down Toll to catch the CDT over to Beaver Ponds and back over to Blacktail...ride summary below...a little over 4 hrs with almost 6K of climbing. A good day in the saddle - got worked!
Saturday's ride took me through many of my usual trail choices. With my days in Butte wrapping up, it was time to get in some last hurrahs on some of the usual suspects...
I parked at 9 mile, rode up Blacktail, over to Archery, down Archery, up Thompson where I did the upper and lower loop, then took the RR bed up to Toll Canyon, went up the CDT to Fish creek, down Fish Creek, up Toll, then down Toll to catch the CDT over to Beaver Ponds and back over to Blacktail...ride summary below...a little over 4 hrs with almost 6K of climbing. A good day in the saddle - got worked!
Sunday's ride was a quick tempo ride up from Homestake Pass to the peak and then back down. Low mileage, high intensity. The legs were a little tired from Saturday's ride but it was good to give them another quickie beating.
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