Sunday, October 18, 2009

excellent day at calvin crest

GPS photo from Tim: 3 miles (3.25 via computer) and 500' climbing. That number feels high.

Chris, Paul, Bryan, Dave, Tim, Craig, myself, and Ginger went to work finishing up the last few ttfs so that the entire lap would be rideable. Amazingly, we finished as planned at 3. Craig fed us excellent lasagna, green beans, garlic toast, and iced chocolate cake for dessert. We then strapped on the helmets and rode! Sweet! Non compacted dirt and difficulty made a couple ttfs so difficult no one cleared everything the first time, but Tim cleared his second lap. Several then did a counterclockwise lap which is more aerobically and technically challenging because of short, steep climbs. No one cleared the entire lap. A fun-paced-lap takes about 30 minutes.

With no tread worn in and intermitent markings, every one took their turn leading and getting off trail. 8-) Need some more marking, a little raking, and she will be ready for prime time! Details for the public grand opening to be announced.

Paul took some nice pics here.

3 comments:

Rusty Car said...

Great job Dale!

dale said...

Thanks man! Glad you checked the blog. I wanted to let you know about this.

Still remmber our trip out there a couple winters ago for first face-to-face and walking the land?

As the trail system gets built up over the years, I can see a Fremont mtb scene developing.

Rusty Car said...

Yeah I am glad you and the crew are pecking away at it still. Seems like so long ago but I still think that area can be top notch. Wish I could be there to lend a hand.