Day 9: Gooseberry Mesa, Hurricane, Utah
Gooseberry is an amazing ride. We decided to make it into an epic. Because of the rain a few days before, the road leading into Goosberry was unpassable for my little car. SUVs were making it just fine. We ended up riding over 7 miles in to the trailhead. I was riding the single speed, so J pretty much went off on his own for the first part of the ride. I think he needed to burn off a few of the grumps.
Once we got on the trail, the ride was spectacular. We hit the south rim and then ran through The Hidden Valley Maze. What a great section of trail. Unfortunately it brought out a weakness in J's bike. He broke a suspension pivot bolt and we had to cut the ride short. We had a blast while we were there, and we left enough for another day's ride.
Map of our abbreviated ride
This is what Hidden Valley looks like from above
Jason setting out on the slickrock
This section had a fun little up and down
Climbing up
This little blip is dang steep.
Jay climbs it quite well.
And rides down it too
Wheelie drop
Who's that guy?
Wow he can really ride a bike.
I have to say, he's quite handsome too.
And remarkably intelligent.
He is the most amazing rider we saw all day.
Cute photo that the bikes posed for.
The car at the side of the road. We were happy to get back after the long ride.
Gooseberry 3d
Gooseberry with the profile.
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