RR: Brian Head Day 1

[mtnbikej]

The wife and I decided to go to Utah for our one and only vacation this year....and to celebrate her B-day.

Plans are to ride Brian Head, Gooseberry Mesa and Bear Claw Poppy in St. George.

Day 1:

We hit up the local shuttle in Brian Head for some fun long DH. With the elevation starting up around 10,000 ft. I am glad we were not climbing.

We paids our money and off to Dark Hollow we went. Really nice temps up there today...75ish with a very nice little breeze.

Mtnbikej & Mrs. Mtnbikej before the ride


Mrs. Mtnbikej on the first climb outta the dropoff



Mrs. Mtnbikej still climbing......


Whew....are we done yet? Where is the air?



Yeah....made it to the start.....


Mrs. Mtnbikej cruising.....


Crusing faster than I could take the picture.....


Nothing like home.....

Where did the trail go?


Suzanne soaking in the sights and smells......


We find ourselves stopping alot and taking in the views....


Really fun riding through the Aspens.....


Some new friends we met on along the way...




With our shuttle we recieved a free ride up the chairlift....sweet....


Nice and green.....


Suzanne on the lift....


Yours truely.....


Finally off the lift.......not moving real fast...

Neat little tree/log ride.....


Me on the approach......


Cont'd......

[tkblazer]

o man.... more pics! actually maybe not because monday-thurs is going to go by really slow if you do

[mtnbikej]

So far....so good......


Nicely done......


Suzanne on the wood bridge/sidewalk.....


A little too quick for me....


Fun little approach in....


A little steeper than it looks....


Who the hell thinks of this stuff.....the drop were much too big for the XC bike....



Day 2 coming tomorrow....

Originally Posted by mechmann

dude... you didn't hit Thunder Mtn and Casto Canyon????

you gotta go back now!!!!!

thems trails is in ma backyard ya knows?

you should have waited till next weekend! we are going up and staying at my place and hitting the shuttle runs, the goose, thunder mtn (maybe some miles in casto too).

have fun!!! safe trip!

Not enough people to make the minimum for shuttle.

[spookydave]

Man O man that looks nice.
But does your Bullit know you are out shuttling and riding chair lifts? Man is that bike going to be pissed when you get home. lol

Oh, quick photo tip. Less photos of you and more photos of Suzanne. haha
Looks like a great trip, have fun.

[mtnbikej]

Originally Posted by spookydave

Man O man that looks nice.
But does your Bullit know you are out shuttling and riding chair lifts? Man is that bike going to be pissed when you get home. lol

Oh, quick photo tip. Less photos of you and more photos of Suzanne. haha
Looks like a great trip, have fun.

The trails were much rockier that I remembered from last time. Maybe I should have brought the Bullit.

On the photo tip.....you're right....I take better pics than she does.

[tkblazer]

Originally Posted by mechmann

totally NOT necessary to shuttle Thunder Mtn. just ride the bike path up. Rodel did it on his HighLine!

for real yo, the ride up is WAY worth the views!

yes the views are unreal





plus you'll get in some good high elevation climbing in

[OMR]

Looks like they keep adding stuff to Brian Head's trails. I love that place due to the diversity in the trails. I'm always surprised that more riders aren't on the mountain.

Best to Suzanne & safe trip back....

OMR

Bit of Trivia: They have the highest 4th of July fireworks show in the US. they shoot them off the top of the mountain.