Day One:
3.2 miles, 930' climbed,
1 Punctured Sidewall
So, after weeks fiddling with tire issues, I head up to start my weekend, get three miles up Goose Lake Jeep Road, and get stopped by water, everywhere. Water and snow.
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| Latest I've ever seen trout spawning at this lake. |
So I start heading down, and immediately I puncture my sidewall in a deep muddy pool in the road. I get to walk three miles down a creek back to camp, wondering how I'll fix my tire.
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It wasn't until I was walking I realized how crazy the road was.
It's essentially a creek right now, filled with sharp rocks. |
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| At least it was a beautiful walk home. |
Day 2:
35.2 Miles, 5,663' Climbed
In the morning light, I could see that the sidewall wasn't that bad. It was a perfect little puncture, like from a skewer or something. I cleaned it really well, and patched it with a tube patch, let it dry in the sun while I packed up, and it seems as good as new now. So, a huge ride around Cooke City.
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| Changing weather all day |
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| The view back down Lulu Pass |
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| Scotch Bonnet Mountain |
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| The road from the backside of Lulu to Abundance Lake and Daisy Pass. |
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| I went the other way instead, up towards Goose Lake the back way. |
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| Looking at Pilot and Index all day. |
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| Survey marker atop Lulu Pass |
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| Sheep Mountain Pass |
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| Sheep Mountain was maybe the best wildflower perfume I've ever smelled. |
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| This uphill was. . . steep. |
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| Kip is super scary on cliffs. No fear. |
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| Outside of Silver Gate MT. |
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| Shy bull moose on the connector road between Daisy and Lulu. |
Day 3:
9.6 Miles, 1,417' Climbed
For the last hurrah, I headed into dark grey clouds and out onto Line Creek Plateau, on top of Beartooth Pass. It's one of my favorite trails, because it's not really a trail; it's just a giant tundra playground. The wildflowers were insane, best ever for this area. But the weather chased me home early. Still, a great ride.
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| Wave of snow |
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The view down the other side of the pass into Wyoming farm country.
Tons of great pic spots after this, but the weather wouldn't let me stop to take any. |
