Deer Creek Goodness

I've been working on a mapping project this year for IMBA / USFS. We're looking at increasing ridership in the Deer Creek - Bridger Creek area. My neck of the woods I've been saying for  years that I never thought I'd say it, but it's an area that could use more traffic.
Anyway, as part of that mission I had a great ride out there the other week. Check it:

The best sections of Deer Creek for riding are the ones from around the cabin down to the junctions with the Placer Gulch Trail, which, btw, is back to a really good ride after a lot of rehab.
These are also some of the most scenic, amazing sections of the creek too. When it's hot and dusty out, as it often is, this creek is home to some of my favorite, albeit small, swimming holes.

Not sure what they were, but this flower was in bloom in such a major way, it was occasionally overpowering, like biking through a Yankee Candles mist.

That section of the trail isn't called Tire Shredder for nothing. Last time I try it down. It's a great up though.