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Rowdy Road Trip 2019 !

September 10, 2019

Our third annual summer road trip! As per usual the foundation of the trip was destination mountain biking. This year we decided to check out the mountain bike scene in northern California. Hitting several of the classic areas including the Lost Sierra, Downieville, and Lake Tahoe. Non biking highlights included exploring the rocky beaches and coves of northern California, Red Wood National Forest and Emerald Bay in Tahoe. We also made it up to the Rogue Valley of Ashland, OR to visit friends and spend several days biking the unbelievable trail network of Mt. Ashland.

Kristin and I by the end of the trip biked over 400 miles of world class singletrack. Downhill ! was defiantly the name of the game, as rides averaged over 5k descent. We totaled just shy of 100,000’ of vertical descent for the trip. I published route descriptions for several of our favorite rides on Trailforks. Links to the routes can be found at the end of the post… The Cant Miss rides if ever in the area!

Our traveling boys were rock stars on this trip! They get easier every year! Its fun watching their interests change each year on these trips….Soon family MTB rides :)

 
Declan guiding me down the top of Mt Hough - Quincy, CA

Declan guiding me down the top of Mt Hough - Quincy, CA

 
Beach Bums - College Cove, CA

Beach Bums - College Cove, CA

 
Declan taking the steep route to the Beach - Trinidad, CA

Declan taking the steep route to the Beach - Trinidad, CA

 
Ladies return from Spooner to Stateline - South Lake Tahoe, CA

Ladies return from Spooner to Stateline - South Lake Tahoe, CA

 
Sandy Sunset - Sand Mtn, NV

Sandy Sunset - Sand Mtn, NV

 
There she is…Our Rock

There she is…Our Rock

 
That Hair - North Yuba River, CA

That Hair - North Yuba River, CA

 
Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride - Todd

Mr. Toad’s Wild Ride - Todd

 
Ocean Feelings - College Cove, CA

Ocean Feelings - College Cove, CA

 
Classics - Downieville, CA

Classics - Downieville, CA

 
Giants - Red Wood National Forest, CA

Giants - Red Wood National Forest, CA

 
Releasing some Banana Slugs - Ashland, OR

Releasing some Banana Slugs - Ashland, OR

 
Exploring Oceanside Caves - Trinidad, CA

Exploring Oceanside Caves - Trinidad, CA

 
Goblin Valley, UT

Goblin Valley, UT

 
South Lake Tahoe - Todd

South Lake Tahoe - Todd

 
Deadend Cave - Trinidad, CA

Deadend Cave - Trinidad, CA

 
Framed - Downieville, CA

Framed - Downieville, CA

 
Camp Fire - Lake Tahoe, CA

Camp Fire - Lake Tahoe, CA

 
Sand Dune Body Surf - Sand Mtn, NV

Sand Dune Body Surf - Sand Mtn, NV

 
Closing Down the Beach at Sunset

Closing Down the Beach at Sunset

 
New and Old - Morgan Summit, CA

New and Old - Morgan Summit, CA

 
Lizard Hunting - NV

Lizard Hunting - NV

 
Starfish Stache - Crescent CIty, CA

Starfish Stache - Crescent CIty, CA

 
Emerald Bay, CA

Emerald Bay, CA

 
Fallen Giant - Red Wood National Forest, CA

Fallen Giant - Red Wood National Forest, CA

 
Racing incoming High Tide - Trinidad, CA

Racing incoming High Tide - Trinidad, CA

 
Slime Mold - Liam’s Finger Mark

Slime Mold - Liam’s Finger Mark

 
North Yuba River, CA

North Yuba River, CA

 
Critter Seacrching

Critter Seacrching

 
Movie Night - Indian Valley Outpost, CA

Movie Night - Indian Valley Outpost, CA

This cute campground had a movie night on saturdays. Boys hung out while the ladies finished an epic Downieville ride,,, in the dark and the fellas cooked dinner waiting patiently for their return

 
Getting Her Downieville on - Libby

Getting Her Downieville on - Libby

 
Fiddler Crab

Fiddler Crab

 
Battery Point Lighthouse - Crescent City, CA

Battery Point Lighthouse - Crescent City, CA

 
Scramblers

Scramblers

 
Starfishman - Crescent City, CA

Starfishman - Crescent City, CA

 
Sand Dunes - NV

Sand Dunes - NV

 
Waterfalls - Downieville, CA

Waterfalls - Downieville, CA

 
Waters Edge - Crescent City, CA

Waters Edge - Crescent City, CA

 
The Boys

The Boys

Interactive Maps of Featured Rides within Listed Zones:

  • Route highlighted in yellow

  • Click on ride title to open Trailforks App for further details

    • including options to save the route to your phone to help navigate

Mills Peak DH on Trailforks.com
 
Mt. Hough DH on Trailforks.com
 
Best of Mt Ashland on Trailforks.com
 
Spooner to Stateline on Trailforks.com
 
Downieville Downhill on Trailforks.com
In Addictions, Bike, Travel, Friends, Declan's 4th Year, Liam's 6th Year Tags roadtrip, 2019, california, downieville, quincy, lake tahoe, ashland, trinidad, college cove, mt ashland, action, mountain biking
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Exploring around camp - Liam and Declan

Exploring around camp - Liam and Declan

Roaring Fork Valley - Biking Bonanza

June 13, 2019

Qualifiers: Rim Trail to Deadline — The Best of Red Hill — Father of Ginormous to Innie Outie

Qualifiers: Rim Trail to Deadline — The Best of Red Hill — Father of Ginormous to Innie Outie

We spent nearly a week camped out in the roaring fork valley riding the areas trails. Expectations were far exceeded! It seemed every segment of trails we pieced together created 5-star rides, dominated by flow trails and berms. However the groups favorite zone seemed to be the rowdy Red Hill system and deservedly so!… it was so good i never really took out the camera :)


Father of Ginormous trail with Mt Sopris dressed in white - Joel

Father of Ginormous trail with Mt Sopris dressed in white - Joel

 
Flight on Deadline trail - Joel

Flight on Deadline trail - Joel

 
Dakota taking the kids on a run - Declan and Pippa

Dakota taking the kids on a run - Declan and Pippa

 
Monte Carlo trail - Ben

Monte Carlo trail - Ben

 
Mt Sopris stealing our attention - Joel and Ben

Mt Sopris stealing our attention - Joel and Ben

 
Declan’s turn on the singletrack

Declan’s turn on the singletrack

 
Speedy Cornering on Seven Stars trail - Joel

Speedy Cornering on Seven Stars trail - Joel

 
Scouting their line - Declan and Liam

Scouting their line - Declan and Liam

 
Bermtastic on Deadline trail - Joel

Bermtastic on Deadline trail - Joel

 
Camp

Camp

 
Uncle Joel’s Posse

Uncle Joel’s Posse

 
So many Berms - Ben

So many Berms - Ben

 
Evening Walks

Evening Walks

 
Skimming over the top - Joel

Skimming over the top - Joel

 
Out on a Hike - Liam

Out on a Hike - Liam

Interactive Maps of Featured Rides:

  • Strava track highlighted in yellow

  • Individual trail segments can be clicked on for detailed info

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In Addictions, Bike, Friends, Declan's 4th Year, Liam's 6th Year Tags mountain biking, carbondale, snowmass, friends, bike peeps, bikewithfriends, camping, boys, roaring fork valley, action, biking
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