Trail Report from Icicle Ridge Trail. June 3, 2012 View Icicle Ridge in a larger map Location: Icicle Ridge Trail 1570, just outside Leavenworth, WA Region: Central Cascades – Leavenworth Area Agency: Wenatchee National Forest, Leavenworth District Getting there From Highway 2, Just past milepost 99 & before you enter Leavenworth, take a right on […]
So a lot of people want to know what I’m carrying in my trailer. Bike touring is a lot different from hiking and I also get to split some of this stuff with my touring partner Mike. My average dry base weight when on the PCT was about 12 lbs. So far this list is […]
Here is my bike touring gear list. I used this in my bike tour down the west coast in 2007 during my warm up for my PCT thru-hike. I like the BoB Trailer for bike touring as it keeps everything in one place. I don’t have to worry about weight distribution. I have made a […]
Trail Report from Bandera Mtn. May 28, 2012 View Larger Map Location: Bandera Mtn., Alpine Lake Wilderness Region: Snoqualmie Pass — Snoqualmie Pass Agency: Mt. Baker – Snoqualmie National Forest, Snoqualmie Ranger District This trail report covers the following trails: Ira Spring trail # 1038 Getting there: From Seattle take I-90 east to Exit 45*. […]
May 15, 2012 Trail Review for Moran State Park ***NOTE MOST TRAILS ARE CLOSED TO BIKES FROM MAY 15TH TO SEPT. 15TH*** (see map closely) Our ride started at the ferry terminal on Orcas Island. We rode our bikes to Moran State Park, climbed up Mt. Constitution on the road then did a modified version […]
May 13, 2012 Location: Hearts Lake and Whistle Lake areas. We mountain biked through the Heart Lake area to the road climb up Mt. Erie. After descending the road on Mt. Erie we rode a handful of trails in and around Whistle Lake and then north up near Heart Lake Road. The best trails are […]
So just this past weekend a friend invited a bunch of us to go mountain biking on Orcas Island, and being that I have never been in the 8 years I’ve lived here I figured now was the time to go. It turned out only myself and Alex the ring leader in this adventure wanted […]
The Parks and Rec Cycling Tour 2012 What is the Parks and Rec Cycling Tour you ask, well it’s my next adventure and it’s going to be my biggest yet. At over 5000 miles of pedaling alone it will surpass my west coast/PCT adventure from 2007. It will be all cycling this go around, so […]
For the past 12 days my friend Jill has been competing in the Arizona Trail Race (AZTR). There are two distance available to any brave soul who decides to participate, the 300 and the 750. The 750 starts on the US/Mexico and works its way north to the southern border of Utah. Along the way […]
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