Nice photo that gives you an idea what parts of the trail looks like. Gee looking at this photo reminds me just how pretty a trail it is. :-) Mabye we should return next summer and ride it agian??????
Some of the more dated vegetation found along the trail. ;-) Man this trail has petrified logs, stumps, leaves and veins of coal which can be seen all along it.
It can't bee seen in the photo but this climb was quite steep. This trail was built to IMBA standards but as trail builders know sometimes you just can't.
We drank water from this tanks fill pipe since we were running out and some of us were farm boys. It tasted terrible with sulfur as much of the water in the area does. We lived.
This is the style of gate used here. Whoever got to a gate 1st would hold it open for the riders immediately following. You'll see LOTS of these on the trail!