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My annual Spring trip had been delayed to the ultimate moment this year...... but thankfully, Spring held on for just a wee bit longer so I could get an AZ hat trick in before June struck hot and heavy.
I normally go to Moab this time of year and was waffling even up to the last moment but I really wanted to see some of the AZ stuff that's been bandied about over that last little while.
In short.... it did not disappoint.
Day 1: Preskit
Despite a few naysayers trying to dissuade me from Prescott, Enel talked me into sampling some of his local techy fare. He'd viewed enough of my posts to know that I would enjoy this little granite boulder garden. He was right.
Photo credit goes to Enel except in cases where he's in the pic on his snow camo Lenz Lunchbox tearing it up.
Steep rollers abounded.
Drop opportunities were abundant.
There were some things I did not clean. (Hard to believe, I know
)
Enel bunny hopped around this tight corner and cleaned it to the top..... Me.... well not so much.
Rock skinnies and more rollers. Oh my.
No "real" elevation gain but we regained the same 30-60 feet over and over again.
This is just one of many lung-busting, leg-wrenching climbs on this ride. I'm not ashamed to say that I was toast.... even before the end of this ride.
Up one side....
... and down the other ad infinitum.
This was mucho funno. Special thanks to Chris who is the City Parks worker/rider that routed/built much of this trail and is still out with his can of white paint adding more. In fact part of this loop he'd just barely marked and when we saw him out on the trail he said to be careful not to ride over the white dots because they were still wet! Fresh stash indeed!
And Enel was a super nice, super skilled host....... even if he did tear my legs off.:thumbsup:
I normally go to Moab this time of year and was waffling even up to the last moment but I really wanted to see some of the AZ stuff that's been bandied about over that last little while.
In short.... it did not disappoint.
Day 1: Preskit
Despite a few naysayers trying to dissuade me from Prescott, Enel talked me into sampling some of his local techy fare. He'd viewed enough of my posts to know that I would enjoy this little granite boulder garden. He was right.
Photo credit goes to Enel except in cases where he's in the pic on his snow camo Lenz Lunchbox tearing it up.
Steep rollers abounded.
Drop opportunities were abundant.
There were some things I did not clean. (Hard to believe, I know
)Enel bunny hopped around this tight corner and cleaned it to the top..... Me.... well not so much.
Rock skinnies and more rollers. Oh my.
No "real" elevation gain but we regained the same 30-60 feet over and over again.
This is just one of many lung-busting, leg-wrenching climbs on this ride. I'm not ashamed to say that I was toast.... even before the end of this ride.
Up one side....
... and down the other ad infinitum.
This was mucho funno. Special thanks to Chris who is the City Parks worker/rider that routed/built much of this trail and is still out with his can of white paint adding more. In fact part of this loop he'd just barely marked and when we saw him out on the trail he said to be careful not to ride over the white dots because they were still wet! Fresh stash indeed!
And Enel was a super nice, super skilled host....... even if he did tear my legs off.:thumbsup:
