On Saturday we rode at Keystone and as usual had a great time. Amber found riding her new downhill bike to be a totally different style than her Ibis and was sore and tired at the end of the day.
Saturday night we camped up near Copper and went down to Vail for dinner and found that they had an Octoberfest going on so we were able to enjoy good food and decent beer as a reward.
Sunday we headed over to Vail to downhill. Vail has not kept their trails as well managed as Keystone does but there is still some fun riding to be done over there.
We found this sign on the mountain to be rather amusing. Hunting season has started in Colorado and it always sketches me out slightly but to see the signs on a popular lift assisted mountain seemed strange. We never saw anyone on the mountain that looked like a hunter so I can only assume they might have taken the gondola up to the summit and then dropped down into the back country bowl areas.
The best track there (at least for us) is the old 1994 world cup trail. It was officially closed last year but ridden regularly, i guess that Vail management figured enough people rode it anyway that they might as well officially sanction the trail. So it is not on the maps but is open for riding and pretty easy to find.
The drop in looks much steeper when you are starting down it but it is not bad and is a great fast way to get started on the ride.
As usual hardly any photos, but the riding has a great variety. The top section is tight riding in dark forest and then it opens up for steep wide open trail where you can get some great speed and have lots of fun corners and berms.
For Amber and I the trail offers lots of new things to learn and try. This is a hip-jump and Amber and I just rolled, but hopefully we can get into the airborne thing as we ride more often.
We did the trail twice since it was so much fun.
And amber started to get a much better feel for how her bike rides.
This is the exit of the trees, past here you get to fast fall-line section of the trail. Great times.
For Amber and I the trail offers lots of new things to learn and try. This is a hip-jump and Amber and I just rolled, but hopefully we can get into the airborne thing as we ride more often.
We did the trail twice since it was so much fun.
And amber started to get a much better feel for how her bike rides.
This is the exit of the trees, past here you get to fast fall-line section of the trail. Great times.
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