-BB-, Wheelieholz (who has posted all of like 3 times), and my non-monkey roommate hit Palm Canyon this weekend, great 28 mile ride that ends near Wheelieholz’s house.
Just some suggestions if you are going to do this ride:
1. Bring a lot of water – include an extra bottle in your camel back if you have to!
2. Sunscreen – some of us were not too smart about our coverage, -BB- seemed fine with spf 40
3. Patches and tubes! We actually made it through without any flats this time, but there are TONS of ways to get a flat on this trail. Last time I had 4…
4. Even though it’s still spring – get an early start, I do not suggest this trail in the summer.
5. Even though it is not super technical, wear something to protect your arms and legs. There are plenty of thorns and cacti to slice you up!
Loading up in the OC under cloudy skies:
Windmills mean we are getting close:
Clouds are burning off … damn there is still snow up there!
Time to load up the shuttle vehicle – bright and sunny:
It’s a shuttle, but it is NOT a DH run by any stretch. We start out off the 74 near the Pinion Pines camp sites, the trails start with some really fun and fast sections with a lot of gradual up and downs.
Then there are some bigger descents and climbs. The bigger descents have switchbacks that are fairly tight and steep at the top, but get more gradual at the bottom. The steep sections take some getting used to:
Local rider
Visiting rider
Standing in the same spot I took the first switchback pictures from, looking left (and down):
Just some suggestions if you are going to do this ride:
1. Bring a lot of water – include an extra bottle in your camel back if you have to!
2. Sunscreen – some of us were not too smart about our coverage, -BB- seemed fine with spf 40
3. Patches and tubes! We actually made it through without any flats this time, but there are TONS of ways to get a flat on this trail. Last time I had 4…
4. Even though it’s still spring – get an early start, I do not suggest this trail in the summer.
5. Even though it is not super technical, wear something to protect your arms and legs. There are plenty of thorns and cacti to slice you up!
Loading up in the OC under cloudy skies:
Windmills mean we are getting close:
Clouds are burning off … damn there is still snow up there!
Time to load up the shuttle vehicle – bright and sunny:
It’s a shuttle, but it is NOT a DH run by any stretch. We start out off the 74 near the Pinion Pines camp sites, the trails start with some really fun and fast sections with a lot of gradual up and downs.
Then there are some bigger descents and climbs. The bigger descents have switchbacks that are fairly tight and steep at the top, but get more gradual at the bottom. The steep sections take some getting used to:
Local rider
Visiting rider
Standing in the same spot I took the first switchback pictures from, looking left (and down):
