I didn't get selected to Lotoja. So, I am going to have my own Lotoja rides except they will be on a mountain bike, so even better! The first one is going to be during the Barlow Family Reunion this July, before everybody heads up the Ephraim Canyon Road, I am going to bike up the Skyline instead of driving or riding up there. All the way from Ephraim to the top of the mountain. 5,000 vertical feet of purism climbing! It is 26 miles and about 15-20% grade. I used to do it in one hour and 50 minutes when I was a teenager while racing and now I probably do it in 2 and a half hours. I haven't climbed that long of climb in a long time but I do still climb on the canyon road but not that far since back then. So I am going to do it again for the first time in a few years. Then on the way home from the family reunion, I am going down on the Pioneer and Flume Trails.
The second ride is going to be in August. This ride is when I have a chance to be high! Mom is going to drop me off at the Fairview Skyline and I am going to start from the Skyline Drive turn off and ride my mountain bike along the Skyline Drive(Great Western Trail) all the way to Mayfield. This ride should be about 60-70 miles, I am not sure, but it somewhere around there. This ride has climbs, downhills, high altitude, and a load of scenery. This ride is all at 10,000 to 11,000 feet above sea level. So, get high. I did this ride two times with the scouts but we did 30 miles a day for 3 days. This time I am going to do it all in one day! Should be fun but tiresome.
