Udink
10-31-2010, 10:46 AM
It's been a while since I rode my mountain bike. I pinched a nerve in my arm during a 320-mile ATV ride and was out of the saddle for five weeks while it healed. Yesterday I finally rode my bike again, and did an easy trail just outside of Price.
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fcastlecountry.org%2Fgeo%2FWildBunchTr ail.kmz&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.038806,86.572266&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13
http://castlecountry.org/geo/WildBunchTrail.kmz
I parked the truck at the lower end of the trail and rode my bike up the gravel road to the top end, the rode the singletrack back to the truck. The trail was difficult to discern at first because it had been trampled by cattle. I didn't see any bike tire tracks on the upper trail, and I'm still not 100% sure I was following the actual bike trail--it seemed like it was all cow trail. I lost the trail when it came to a two-track road, but I picked it up again from a gravel road and actually saw bike tracks this time. From there on it was some nice gradual downhill singletrack, with a few tricky rocky sections along the way.
Riding up the gravel road
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIA3ddS8I/AAAAAAAAP4w/BzIFkow5SN8/s640/IMG_9225.JPG
The start of the singletrack
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIB0axc5I/AAAAAAAAP40/bbwb5XCzvqE/s640/IMG_9229.JPG
Cow trail
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIDCR5tSI/AAAAAAAAP44/M5aN0IifhEM/s640/IMG_9230.JPG
Cow trail
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIEdumpgI/AAAAAAAAP48/CxHWyIYkMxc/s640/IMG_9231.JPG
One of the trail builders
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIIm2iGwI/AAAAAAAAP5M/T6-heAaf_Y0/s640/IMG_9240.JPG
Start of the sweet singletrack
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIJ1opRZI/AAAAAAAAP5Q/7zA9cXvEGTQ/s640/IMG_9243.JPG
Colorful tamarisk at a spring along the trail
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyILNe0RYI/AAAAAAAAP5U/Y9AZ_QWyCGY/s640/IMG_9246.JPG
Rocky downhill
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIMWJEE7I/AAAAAAAAP5Y/t3298R0LK6k/s640/IMG_9247.JPG
Past the spring
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIQd0HxqI/AAAAAAAAP5k/D7PHPR0UBeg/s640/IMG_9253.JPG
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIRr1_C7I/AAAAAAAAP5o/PlLkP9HUMzA/s640/IMG_9260.JPG
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyISyzIXLI/AAAAAAAAP5s/cLgWMNnQbsY/s640/IMG_9261.JPG
Some ugly downhill
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIUMO-mcI/AAAAAAAAP50/4aAY1AmtJUs/s640/IMG_9262.JPG
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIVcvHgJI/AAAAAAAAP54/XPrjrI6rRDE/s640/IMG_9263.JPG
Almost to the end
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIW_wVs1I/AAAAAAAAP58/fWQ_KzbntrY/s640/IMG_9266.JPG
WildBunchTrail
http://picasaweb.google.com/Dennis.Udink/WildBunchTrail#
http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode=&q=http:%2F%2Fcastlecountry.org%2Fgeo%2FWildBunchTr ail.kmz&sll=37.0625,-95.677068&sspn=34.038806,86.572266&ie=UTF8&t=h&z=13
http://castlecountry.org/geo/WildBunchTrail.kmz
I parked the truck at the lower end of the trail and rode my bike up the gravel road to the top end, the rode the singletrack back to the truck. The trail was difficult to discern at first because it had been trampled by cattle. I didn't see any bike tire tracks on the upper trail, and I'm still not 100% sure I was following the actual bike trail--it seemed like it was all cow trail. I lost the trail when it came to a two-track road, but I picked it up again from a gravel road and actually saw bike tracks this time. From there on it was some nice gradual downhill singletrack, with a few tricky rocky sections along the way.
Riding up the gravel road
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIA3ddS8I/AAAAAAAAP4w/BzIFkow5SN8/s640/IMG_9225.JPG
The start of the singletrack
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIB0axc5I/AAAAAAAAP40/bbwb5XCzvqE/s640/IMG_9229.JPG
Cow trail
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIDCR5tSI/AAAAAAAAP44/M5aN0IifhEM/s640/IMG_9230.JPG
Cow trail
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIEdumpgI/AAAAAAAAP48/CxHWyIYkMxc/s640/IMG_9231.JPG
One of the trail builders
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIIm2iGwI/AAAAAAAAP5M/T6-heAaf_Y0/s640/IMG_9240.JPG
Start of the sweet singletrack
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIJ1opRZI/AAAAAAAAP5Q/7zA9cXvEGTQ/s640/IMG_9243.JPG
Colorful tamarisk at a spring along the trail
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyILNe0RYI/AAAAAAAAP5U/Y9AZ_QWyCGY/s640/IMG_9246.JPG
Rocky downhill
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIMWJEE7I/AAAAAAAAP5Y/t3298R0LK6k/s640/IMG_9247.JPG
Past the spring
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIQd0HxqI/AAAAAAAAP5k/D7PHPR0UBeg/s640/IMG_9253.JPG
http://lh6.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIRr1_C7I/AAAAAAAAP5o/PlLkP9HUMzA/s640/IMG_9260.JPG
http://lh4.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyISyzIXLI/AAAAAAAAP5s/cLgWMNnQbsY/s640/IMG_9261.JPG
Some ugly downhill
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIUMO-mcI/AAAAAAAAP50/4aAY1AmtJUs/s640/IMG_9262.JPG
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIVcvHgJI/AAAAAAAAP54/XPrjrI6rRDE/s640/IMG_9263.JPG
Almost to the end
http://lh5.ggpht.com/_JpEWXOITrzw/TMyIW_wVs1I/AAAAAAAAP58/fWQ_KzbntrY/s640/IMG_9266.JPG
WildBunchTrail
http://picasaweb.google.com/Dennis.Udink/WildBunchTrail#