Willard Peak to Ben Lomond to North Ogden Divide
This was a ride I've been wanting to do for years, so as this summer threatens to end, I threw together some last minute plans to ride this.
Get somebody who loves you very much to shuttle you and a friend up to Willard Peak's Inspiration Point. Plan about 2 hours for the dirt road drive up. Watch out for ATVs flying past you and HEAD ON around blind corners. You may even want to have your phone ready for video around some of those corners, just in case.
But anyways, we had Shawn leave his truck at the North Ogden divide parking lot. Everything was a later start than we wanted, and I had underestimated just about everything on this ride. COLD! and very windy. And, I was really hoping to see the 2 herds of mountain goats, but there were hunters up there that probably scared them into hiding.
From Ben Lomond peak to the divide, it's 8 miles. Then just an estimate from Inspiration Point to Ben Lomond, 3-4 miles. There was still a bit of climbing to do, especially hauling the bikes up to the peak on some sketchy scramble with a bike on your shoulder.
But we made it, great ride, even though it was a beast. The views were great as you'll see in some of my sample footage, and there were some cool areas of exposure, which I love that stuff.
Here's the finished video,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xIHXoT9_g7k
And here are some quick features that didn't make the cut.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Noj6WPvry4
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7mvICnP13o
The shuttle!
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/2k...Q=w900-h507-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/6t...R=w900-h507-no
The first climb, and that is Willard Peak by the way, taller than Ben Lomond, contrary to the other way around.
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/OY...=w737-h1310-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/xy...l=w900-h506-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Fs...P=w900-h507-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/9_...T=w900-h507-no
The proof
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/db...X=w900-h507-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/Ui...F=w900-h507-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/gF...F=w900-h507-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/zD...x=w900-h507-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/J7...a=w900-h507-no
https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/o6...Q=w900-h506-no
Willard Peak to Ben Lomond to North Ogden Divide
Surely there are lots of weather stations around the world in more extreme places than Ben Nevis, pretty amazing there cant be one permanently on the summit. They have one on top of the cairngorms dont they?