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    TR: Woodside Anticline

    It's been awhile since I rode in the Swell. It was still a little warm, but in a few weeks the weather will be perfect for riding. I wanted some easy riding/exploring this weekend so I hit the Woodside Anticline area again. There are so many roads/trails in that are that I think it would take a good year or so of casual riding to hit them all.

    The first trail I hit climbed up the eastern slope of the anticline, and at many places ran across bare rock and was a bit hard to follow.







    Once the trail reached the top of the ridge, there were some nice views.

    Looking east toward Mt. Elliott:


    View west toward the highest point along the anticline:


    The trail then descended some switchbacks and ran in to the heart of the anticline:






    Bridge built by the Civilian Conservation Corps in the 1930s:


    Another trail I rode on runs through a valley between the San Rafael Swell and the Woodside Anticline. Here you can see the Swell rise up on the left and the Woodside Anticline rise up on the right:


    A stone quarry in the Morrison Formation:


    View toward Curtis Point:


    A couple of interesting rocks:




    This is an old uranium prospect. It's marked on the USGS topo map, though the adit marked on the map is several hundred feet off, so it took me a while to find this small shaft.




    I cut my ride a bit short because my wife was at home with a sick kid, but I'm sure I'll be back several more times this year.

    Here's my GPS tracklog with some waypoints, in Google Earth .KML format:
    http://castlecountry.org/geo/Woodsid...tember2009.kml

    And there are a few more photos here:
    http://picasaweb.google.com/Dennis.U...September2009#
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    As always... great TR.

    Is it safe to travel around woodside these days?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Summit
    Is it safe to travel around woodside these days?
    Yep, our friend is still in jail (Beaver County for now), so it's safe to travel/park around Woodside for the moment.
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