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09-27-2009, 10:46 AM #1
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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09-27-2009 10:46 AM # ADS
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09-27-2009, 07:43 PM #2
As always... great TR.
Is it safe to travel around woodside these days?
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09-27-2009, 07:53 PM #3
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09-27-2009, 08:03 PM #4
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