The "blue moon" math on this is July and August are the two 31 day months between June and sept (trail closes Nov 1st) and there is a 1/7 chance for the 31st to fall on a Saturday so 1st is Sunday. Next time this happens is august 2019. There will be a solar eclipse between here and Portland in 2017 before then!
Well it might be rare but it would be much more convenient for me if Monday was the odd day. Hope to see you up there in some form on Sunday (but definitely not on the road climb !)
Lots of rolling terrain and great views, not a 'climb then descend" type of ride at all. Quite a few sections of hiking err.... step thingies to either trials ride up and down or walk too. Highly recommended if you've never been, it's a great ride. The FS road to get there is long and in so so shape, so leave plenty of time for that.
No one gets left behind except maybe me so pick your day and let's go pedaling. Just plan for 5-7 hours being out. Sunday will be same route at about 6-8 hours so a little slower and more breaks... hope that helps.
Also here is the Evergreen trail wiki link to this trail with plenty of info. The advocacy section near the bottom underscores the great achievement BBTC/ EMBA did to regain access over nearly a decade.
Similar in that the elevation is deceptive. On the map it looks like about 1000 ft. But you end climbing close to 3000 with all the ups and downs.
Similar in that the canyon/valley views are amazing. And make sure you go all the way. The last 4 miles of trail are one of my all time favs.
(I was on the yeti Sat on Hansen).
Per my bike GPS, up the trail from the trailhead to Dingford Creek, then up the road to Dutch Miller horse camp, and back down the trail to the starting point, is 27.32 miles and 3,330 ft of climbing.
About a half mile up from dingford a massive pair of 40" each cedars are down within the last 48 hours. While it smells like a giant pencil sharpener its a royal pain to get over.
The trail is a little slippery after Thursdays inch+ of rain especially the wood bridges.
Day 2 theme touch of grey: I will get by/survive. What a lovely train wreck. Tiger tech apparently is not the same as mf . Who knew? So next time my interview will ask for near death come from behinds you didn't quit on. Everyone added this question's answer to their resume today. Oh and I lost my beloved under seat tool bag with my car key and eventually remembered I magnetized a key somewhere under the rig.
The marketer and accountant in me thinks the Best part of this weekend was I dared everyone to crush this trail with love and I'm so happy you carried through with your own plans.
Middle fork remains the domain of the humble enlightened.
Now you see it now you don't tree photos tomorrow / Monday.
Given this description of a death march I am glad my wife talked me out of signing up for Sunday. I did do the 20 mile + version via Goldmyer Bridge. There was nothing left in the tank as I hit the lot. I must say that this trail is a must ride but it needs a bike that is comfortable to shoulder so you can scramble/climb with a free hand. It increase my confidence a little knowing that there was a group somewhere behind me on the trail.
Awesome work! Those were some massive trees! The smell of fresh cedar was overwhelming. After hitting them Sat morn, we didn't even try to get over them with bikes and just spent the rest of the day fishing & riding back.
Thanks to the entire sawyer team for such fast work!
The last photo and work in progress give a fair idea of the concussive forces that broke the tree into 4 pieces: top, two sides then the bottom core that sprayed dirt about 6' away from the divot it created.
Awesome work. I see you someday moving out and living along the Middle Fork trail, and then you will truly be a legend.
"I was riding that Middle Fork trail and somewhere around GoldMeyer I swear I saw this big hairy thing ducking behind a stump - it freaked me out man ! .....But the strangest thing is, I came around the corner and found that a whole muddy pit had been drained and rocked out since I had ridden up....I think it was the Legend !"
"no way dude, the Legend is just a legend !"
"I know what I saw man !"
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