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Page 1 of 4 Kevin Bergman and friends travel to Idaho for many days of spectacular views and awesome trailriding.
Day One
After a couple of close calls with flight connections we arrived in
Bosie on time. Our luck began to change, first for $5 we were able to
upgrade our rental from a taurus to a Jeep Grand Cherokee. Then our
luggage actually made it, to our complete surprise since we literally
walked off the plane into salt lake, across the concourse and were the
last ones on to the flight to Boise. The bikes were waiting for us here
in Sun Valley and all in good shape.
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The third part of the ride was similar to the previous, a reasonable
(although at altitude) climb with an amazing decent. only about and
hour and 45 minutes, but a great evening stretch. The evening is
concluding with some fine micro brews from Bend OR actually and some
fine local pizza. The discussion is now about what we are going to ride
tomorrow.
Day Two
Well the day started out with a quick trip into town to pick up a few
things and check out the bike shops. What a town Ketchum is, there
seems to be a bike shop/ outdoor store on every block. and this is not
a big town. After a quick carb loading of leftover pizza, we headed to
the greenhorn gulch trail head. Absolutely beautiful clear blue skies.
It started out quite civilized, a nice gradual climb up some nice hard
packed single track. That changed after about 20 minutes or so. We took
one of the outer loops in this system and that’s where it began to get
soft and loose. Some of the climbing after that became hike-a-bike due
to it being too loose to ride. We were rewarded with a sweet single
track decent, but it was over way too soon. Then some more climbing.
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Steve’s bike computer had us climbing close to 3000 feet in about 17
miles, but it may not have recorded all the hike a bike miles. There
was also a nice breeze to both cool us down and to blow some of the
dust away that was perpetually kicked up by the guy in front of you.
All in all, another day in mountain bike paradise. now to figure out
what to do for dinner and when to hit the grocery to get tonights
selection of beer.
Day Three
Well last evening finished off with amazing burritos from KB’s here in
Ketchum. The stop at the local grocery yeilded another great beer
selection, Moose Drool, a fine brown ale from Big Sky Brewing Co.
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Once that was changed, we were off to the Galena lodge trails. Theres a
series of nice, well signed loops leaving from this lodge’s parking
area. The first loop we did, the Galena loop, started off on a gradual
climb up a fire road. Howie, Steve, and I all realized this may be a
long week as none of us felt very good to start. The guy at the little
shop there at the lodge told us which direction to run the loop and
mentioned that there was a section that was a little steep, maybe even
that it kinda sucked. Well the gravel road ended and we headed up the
single track. It quickly became too steep for any of us mere mortals to
ride and Travis even had to walk a little bit of it. We all thought
this must be the “sucky” section, and we were all wrong. It did finally
end as we crossed over the wash area and head up the other side of the
gulch or whatever you want to call it, but this time at a much more
reasonable grade.
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