Fire on the mountain.

On the ride last night, we got a good thunder and lightning show, and I was sure it would result in a few fires, especially since it had been very windy and in the 90's that day. But then, we got a serious dumping of rain.

However, that was a few miles south of Hamilton; it didn't really rain much up here, and this is what we got the next day.

For those who know the hike, just to the right is Canyon Creek, and the Blodgett overlook trail.

The storm gave us about 9 total fires last night.

Lost Horse

A view of the Lost Horse Canyons. The rocky point on the mountain to the right is where we rode on the 12th. You can see a pano from that point in the Aug, 13 blog. That is the Lost Horse Observation point.

Overwich part two.

This is a bad pano of the Overwich falls, which is situated right at the crux of two mountain ranges and a scree field.

"I will refrain from using over-used words to describe this ride"

This was an epic ride, it was totally awesome. The trails hit every type of terrain you could imagine, from twisty rutted rock filled to fast smooth switchbacks. We rode through burned out forests covered in mountain wildflowers to dense alpine forests. And plenty of narrow single tracks along steep mountain sides. This is some wild country.

Overwich Falls

Bass Creek

Hmm, this is not good, three PhDs trying to fix brakes.

The Corvallis Hill

On the way up the Corvallis Hill.

This is one of the few paved climbs in the area, and though it doesn't look too bad

from the picture, it is exposed, fairly steep in sections, with longish ascents.

The fun part is going down ~1200 feet in just a few miles, but watch out for the deer!

Porcupine Saddle off Lost Trail

Great 20 mile ride off the Lost Trail pass.

Mostly technical single track with an awsome descent down the mountain starting at 8000 feet and dropping to ~4500 feet.

One of these days I'll get some pictures of the really crazy stuff....

Thursday Night Ride: Lost Horse Observation

Last night's ride was 7.5 miles up and 2.5 miles down with approximately 1700 feet elevation gain. Fantastic views into the Bitterroots and Idaho. Super steep descent and fun, but too short, single track.

Sorry, no pictures of the descent, I was too busy gripping the brakes and dodging rocks!

Blodgett Canyon Overlook

Great view of the canyon.

Mom, Hardeep, and Amanda chasing chipmunks.

While Chris and Aman relax.