This last weekend me and the wife headed up to Lava Hot springs to do some r&r&r (ride, rest and relaxation) The first night we were up there I headed out to the turn off, just off the road from the golf course. It was alright to get out on but nothing to write home about. Later I talked to some residents they said to hit big springs by pebble creek. In the morning, I was filling up with gas and started talking to some other riders on their bikes. They pointed me in a different direction that could eventually take me to where i was going. They also threw a rough invite if i was able to catch up. They took off, I parked and geared up and scooted off.
Here is the map
link
Here is the
link to the Forest service web site with other maps.
Here is the short version of the ride. Up front, I would have not rode it alone if I didn’t know there was other people in front of me. It was pretty technical for me. I’m new at this sport but it was a great time. I would do it again in a heartbeat, with others. From the map I took sunny side road, to 030 to what is called the boundary trail from there took 275 up. I caught up to them about half way up this. At the top it splits to 274 and 277. Had lunch snack and then we decided to go down 277. 2 riders went down to make sure it was ok, another went part of the way. It took us almost 2 hours to get 2 bikes back up from about .5 miles down and 1 bike .25. it was pretty steep and loose going down. One guy had his wife and thought it was best from what we had seen to go down what we came up. Rough stats, about 20 miles, 2 hours riding and about 5 hours total. I have gps tracks if some one wants.
Over all it was a very fun ride and met some out of towner’s.
For the record, I said that to Steve AFTER the injury.
