Head up GMR in the rain, hail, and snow. Hadn't been on the bike since mid November, so I figured it was time for a ride. Left the house about 2 PM. Looking West as I headed up to GMR, I could see the rain heading my way, but hoped I could beat it up and back to the house. Wrong. It started raining about half way up, and then turned to hail soon after. Just below Newman's Point, I came across Beanz and Eyemage, but as cold as it was, I said hi and kept on pedaling. If I had stopped to talk, there was no way I would make the top. By the downhill section around mile 7, it was snowing for real. Not hard but coming down. When I got to the shack, in the time it took me to put on some wind pants and a dry shirt, it snowed at least an inch. Have never seen it snowing that hard, especially that low in elevation. It came down so hard you could no longer tell my jacket was red. I crawled down the hill, stopping once to try and warm up my hands, but didn't have much luck. Pics below were taken when I first got to the shack. By the time I left, you could no longer see the ground. Lucky for me the road was warm enough that it didn't build up too bad while I was there. EXTREMELY SLOW COLD ride back down.
