^DUDE, you treed it!
(Hope the Lynskey came out OK
)
Here's a couple shots of where WNG and I went riding, also MTB, on Thursday, the only day I had off this week. National Forest trail up to the top of Mt. Muller, a 3700 ft peak just west of Lake Crescent. A nice strenuous hike that somehow I never knew about until last year. Anyway, the first three miles is mostly just pushing your 30-lb MTBs up to the ridgeline, just a little too steep to get going in the saddle. Then you get a couple miles of ridge-running, lots of ups and downs, but with a whole lot more saddle time than the first three miles. I was on my Shogun drop-bar conversion and Will borrowed my Kona Lava Dome.
Will shot zillions of pix, which you'll all see in a couple weeks when he finally catches up on his uploads
Lots of great breakout views of the Sol Duc Valley along the ridge. here's a lovely view of Lake Crescent from new-to-me vantage point:
Pretty grueling ride the whole way, so we used the plentiful huckleberry bushes as a regular distraction to stop often and catch our breath. Tasty, tart stuff.
