The sun is blocked out by fast moving clouds and the winds pick up, gusting hard and chilling you to the bone. We take shelter behind a rock wall with some others and wait for the girls but we give that up after about 30 minutes then we decide to descend. If the girls want to continue to the summit when we reach them we’ll ride back up and in the process, warm ourselves.

Time to descend from the pass by NBend, on Flickr

We find the girls a few miles down the road. They are ready to descend, not wanting to climb anymore so down we go. It gets VERY cold descending off of Logan Pass, so much so, that I shiver pretty violently and have to stop occasionally. The others do the same. and this affords us to stay together.

We stop on our descent to warm up by NBend, on Flickr

By the time we get to the “Loop” about 1/2 way down, the place is packed with riders resting on the way up. Dave was right for us to get an early start. The temperature gets a little more reasonable down here and the road is in better shape so Dave n I are able to ride faster. I followed his line back to the car at the Campground. What a memorable day! One for the books. Thanks Dave!

Parting shot of Dave. Thanks Dave for the great ride by NBend, on Flickr