What can i say but...
MAN!!!
Downset and I decided to hit Lytle Creek after these rains. Figured it be dried up enough but still tacky for traction with an occasional puddle or mud. Got to the top of Sierra Dr only to find the unpaved section closed. We decided to hit Cleghorn Road in San Bernardino. I've been wanting to explore that road for some time but never had anybody to go with. Glad I never tried it alone.
it started out innocently enough. nice tack, little dust. real good riding weather
but then.…we had to go here
after we’d already been here.
Might not look like much to you Noreasterners, but this is SoCal and we don’t even know what to do with rain.
Anyway, we got through that alright with some encouragement of a couple of bikes going the other way. Said they been through this and were heading back and this was the worst of it and was pretty much clear sailing the rest of the way. They hadn’t seen what we were on.
Was looking good.
And then…we had to start working our way down the other side.
Does this look like clear sailing?
I’d already been through, mostly made it. This next pic is a little further on down the trail.
Here’s a wider view
Scenery was nice. This is where we’re headed, Lake Silverwood.
Almost there…
There was one section on the way down where the entire off camber trail was slick mud for about coupla hunert feet. Our mode of operation from the first rock pile was to shut down and inch our way with the help of gravity sliding the back tire. We’d drop into a rut to make it easier to flat foot and walk them down. When we got to this mud section I found a rut, dropped in, and immediately saw my mistake. The rut veered to the right and off the side of the mountain. I motioned Mike through another line and when he was safely past he came back to drag my bike out of the two foot deep mud pit. Sorry, no pics of that one. Too danged beat to even think about taking one. Plus I had some nasty arm pump, proly woulda dropped the fone.
Four hours from A to C, kind of. We forked at B but google maps doesn’t recognize the trail from B to C. Just zoom in and follow it for yourself.
Cleghorn Rd to CA-138 E - Google Maps
We did not take 138 until we were done and heading for home.
Wish i had a better map.
MAN!!!
Downset and I decided to hit Lytle Creek after these rains. Figured it be dried up enough but still tacky for traction with an occasional puddle or mud. Got to the top of Sierra Dr only to find the unpaved section closed. We decided to hit Cleghorn Road in San Bernardino. I've been wanting to explore that road for some time but never had anybody to go with. Glad I never tried it alone.
it started out innocently enough. nice tack, little dust. real good riding weather
but then.…we had to go here
after we’d already been here.
Might not look like much to you Noreasterners, but this is SoCal and we don’t even know what to do with rain.
Anyway, we got through that alright with some encouragement of a couple of bikes going the other way. Said they been through this and were heading back and this was the worst of it and was pretty much clear sailing the rest of the way. They hadn’t seen what we were on.
Was looking good.
And then…we had to start working our way down the other side.
Does this look like clear sailing?
I’d already been through, mostly made it. This next pic is a little further on down the trail.
Here’s a wider view
Scenery was nice. This is where we’re headed, Lake Silverwood.
Almost there…
There was one section on the way down where the entire off camber trail was slick mud for about coupla hunert feet. Our mode of operation from the first rock pile was to shut down and inch our way with the help of gravity sliding the back tire. We’d drop into a rut to make it easier to flat foot and walk them down. When we got to this mud section I found a rut, dropped in, and immediately saw my mistake. The rut veered to the right and off the side of the mountain. I motioned Mike through another line and when he was safely past he came back to drag my bike out of the two foot deep mud pit. Sorry, no pics of that one. Too danged beat to even think about taking one. Plus I had some nasty arm pump, proly woulda dropped the fone.
Four hours from A to C, kind of. We forked at B but google maps doesn’t recognize the trail from B to C. Just zoom in and follow it for yourself.
Cleghorn Rd to CA-138 E - Google Maps
We did not take 138 until we were done and heading for home.
Wish i had a better map.