Al's Moto Log

Chaz wanted to get some training in for the upcoming “Idaho City 100” enduro race. So we decided to start at Weston canyon and try to “hit it hard”. We started at the bottom of Weston Canyon were met with a whiteout snow/hail storm as we climbed north up the ridge line, the wind was blowing pretty hard too. I was happy that Chaz thought to bring two Jackets, because I had forgotten mine. We ran into a lot of snow, but it wasn’t too bad since it was so cold we could mostly just ride on top of it.

The weather got friendlier as the day went on and it rained a little bit off and on, but made for great conditions, not too muddy and no dust at all. We met Brock out at the furthest point, he was doing the same loop, but the opposite way. He told us that there was a lot of snow where he had come from, so we decided to turn around and return the way we had come. I think we were all pretty tired by the end of it, but it was a blast.

Garrett also told us he was moving out of the valley, sad to see you go Garrett, let us know when you can come visit and ride!

Crew: Chaz, Garret, Brock and me.

The season is finally here! After what seems like an eternity of cold weather, today brought excellent conditions and an awesome ride in the hills. We did end up bucking a bunch of snow and even had a quick snow shower and rain roll through. Good good times, when are we going again?

Check out the video below, Chris demonstrates the textbook procedure to execute a proper endo.

Crew: Cort, Wally, Tim, Brock, Chris, 108(?), Rich and me.

My batteries died ~10-15 miles before we got back to the truck, so these stats are off a little.

I should include the email thread that lead up to this ride… hilarious! Thanks for the laughs.

First of all, the Full Factory Performance race van (aka Beav-mobile) is a-maz-ing! Yes, there are four full-size bikes snuggled in there, all the gear, seating for four, DVD player, and 25mpg at 83 mph (governor). Color me jealous… it was cool, thanks for the ride there Wally.

The first day we put in nearly 70 miles of riding that included a lot of variation in the terrain. There were gnarly obstacles, steep hill climbs, slick rock, fast sand washes, sand dunes, and miles of back-breaking whoops. I’m not sure what the names of all the trails we were on, I still need to dump the data from the GPS and figure it all out, but I know we rode the “Rick Lee” trail, passed by “picture rock”, played in the sand dunes, did some of 10-mile, white wash, tubes, and Bonnie & Clyde.

The second day, we went down and rode the Sovereign trail for a 32 mile loop. That is the third time I’ve ridden that trail, but this time it was so much fun! I remember being totally sketched out in the past and wrecking a lot on some of the sections, but this time it felt really good and I had a blast.

Thanks again for letting me go and putting this ride together, let’s do it again. I’m very excited for this season of riding, holler if you’re itching to go!

Crew: Wally the Beav, B-rock, Richie-P, and me

Full album here: http://picasaweb.google.com/alhill/MotoGreenRiverMoab