Back on two wheels again. This time Jen and I joined a crew consisting of Grant, Dave, Alex, Allison, and Jim for a weekend in Fruita. Unfortunately, it rained like crazy Sunday, so we only got in one day of riding, but it was still a really good day. We rode the Ribbon Trail in the morning (OK, so it was noon), which is a definite contender for coolest trail ever. Giant sandstone slabs, steep rollovers, tech, singletrack, and even a 3rd class climb-a-bike. Then we headed back to road for short loops, cold beer, a big dinner, and a whole shitload of wind.
I've been spending the last several hours trying to think of a better day of skiing than today, but I have come up completely blank. Our group of eight rippers (well, seven rippers and me) started in LCC, skinned up Flagstaff, skied a lap in Day's Fork, then skinned up and skied the Hallway, then skinned up again and skied a shot in Cardiff. At this point, half the crew was shot and skied out while the other half did one more Cardiff lap on another slope. Total for the day was 7800 feet of skiing with around 12 miles of travel. And about every other turn was a full-on over-the-head face shot. Really, how can you beat that?
