One of my all time favorite trails is
Campfire at Perry Hill. It seems almost magical as you descend on a perfectly sculpted trail that flows along natural contours of the mountain slope. It unfortunately takes a relentless climb to get to it :-(
Like last year, I ended up walking most of the climb up
Permission but I decided to vary it a bit this year and ride along the lower part of
Rasta Man that parallels I-89 and the railroad tracks.
Ascent
The ascent up Permission was brutal and I didn't even try to ride it.
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| The fire road up (Permission) is a wicked uphill climb |
I took the very first trail off to the right which was probably an illegit trail thru this gully.
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| trail thru gully |
Rasta Man (Blue Trail)
At the top of the previously pictured gully, I believe I connected with the Blue Trail as it was very compacted and obviously had a lot of traffic. I rode eastward.
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| Main trail eastward |
The trail skirts the edge of a huge embankment (plateau). Way down below on the right is I-89.
Vegetation like this makes Perry Hill so awesome - especially when its sunny :-)
So much for my thinking this section of
Rasta Man was gonna be relatively flat!
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| Elevation Chart includes Permission climb from start |
There were a good amount of hills. Here you take a speedy descent into...
...an amazing huge granite outcropping where a stream washes thru. (Be sure to click on this to see the enlargement)
On the far right of the photo above - this berm is naturally sculpted into the terrain.
I only went a bit further after the huge granite stream crossing and decided to turn around, It was hot, I was bushed already and I was dying to get to
Campfire.
Rejoining the Relentless Climb
I got back on the main double track climb and keep slogging on upward.
Rest - Panorama
I took a rest at the same spot as I did last year and shot (and later stitched together) a four-photo panorama. (Be sure to view the enlarged version)
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| Perry Mountain Panorama |
I was still pretty bushed so in my boredom of trying to catch my breath, I shot this selfie. The
Yellow Trail (which is the way to get to
Campfire)
is showing behind me.
The Yellow Trail
This is an awesome trail...
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| The Yellow Trail |
The signage here was a little confusing
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| Joe's Hill Intersection |
Campfire
But I continued on this way...
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| Campfire starts |
Down
Campfire - this is heaven!
Check out a HelmetCam (not mine) of the Campfire Trail
No more photos as it was a non-stop gorgeous descent!!!! The only issue was I finally realized--while on this descent--that I had forgotten my gloves and the bounciness of my hands on the handlebars kinda bothered me. Nevertheless, it was glorious and I savored every moment of it. :-)
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