Saturday, August 27, 2016

Cady Hill Revisited

On Saturday, on my way up to the Trapp Family Lodge, I stopped for an afternoon ride at Cady Hill. The parking lot was packed!

Part One 

I rode up to the Green Chair Overlook and stopped to chat with a few other mountain bikers.

The weather was kind of hot but not too bad. The problem was it was pretty humid in the woods...
Green Chair Overlook
Pausing on the Snake Trail ascent
Looking down on some of Snake Trail's switchbacks

Part Two

After ascending Snake, I decided to check out the Schween Loops and a couple of bikers I talked to recommended the outer loop (rather than the inner). It was pretty hard but doable if you knew the trail. A combination of a steady climb along with an unbelievable amount of roots and moguls made it tough going. Fortunately once you finish that slog, there is a rapid fairly flowy descent. Ooo yeah!

The rest of the ride out was an amazing bomb on mainly super flowing contoured trails. The final descent on Bear's is truly unbelievable  - it is hard to imagine you have ascended that much as the descant seems to go on forever! :-)



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