Solstice

means long days and longer nights

Make it count

Redemption

it feels good

You say what we ride is shit and what you ride is pure gold. 

I say fuck that noise.

Its been a relatively good spring when you consider waking up at 4:30 not too bad, and 5 hours from car to car a good day of skinning and skiing. Sleeping in is a luxury with this weather that we've had, since the snow doesn't freeze overnight anyway, and the dirt makes it difficult to ski anything steep or far away. But its a great time of year, when, say, on a day like friday, you can ride your bike for four hours on trails that are completely dry, then the very next day, find yourself skiing off the top of a nice peak. The drawbacks to this climate would have to be boulder between the hours of noon and  four pm, which I escape in the basement, and the number of people who have also figured out that the weather is fantastic (although,  that does make for some excellent heckling at the long line of riders coming up lefthand canyon). But those are fair trades for good times.

And a happy Memorial Day to you

Sunrise with bikes and skis on the roof. 

Riding to Brainard

Dropping zee knees

View from Pawnee Pass, very dirty snow

Camping at Hartman Rocks

And then the wheels rolled on fine dirt among the sage and the sand and smiles were had by all.