SET THE 400 WITH A SET OF ICE SCREW TIRES
7/16th ON REAR 3/8th ON FRONT
ONLY IN IDAHO YOU CAN MAKE YOUR BIKE A SNOW MACHINE & STREET LEGAL !
SPODE DADDY'S ADVENTURES
SET THE 400 WITH A SET OF ICE SCREW TIRES
7/16th ON REAR 3/8th ON FRONT
ONLY IN IDAHO YOU CAN MAKE YOUR BIKE A SNOW MACHINE & STREET LEGAL !
LOOP ~ 43 MILES
RIDERS – DAVE, GREG, ROBERT,TED, VINCENT, DARRELL, JOHN
MET AT THE “DEAD COW WASH “ JUST WEST OF GRAND VIEW. I GOT THERE ~ 10:30 ( EARLY, SHORTER DRIVE THAN I THOUGHT). THE LAST OF THE GROUPS DIDN’T SHOW UP UNTIL 12-12:30.
A COUPLE OF THE GUY’S WERE BIGGER THAN ME & ONE WAS MY AGE. HAD SHORT BRIEF THOUGHT THAT MAYBE I COULD KEEP UP TODAY. I DIDN’T PUT A PASS ON TED UNTIL THE END OF THE DAY.
HAD A SHORT ICY CLIMB OUT OF BIRCH CREEK TOOK ME TWO TRY'S.
SOME OF THE SNOW RIDING
RIDE TO THE MISSILE BUNKER
DAVE AND GREG AT MISSILE BUNKER
TED DOES THE HILL CLIMB. I TOOK A PASS.
LOOP- 36 MILES
1ST RIDE IN A YEAR WITH A KNOBBY (IN DIRT),LOVED IT IN THE DESERT !
GATE ABOVE THE SLOT (DAVID WAS RIDING DOUBLE ).
DECIDED THE OWYHEE GUMBO WAS TOO BAD TO RIDE THE SLOT INTO SINKER.
WE RODE THE ROAD DOWN TO SINKER. AT THE 1ST CREEK CROSSING WE DECIDED IT WAS RUNNING TOO HIGH TO PROCEED . TRIED THE BACK WAY AND RUN INTO MORE SLOP. HAD TO BACK TRACK OUT AND STICK TO THE SAND WASHES,
FRIDAY DAVE POSTED THEY WERE MEETING A THE Y-STOP IN GRAND VIEW AT 9AM SATURDAY. I CHECKED THE FORECASTS. SUNDAY LOOKED BETTER-SUNSHINE , BUT SATURDAY SHOULD BE OK ~35’ WITH BRIEF SHOWER IN THE MORNING. I PLOWED A WIDER PATH ON THE DRIVEWAY, DUG OUT THE TRUCK, GOT THE TRAILER HOOKED UP & BIKE LOADED.
SATURDAY MORNING THERE WAS A DUSTING OF SNOW AT THE HOUSE WHEN I HEADED OUT. I84 WAS WET, SIMCO HAD A LIGHT SNOW FLOOR. THERE WAS A STEADY SNOW FALL WHEN I MET DAVE, BUTCH & TOM AT THE Y-STOP. DAVE JUST HAD A CALL FROM JEFF THAT HE HAD TO GO TO HIS DAUGHTER’S BASKETBALL GAME AND WOULD BE OUT LATER IN THE DAY. IT MUST HAVE SNOWED 1/2-1 “ WHILE WE HAD BREAKFAST.
DEAD COW WASH
LOOP ~ 17 MILES
RIDERS- DAVE, TOM, BUTCH, JOHN
DAVE, BUTCH & TOM WERE STUDDED UP AND “A” RIDERS . SLIM CHANCE I WOULD KEEP THEM IN SIGHT.
MY CLIP OF THE 1ST FEW MINUTES OF RIDE. THE WET SNOW STUCK TO THE LENS AND GOGGLES. NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE WAS MORE OF A PROBLEM THAN NOT HAVING STUDDED TIRES.
TOM’S VIDEOS :
TOM NEEDED TO LEAVE BY 1PM SO WE LOOPED BACK TO THE TRUCKS.
WHILE WE WERE WAITING DAVE TALKED TO HIS WIFE WHO SAID IT WAS SNOWING HARD IN MOUNTAIN HOME. I CHECKED WITH MARILYN WHO SAID IT SNOWED IN BOISE AND THERE WAS STILL SNOW IN THE DRIVE. IT WAS AFTER 2PM WHEN JEFF PULLED IN. I DECIDED I DIDN’T WANT TO GET HOME AFTER DARK AND MAYBE HAVE TO PLOW THE DRIVE TO GET THE TRUCK UP. SO I LOADED UP AND HEADED HOME.
JEFF SAID ABOUT 20 MINUTES AFTER I LEFT THEIR RIDING PARTNER WENT DOWN IN A DITCH. THEY SPENT THE NEXT 3 HOURS GETTING HIM LOADED IN AN AMBULANCE. AT THE HOSPITAL HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH A CRACKED FEMUR HEAD.
RIDERS- DAVID, JON, JOHN
LOOP- 35 MILES , TOO SHORT ! RODE SOME DIFFERENT TRAILS, BUT DIDN’T CLOCK ENOUGH MILES.
AS WE HEADED OUT OF TOWN ON THE FREEWAY THE RAIN WAS ROLLING IN, BUT AS WE MADE OUR WAY UP BLACKS CREEK ROAD IT CLEARED UP. JUST HAD A LIGHT MIST WHEN WE STARTED OUT.
JON PICKED THE WRONG LINE CROSSING THE CREEK. NOW HE KNOWS.
AT THE BEGINNING OF DEVIL’S HOLE, I WAS POKING ALONG THE TRAIL WHERE IT IS WIDE ENOUGH FOR MY TRUCK. I MANAGED TO CLIP A STUMP AND FLIP OFF THE TRAIL.
I WAS HANGING UPSIDE DOWN OVER THE CREEK WITH MY FOOT STUCK UNDER THE BIKE. AFTER I GOT UNTANGLED, I TRIED A COUPLE OF TIMES TO PULL THE BIKE UP ON THE TRAIL. DECIDED I NEEDED TO GO DOWN THRU THE CREEK. SHOULD HAVE BEEN EASY, BUT THE FRONT WHEEL PINNED AGAINST A LOG WITH THE BACK WHEEL STILL ON TOP OF THE BANK. WHEN I GOT THE BIKE OVER THE LOG IT WAS POINTED THE WRONG WAY. AFTER I GOT IT TURNED AROUND IT WAS EASY TO RIDE OUT.
I MET DAVID AND JON ,WHO WERE HEADED BACK TO LOOK FOR ME JUST PAST THE NARROW SPOTS.
LUNCH IN CANYON JUST ABOVE DEVILS HOLE.
DAVID CONSULTING MAP. I WANTED TO RIDE 322 DOWN FROM THE RIDGE.
RIDE OUT OF DEVIL’S HOLE
TRAIL 322-FUN TRAIL, NEED TO WORK ON STITCHING DIFFERENT ROUTES TOGETHER TO MAXIMIZE SINGLE TRACK ROUTES.
BACK IN THE DAY, BLACKS CREEK WAS FULL OF “JUST SINGLE TRACKS” LIKE 420.
SHORT DAY, BUT NO ONE HAD TO RIDE DOUBLE !
RIDERS – DAVID, GORDON ,JOHN
LOOP- 55 MILES PRETTY MUCH THE SAME AS MONDAY.
TRAIL 316
DAVID WANTED TO SCOUT THE ROCK TO SEE IF YOU COULD RIDE ABOVE THE NOTCH. YOU CAN’T.
ON THE WILLOW CREEK CROSSING I DRIFTED TO FAR TO THE RIGHT(NEVER NEW YOU COULD) AND CASED IN A RUT.
MY MOMMA TOLD IF WE WOULD CARRY SAWS WE WOULDN’T HAVE SO MUCH HEAVY LIFTING.
GORDON AND DAVID, LUNCH AT OUR NEW FAVORITE SPOT. I STILL MIGHT TAKE YOU THERE.
DAVID SAID WE WOULD GO THE SAME WAY BACK, BUT SKIP THE STEEP STUFF. I WAS THINKING OF THE OTHER STEP STUFF. THEY WEREN’T AT ANY JUNCTIONS (IF I GOT ONE OF THOSE NEW 6 SPEED KTMS WOULD I BE FASTER ?), NO DUST AND I KEPT SEEING SCRATCH MARKS, BUT IT MUST HAVE BEEN FROM MONDAY.
I THOUGHT I WOULD TRY THE CREEK BED INSTEAD OF THE COBBY SIDE HILL. BAD IDEA, THE CREEK BED IS MORE COBBY PLUS THERE IS A TREE DOWN. GORDON HAD TO RECUSE ME.
SUNDAY WAS MARILYN'S BIRTHDAY !
LOOP- 55 MILES
RIDERS – DAVID , JOHN
STARTED AT WILLOW CREEK TRAIL HEAD. TEMP WAS ~ 40’.
WAS A GREAT DAY, SPECTACULAR COLORS . NO DUST.
ADDED A COUPLE OF DIFFERENT TRAILS.
DROPPED MY BIKE IN WILLOW CREEK BUT DIDN’T DROWN IT.
HAD TO BE ONE OF THE BEST RIDES AT BLACKS CREEK.
DAVID AT SADDLE ON TRAIL 316
ME. NEW KLIM JACKET !
OUR LUNCH SPOT.
SOME DAY I MIGHT TAKE YOU THERE !
RIDERS – DAVID ,JOHN
LOOP- 65 MILES
GREAT DAY ! STILL WARM, ONE OF THOSE DAYS- TOO COOL WITH OUT A JACKET, TOO WARM WITH IT.
DAYS ARE GETTING TOO SHORT. IF BARRY CAN LOWER THE SEAS YOU THINK HE COULD CHANGE THE TILT OF THE EARTH AXIS WITH A NEW TAX.
WENT BACK TO ETCH IN “I84”, BUT GOT “LOST” ON THE WAY BACK IN DITTO FLATS !
THE MOST MOTORCYCLES I’VE SEEN OUT THERE, 10-12 ! THE HUNTERS ARE STARTING TO THIN OUT.
WE BOTH AGREED WE SHOULD OF SET UP CAMP ON THURSDAY.
RUN FROM RIDGE TRAIL TO POISON CREEK.
MARS RIDGE ON RED WARRIOR. GREAT VIEWS AND ACTION VIDS OF DAVID.
YOU ALWAYS HAVE TO TAKE A RUN DOWN GREENHORN TO CHECK OUT THE TALENT !
HALLOWEEN DECORATIONS ON THE TRAIL IN DITTO FLATS.
SCARIEST SIGHT ON TRAIL !
RIDERS – DAVID / TRAIL BOSS
JOHN
LOOP ~ 48 MILES
WE BOTH WANTED TO RIDE SOME TRAILS WE HAVEN’T DONE AT ALL OR AT LEAST THIS SEASON. WE SET OFF TO FIND TRAIL 654 (84) IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION WE USUALLY TAKE.
ON THE WAY OUT WE PASSED THE RANCHER WHO LIVES IN THE ROCK HOUSE, SHOULD OF ASKED HIM FOR DIRECTIONS. GOT TO THE WELLS SUMMIT ROAD AND DAVID REALIZED WE MISSED IT.
IT TOOK US A COUPLE OF HOURS TO FINALLY FIND IT AND IT WAS WELL WORTH THE EFFORT.
ONE OF THE MANY REFERENCES TO THE MAP.
A COUPLE OF THE MORE PROMISING FALSE STARTS.
ONE OF THE PROBLEMS WAS I DIDN’T KNOW HOW TO CHANGE THE LAT/LON UNITS ON THE GPS TO MATCH THE MAP WE HAD. ( I DO NOW !).
THE “NEW STUFF” FOLLOW A RIDGE UP TOWARD DOLLAR HIDE.
ONE OF THE VIEWS ON THE WAY UP. I THINK WE ARE LOOKING AT SOLDIER MOUNTAIN OR MAYBE SMOKEY DOME.
LITTLE SMOKEY ROAD IS BELOW US.
DAVID JUST BEFORE THE SIDE HILL.
SUCCESS ! WE MADE IT TO THE RIDGE TRAIL THAT CONNECTS MIDDLE FORK & MEADOW CREEK TRAILS.
WE HAD LUNCH AND SCOUTED THE TRAIL SYSTEM FROM OUR VANTAGE POINT. SAW ANOTHER PIECE OF SINGLE TRACK WE NEVER HAD RIDDEN !
SUMMARY
5 DAYS OF RIDING ~ 260 MILES
ATTENDEES –
SCOTT |
SHELBY |
DAVID |
KAREN |
JON |
GORDON |
GERALD |
RANDY |
BRENT |
DAKOTA , MOTO, HEIDI
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GETTING READY TO ROLL !
OIL, PROOF GOD LOVES DIRT BIKING .
DAY 1 - FRIDAY 10/1/10
RIDERS : DAVID –TRAIL BOSS
SCOTT , JON , JOHN
LOOP – 65 MILES ( 32 MILES ROAD )
BIG SMOKEY, BLUFF CREEK, WEST FORK BIG PEAK, BIG PEAK, LICK CREEK
LOOP AROUND BIG PEAK
BIG SMOKEY HIGH TRAIL
BIG SMOKEY SIDE HILLS
CREEK CROSSING-SCOTT WENT FIRST. WE WATCHED AND DECIDED IT WASN’T THE BEST LINE. FOUND A BETTER LINE A FEW YARDS UP STREAM.
HE GOT THE HUSKY RUNNING AFTER ~ AN HOUR.
WE EMPTIED OUR BOOTS WHILE SCOTT WORKED ON HIS BIKE.
BLUFF CREEK WAS QUITE A CLIMB. THEN IT HAD SOME BOTTOMLESS RUTS AND LOOSE SWITCHBACKS AT THE TOP.
MID WAY UP BLUFF CREEK
BREAK AT THE TOP OF SADDLE. I WAS EXHAUSTED AND ALMOST OUT OF WATER.
WEST FORK WAS A NICE RELAXING TRAIL.
SCOTT AND JON BLEW PAST THE INTERSECTION. I WAS ABLE TO REST AN RE-HYDRATE. AFTER ABOUT AN HOUR THEY FINALLY RETURNED, BEFORE DAVID AND I DECIDED TO HEAD OUT. WE WERE WORRIED ABOUT LOOSING DAYLIGHT IF WE WAITED TOO MUCH LONGER. JON SAID IT WAS AN UPHILL CLIMB BOTH WAYS.
SCOTTS BIKE ON THE TOP OF BIG PEAK TRAIL.
BOTH THE CONNECT AND LICK CREEK WERE FUN EASY RIDES.
SCOTT NEAR THE BOTTOM OF LICK CREEK.
BRINGING IT ON HOME. THE DUAL SPORTING PART.
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DAY 2- SATURDAY 10/2/10
RIDERS – DAVID , TRAIL BOSS
SCOTT, GORDON, JON, JOHN
DECIDED TO TAKE A SHORT RIDE. LEFT CAMP ~ 11:30 AM AND GOT BACK BY 2 PM.
LOOP – 25 MILES
SKELETON & LITTLE WATER
SKELETON CREEK TRAIL-GATEWAY TO THE SAWTOOTHS, I RODE PARTS OF IT 4 TIMES DURING THE WEEK.
RIDE INTO “RED HORSE” MINE
MINING CABIN
GORDON , JON & SCOTT
SCENES FROM THE RUN DOWN LITTLE WATER. GREAT VIEWS ON THE WAY DOWN.
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DAY 3 – SUNDAY 10/3/10
I WANTED ANOTHER EASY DAY , SO WE RODE THE LIME CREEK LOOP
RIDERS – SCOTT , GORDON , JON, JOHN ( SWEEP & TRAIL BOSS !)
LOOP- IRON MT TRAIL=> BREMNER => SF LIME CREEK => PRESIDENT=> BLUE RIDGE=> IRON MT TRAIL
I DID 45 MILES.
GORDON & SCOTT DID A BIT MORE SINCE THEY RODE UP TO IRON MT LOOKOUT.
JON DID THE MOST SINCE HE MISSED THE TRAIL HEAD & RODE UP TO THE LOOKOUT WITH SCOTT & GORDON.
EARLY MORING SOAK BEFORE THE RIDE. POOL WAS JUST FILLING UP. IT’S NOT CALLED “THE LAZY BUTT” FOR NOTHING.
AFTER A BRIEF “RIDERS MEETING” – I RODE AROUND AND SAID WE WOULD MEET AT THE BOTTOM OF KELLY CREEK.
JON THOUGHT HE WAS LAST, BUT ACTUALLY GOT TO THE TRAIL HEAD FIRST EXCEPT HE BLEW BY AND HEADED UP THE ‘WEST FORK OF KELLY CREEK’. I TRIED TO CATCH HIM ON ‘ KELLY CREEK’. SAW SCRATCH MARKS ON THE CREEK CROSSING BUT THESE WERE ANOTHER GROUP. SCOTT CAUGHT ME ( ACTUALLY SAID I WAS RIDING FAST ). I STILL THOUGHT JON WAS ON KELLY CREEK. WE GOT TO THE CREST AND WAITED. WE GATHERED UP AND FINALLY STARTED HEADING DOWN BREMNER. AT THE COYOTE INTERSECTION JON DECIDED HE NEEDED LUNCH, IT WAS 1PM SLOW START !
SOUTH FORK LIME CREEK TO ROANHIDE. STILL SHOWS SIGNS OF SHEEP ON MANY OF THE SIDE HILLS.
THE TIGHT SECTION OF SOUTH FORK.
GORDON POINTING OUT ALL THE SEASONAL HIGHLIGHTS OF THE NEW MIDDLE FORK CROSSING. EARLY IN THE SEASON IT WAS DECEPTIVE , LOOKED SHALLOW BUT WAS DEEP DUE TO A BEAVER DAM WHICH HID THE ROCKS. BEAVER DAM WAS PULLED OUT WHEN WE CROSSED.
FUN EASY TRAIL. I DID TAKE A SPILL IN A LOOSE SECTION.
THE REST OF THE RIDE WAS UNEVENTFUL, BUT WHEN I GOT TO THE BLUE RIDGE INTERSECTION I DIDN’T SEE ANYBODY. JUST FIGURED SCOTT WAS IN A HURRY AGAIN SINCE WE ANOTHER “DISCUSSION” ABOUT WHAT WAS AHEAD A FEW MILES BACK.
I CRUISED ON BACK TO CAMP, GOT BACK BY 4PM. BY 6PM THERE WAS NO SIGN OF THEM. 2 HRS WAS WAY TOO LONG FOR THEM TO RUN UP TO THE LOOKOUT. THERE WAS 3 OF THEM AND 1 OF ME, SO I WASN’T GOING TO MOUNT A SEARCH. IF THEY WEREN’T BACK BY DARK I FIGURED I WOULD CALL SHELBY TO SEE IF SHE WANTED ME TO CALL THE SHERIFF ! THEY FINALLY ROLLED IN BY 7 PM. BOTH GORDON AND SCOTT GOT PINCH FLATS NEAR THE LOOKOUT. SOUNDED LIKE NEITHER ONE HAD GOOD TUBES OF GLUE, BUT BETWEEN THE THREE THEY HAD TWO SPARE TUBES.
GERALD , RANDY AND BRETT ROLLED INTO CAMP ABOUT 8:30 PM
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DAY 4- MONDAY 10/4/10
RIDERS- JOHN , JON, SCOTT, GERALD , RANDY, BRENT
LOOP – 68 MILES
THE PLAN WAS TO RIDE OVER ROSS PEAK THAN BACK UP BEAR CREEK ROAD TO GOAT LAKE AND BACK DOWN LITTLE WATER.
WE WOKE UP TO A LIGHT RAIN, AFTER DIDDLING AROUND, LOOKING AT SKIES, WE PUT OUR FAITH IN CADDY SHACK –“ THE HARD STUFF IS NOT GOING TO START FOR A WHILE”.
FINALLY GOT ON THE ROAD AROUND NOON.
RANDY RIDING OVER ROCK ON SKELETON.
RANDY ON COBBY SECTION OF SKELETON.
CONNECTOR TRAIL TO ROSS FORK / WILLOW CREEK
GORILLAS IN THE MIST . SADDLE BELOW ROSS PEAK. HAD A PRETTY STEADY RAIN ON THE BACK SIDE. MADE A MISTAKE OF NOT PUTTING THE SLEEVES BACK ON MY JACKET.
SOUTH FORK ROSS FORK
BRENT TAKING A LOOK AT ROSS LAKE.
GERALD
WE HAD LUNCH IN THESE US GOVERNMENT CABINS.
WE MADE IT DOWN TO THE WATER CROSSING. SCOTT GUIDE ME THRU THE ROCKS.
JON DROPPED HIS BIKE, BUT THE KDX STARTED BACK UP AFTER DE-WATERING.
WE TOOK THE ROAD OVER FLECK SUMMIT AND ALL THE WAY BACK TO CAMP.
COMPLETELY SOAKED BY THE TIME WE GOT BACK TO CAMP.
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DAY 5- TUESDAY 10/6/10
AFTER 4 DAYS OF RIDING ME AND SCOTT NEEDED A MELLOW RIDE ( CHIC RIDE ).
WE DECIDED ON SKELETON / LITTLE SKELETON/ JONES GULCH / ROAD/ PARADISE /ROAD/ CONANT/ LITTLE SKELETON / SKELETON.
RANDY, GERALD AND BRENT STILL WANTED A BIG BOY RIDE. ENDED UP RIDING DEAD WOOD AND BOARDMAN
RIDERS- SCOTT, GORDON, JOHN
LOOP – 54 MILES / 19 MPH AVG
GORDON ON LITTLE SKELETON
SCOTT- BRIDGE OVER SF BOISE RIVER JONES GULCH TRAIL
VIEWS FROM ROAD TO PARADISE CREEK.
GORDON ANN SCOTT
GORDON SAYS THIS IS BETTER THAN A DASH BOARD JESUS.
I SAY IT’S NOT THE COLOR OF HIS SKIN IT’S THE THICKNESS OF HIS SKULL.
BARRY SAYS YOUR BETTER OFF WITH OUT ALL YOUR MONEY AND FREEDOM.
ME ON CONANT
GORDON GIVING DAKOTA A LIFT TO THE HOT SPRINGS
DAKOTA CHECKING OUT THE PORK RINDS