@bbarrera great pics.
Here, snow fell last night, more than I thought. I was going to do Antelope this morning on the rollers but I heard snow plows and as I woke up so I changed the morning’s plan. Rolling before a hint of dawn, most of the trail had perhaps an inch of fresh powder. As I ascended a bit and crossed over the ridgeline to the river valley and away from the lakeside, there was a bit more powder in spots. Most of the trails were virgin, though there was the occasional footprints, including one runner’s tracks I recognize due to his duckfoot-style (dude’s at least as old as me and with massive quads) and one bike track I crossed (I suspect he got out before me and was still out), otherwise it was animal tracks.
In some parts, the animals, most like fox but a deer here and there and possibly a badger near here, were very active, going off to the side of the trail and back, going in circles or other such activity before continuing.
Reaching my first “real” climb, a now-favorite of mine that is 12-18% with 20% bits, I realized that I needed my knobbies. When I hit the inflection point again, I just spun out. I tried again and realized I may as well be on the rollers in the basement because I’d cover the same distance. There was just too much powder for my WTB Ventures. I’ll go out again tomorrow with the knobby Sendaros, assuming there’s the same or more snow.
Dawn broke on my return. Another good start to the morning.
