This last weekend a bunch of us from Mitchell joined Andy
from Spearfish to test out some of the trails we’ll ride
during the Black Hills Muni Weekend
(www.blackhills.unicyclist.com).
The trails are awesome! The first .6 miles of the RimRock
trail was a steep rocky staircase climb, carrying our
unicycles on our backs. We were rewarded with a 5 mile
descent down the backbone of the mountain. The trail was
singletrack all the way. In some places the trail was
worn deep enough to risk pedal strikes, but that was
rare. We rode through several great rock gardens that
tested each of us, and we found some really steep
downhill switchbacks as well.
After the ride we drove up to explore a different
trailhead—one that would allow us to combine the Old Baldy
Trail with the RimRock Trail. It looks as if a shuttle would
let us start the ride high on Old Baldy (avoiding the .6
mile climb) and ride all the way down to the bottom. There
is even an option to hike/ride to the summit of Old Baldy,
then ride down. This will be an amazing ride!
On Sunday we got snowed out. We’d planned to test a whole
network of trails called Eagle’s Cliff, but the blowing snow
was just too cold.
We took lots of photos and some movies. I’ll get them onto
the website later this week.
Warning: the lodging is beginning to sell out! I think
Wikiup Village might already be sold out. The Timon and the
Rod and Gun primitive campgrounds would be great places to
stay, but they don’t take reservations. There are lots of
options in Spearfish, but they are going fast. You can get
into the Spearfish Canyon Lodge. It's upscale, a great
location, and a bit pricey.
David Maxfield
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"When caught between two evils I generally pick the one I've never tried
before." Mae West
David Maxfield
Mitchell, SD
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