RR: M O A B

I almost rode Sovereign last Thanksgiving. Combining chilly temps, a
killer hangover (my little brother gladly mixed me something that showed
me where my limits are the night before), and being solo, I bagged it.
I've had better trips to Moab, but at least we discovered that Mi Vita
is a very nice restaurant with excellent food.

Is the trail easily navigated, hard to get lost? I had trouble even
identifying the trailhead.

--
Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall

If FDR fought fascism the way Bush fights terrorism, we'd all be
speaking German now.

Raptor said:

I almost rode Sovereign last Thanksgiving. Combining chilly temps, a
killer hangover (my little brother gladly mixed me something that showed
me where my limits are the night before), and being solo, I bagged it.
I've had better trips to Moab, but at least we discovered that Mi Vita
is a very nice restaurant with excellent food.

Is the trail easily navigated, hard to get lost? I had trouble even
identifying the trailhead.

Tons of signage. The only place you can get misdirected is in the
lollipop part, but even there you could always end up on the highway.
The trailhead was down a pretty warn out dirt road. Definately advise a
4WD to get to it. I can't remember the turn-off but the dirt road had a
name and a sign from the highway.

If you have a GPS, I can send you the gpx file.

--
o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws

Ride-A-Lot said:

Raptor said:

I almost rode Sovereign last Thanksgiving. Combining chilly temps, a
killer hangover (my little brother gladly mixed me something that
showed me where my limits are the night before), and being solo, I
bagged it. I've had better trips to Moab, but at least we discovered
that Mi Vita is a very nice restaurant with excellent food.

Is the trail easily navigated, hard to get lost? I had trouble even
identifying the trailhead.

Tons of signage. The only place you can get misdirected is in the
lollipop part, but even there you could always end up on the highway.
The trailhead was down a pretty warn out dirt road. Definately advise a
4WD to get to it. I can't remember the turn-off but the dirt road had a
name and a sign from the highway.

If you have a GPS, I can send you the gpx file.

Got it. From town go north on 191 and make a right on Willow Springs
Trail. Eventually you will see a natural gas line pump house and the
trailhead is right there. If you got to the airport on 191 you went too
far.

--
o-o-o-o Ride-A-Lot o-o-o-o
www.schnauzers.ws

Ride-A-Lot said:

Bill demonstrates a big step up.
http://www.schnauzers.ws/images/101406/IMG_4823.jpg

Sorry, but that is not a big step.

Quoted message said:

The trail becomes even more technical as it heads up.

That trail is mildly technical at best.

Quoted message said:

Next it's down a very technical and exposed piece of trail to the
lollipop part of the trail. I made it about half way before I looked up
and saw the exposure. That did it for me.

http://www.schnauzers.ws/images/101406/IMG_4839.jpg

http://www.schnauzers.ws/images/101406/IMG_4842.jpg

You need to get out more. That's not exposure.

http://www.spokejunkies.com/forum/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=si&img=641

That is.

JD

Ride-A-Lot said:

Ride-A-Lot said:

Raptor said:

I almost rode Sovereign last Thanksgiving. Combining chilly temps, a
killer hangover (my little brother gladly mixed me something that
showed me where my limits are the night before), and being solo, I
bagged it. I've had better trips to Moab, but at least we discovered
that Mi Vita is a very nice restaurant with excellent food.

Is the trail easily navigated, hard to get lost? I had trouble even
identifying the trailhead.

Tons of signage. The only place you can get misdirected is in the
lollipop part, but even there you could always end up on the highway.
The trailhead was down a pretty warn out dirt road. Definately advise
a 4WD to get to it. I can't remember the turn-off but the dirt road
had a name and a sign from the highway.

If you have a GPS, I can send you the gpx file.

Got it. From town go north on 191 and make a right on Willow Springs
Trail. Eventually you will see a natural gas line pump house and the
trailhead is right there. If you got to the airport on 191 you went too
far.

Thanks for the pump house tip. My Mazda sedan, driven very carefully,
handled Willow Springs okay, but it ends up in an anonymous well-tracked
chunk of desert that looks like everything else. The distance is short
enough that one can park by the highway and ride. It's also hard to get
truly lost there, since the highway is always a few miles "West." I
thought "that must be the trail" about one of the tracks, but was not
interested in risking a trail-finding festival. It's now on the list to
do the next time I'm down there.

--
Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall

If FDR fought fascism the way Bush fights terrorism, we'd all be
speaking German now.

JD said:

You need to get out more. That's not exposure.

http://www.spokejunkies.com/forum/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=si&img=641

That is.

JD

Pretty good. I have a favorite (not mtb-related) spot on Island In The
Sky that crafty framing can make look similarly jaw-dropping. The
straight-down height is only a couple hundred feet, but the plateau is a
full 1000 above the lower plateau. Where is the pictured place?

--
Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall

If FDR fought fascism the way Bush fights terrorism, we'd all be
speaking German now.

Raptor said:

JD said:

You need to get out more. That's not exposure.

http://www.spokejunkies.com/forum/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=si&img=641

That is.

JD

Pretty good. I have a favorite (not mtb-related) spot on Island In The
Sky that crafty framing can make look similarly jaw-dropping. The
straight-down height is only a couple hundred feet, but the plateau is a
full 1000 above the lower plateau. Where is the pictured place?

No crafty framing there. It's the &*($%@#+@$%$% Trail.

JD

JD said:

Raptor said:

JD said:

You need to get out more. That's not exposure.

http://www.spokejunkies.com/forum/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=si&img=641

That is.

JD

Pretty good. I have a favorite (not mtb-related) spot on Island In The
Sky that crafty framing can make look similarly jaw-dropping. The
straight-down height is only a couple hundred feet, but the plateau is a
full 1000 above the lower plateau. Where is the pictured place?

No crafty framing there. It's the &*($%@#+@$%$% Trail.

JD

So what's the total exposure? I suggest next time a wide-angle lens to
show the vertical.

--
Lynn Wallace http://www.xmission.com/~lawall

If FDR fought fascism the way Bush fights terrorism, we'd all be
speaking German now.

Raptor said:

So what's the total exposure?

Peek over the edge when you go and give me an estimate.

Quoted message said:

I suggest next time a wide-angle lens to show the vertical.

Buy me one.

JD

On Wed, 18 Oct 2006 20:34:11 -0700, Raptor wrote
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Quoted message said:

JD said:

Raptor said:

JD wrote:
> You need to get out more. That's not exposure.
>
> http://www.spokejunkies.com/forum/index.php?act=module&module=gallery&cmd=
> si&img=641
>
> That is.
>
> JD
Pretty good. I have a favorite (not mtb-related) spot on Island In The
Sky that crafty framing can make look similarly jaw-dropping. The
straight-down height is only a couple hundred feet, but the plateau is a
full 1000 above the lower plateau. Where is the pictured place?

No crafty framing there. It's the &*($%@#+@$%$% Trail.

JD

So what's the total exposure? I suggest next time a wide-angle lens to
show the vertical.

what's it matter, it's the first 20 or 30' that counts

Paul