Stowe Epic Ride :: 26 Sept 09 - Incroyable!

[BigJay]

Stowe Epic Ride :: 26 Sept 09 - Incroyable!

par BigJay » Lun Sep 28, 2009 9:37 am

**** En anglais parce que j'ai posté ailleurs aussi ****

I was in need of a Stowe Epic. Last time didn't work or we got rained out. Now with the riding season in full swing, leaves changing and perfect dirt, all the stars were lining for a great day of riding. We left Jay @ 9AM with a great 34F and really dense fog. As soon as we got on route 100, everything cleared up and temperature started rising.

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A Stowe Epic needs a whole bunch of ingredients to work. Good vibe, good trails, sense of exploration and of course, not minding going back and forth to try and remember where the next trail is. Seb and I have been guided a whole bunch of times in Stowe before... but this time we were on our own.

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We started with the long climb on the singletrack and then hit Maple Run and back towards splitrock trail. We were on this trail back in Sept 06 and no one in Stowe seem to know about that trail... luckily, the GPS remembered! We came back on the catamount and went up to Peek-a-view to enjoy the beaty of autumn in Vermont. Simply beautiful.

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In all, we rode for 25mi and climbed nearly 3900ft for a total of 5H on the trails. We didn't see much people... 2 hikers near the pond, one rider at the end of our ride. We were suppose to go to Imburno after... but our legs needed food and after a sandwich, we decided to head back up North while the sun was still out. We took a more scenic road all the way to Montgomery Center. We finished the evening by sharing a DogFish Immort Ale (Vanilla and Maple, 11%) and we were totally done by 9:30PM! Hmmmmmmmm!

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What an amazing day!

[Deyv]

par Deyv » Lun Sep 28, 2009 9:49 pm

J'aime beaucoup la photo dans ton char sport!

superbe photos, les vues sont débiles!

[manu]

par manu » Lun Sep 28, 2009 10:17 pm

J'ai tu le droit d'etre VRAIMENT jaloux.