Here I am at the very top of the hill, looking down the trail going to the top of Amanita Road, which I reached about ten minutes or so after taking this picture.

one-day vacation

3/1/09

This is my favourite bit of trail that does not show up on any map that I've seen. A dying breed, for sure.

Vannet smakte ikke godt, gjorde blæren skitten, jeg kommer ikke til å bruke den igjen, i hvert fall ikke uten filter.

The water was not tasting good, made the bladder dirty , I won't use it again, at least not without a filter.

fast and flowing doubletrack

No, they didn't crash

shropshire birchope

Here I am (more or less) at the top of the trail (the very top is still a little ways behind me here) looking back down it. This is quite a ride coming down, I assure you!

The roads start off straight and easy to navigate.

The road navigating is a little tricky - lots of roads to choose from. My stomach starts to bother me.

Gated section of Loop Trail is doubletrack or wide singletrack.

We're still on the pipeline, but a road makes the walking easier. Physically, anyway.

Two hours into our Cape Solitude hike we can clearly follow the doubletrack and are certainly in the open desert. Colter and I encountered some wild horses out here. I don't know why I don't have any photos of them!

On the grassy Broad Mountain doubletrack.

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