Woke at 5 and was surprised to see that no one else had interest after
looking outside. Hit the snooze alarm repeatedly til 6 and left the
house at 6:30 in about 3 inches of perfect snowball/snowman snow.
Snow was still coming down steady. At the Belmont Woods trailhead I
lowered the tire pressure to low 20's and went toward Rockburn Branch
with Highway to Hell blaring on iPod. Traction was good and little
rises were an effort. Up Rockburn Branch and left at 4 way to descend
the middle Rockburn Branch. Pedal stuck on the big log at the top and
left a big snow angel in the freshness. Started to turn right and go
up the other fresh Rockburn Branch, but I noticed a light out of the
corner of my eye coming up from Belmont. Enter PJP on his 32X16 Surly
1X1 650-sixer (that was a hard gear to push through the driven snow).
Back up the Rockburn right again. Ridge past the bar and lollipopped
the Valley View Alternate back to Connector. At this point the snow
changed to freezing rain. Morning Choice to Log and exit PJP at
Landing. I hit Renegade and Nacho and stole freshies on most of the
Belmont Woods trails before heading home.
Morning Choice valley bottom after bombing in from Belmont field.
Again at the top of this Morning Choice climb by the Old Connector
trailhead. Outlook is not good for riding in the near future unless we continue
to get nice thick wet snow that later freezes into a crust thick
enough to ride upon without breaking thru. Fingers crossed;-)
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