Bell Canyon to Ahmanson
to Chesebro
Sunday
11.06.05
There were 7 riders who showed
for Sunday's adventure that left from the base of Bell Canyon. Under
early overcast skies, Rod served as our guide on a great route that took us
first into the recently burned area of Ahmanson Ranch. Because of the
recent rains green grass was already sprouting throughout the blackened
landscape.
DavidR, Joe (suckin'
it in), John, Nelson, Rod, and DavidN pose near the eastern edge of Ahmanson
Ranch
A pair of
Davids lead the pack on a fireroad climb
A "painterly" view
of John, Joe and Rod in Ahmanson
Travelling 'deeper'
into Ahmanson
At the Las Virgenes Fireroad
we managed to "accidentally" break up into 3 groups as we wended our way towards
the Little Baleen climb that would bring us into Chesebro. One group went
up from the bottom of the climb while the other 2 groups took two different
routes on Juan's Singletrack to the LB climb.
Rod and David
struggle up the relentless Little Baleen climb
Once in Chesebro Canyon we
headed up the main Sulfur Springs Trail where we were confronted by a couple of
the tough technical climbs.
David and Joe
walk an always tough climb
John clears a
technical section!
Rod clears the same
section!
These are the last photos that
I took on Sunday. When we reached Shepherds Flat we pedaled over to and
down the always thrilling GasPipe/BrokenSpoke/Whatever Trail. When we got
to the spot that is my favorite for photos we found the terrain had changed to
be virtually unrideable for all of us except Nelson, who, with his
newly learned Mammoth downhill skills, was able to clear the far right hand
side. Unfortunately I was not there to capture his daring with my
camera....but kudos to Nelson!!!
At the bottom of the trail we
turned to the left to climb Las Virgenes FR to the singletrack that took us out
to the top of Bell Canyon. At the pavement we turned left and after about
100 yards turned right onto the steep and loose horse trail that took us down to
Bell Canyon Drive. The street took us back to our cars for another 18 or
so miles of great Sunday morning mountain biking.
Robco Baggins
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