Mountain Biking at Wilder Ranch

February 27, 2008July 2, 2013 ChrisLeave a comment

A brilliant day for mountain biking near the coast in Wilder Ranch State Park. We got in a four hour tour around the park: Engelsmann to Wild Boar Trail and Old Cabin Trail, over and down and around Enchanted Loop, up to the Eucalyptus grove and then, after a break, on up Chinquapin Trail to the northern border of the park, back down to the intersection of Enchanted Loop to do Twin Oaks Trail around and then finally up again on Wilder Ridge Trail to finish with Zane Gray Trail. Woo-hoo!

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Riding Russian Ridge

December 18, 2007August 2, 2013 ChrisLeave a comment

I usually don’t think to bring my camera along mountain biking, but I did while visiting Russian Ridge Open Space Preserve with the Mere Mortals group this time:

Mountain Biking on Boggs Mountain

June 26, 2006July 2, 2013 ChrisLeave a comment

A very hot but fun weekend camping and mountain biking in the Boggs Mountain Demonstration Forest (north of Calistoga) — hosted by Richard and Justin of the Bay Area Outdoor Adventure Club.

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A Little Adventure in Thailand

May 10, 2005September 20, 2016 ChrisLeave a comment

(April 15th – 30th, 2005)

This is a collection of images from a two week trip to Thailand arranged through BikeHike Adventures. Most of the trip was guided by Daniel and Scott of Smiling Albino but the last four days were on my own in the Krabi region.

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Mountain Biking around Tahoe

July 9, 2002September 20, 2019 ChrisLeave a comment

I went up to Lake Tahoe with Jeanie for the extended, Fourth of July weekend. After enjoying the fireworks at June Lake with her mom, we spent the rest of the weekend mountain biking on various trails around Tahoe. We started high up on the north side, wandering around looking for some suspected trails on the first day. On the second day, we did the full loop of the awesome Flume Trail.

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Biking Fort Ord Public Lands

March 18, 2002August 5, 2014 ChrisLeave a comment

Click through for a gallery of pictures from another most excellent ROMP ride led by Richard:

Pumpkin Ride

October 28, 2001August 6, 2014 ChrisLeave a comment

The proper way to gather pumpkins for the season… on your mountain bike and in costume! Here’s the deal. Starting from the upper Purisma Creek parking lot (on Skyline), you ride in costume down a mix of single-track, fire roads, and paved roads to a pumpkin farm near Half Moon Bay. You select your choice of pumpkins, pack’em up, and then haul yourself and your pumpkin load back up to the top. Prizes are awarded in various categories including most weight (pumpkin that is) and best costume.