Bike Ride - Waterton Canyon
I cannot remember the last time I road up into Waterton Canyon it has been many years! I think it was my Sophomore year of Highschool (1997!) When I was told last weekend though from some guys on the Mount Falcon Trail that this was a great mountain bike ride I was a little confused because my first response was ‘Well isn’t that a dirt road?’ Yes, for the first 6.5 miles that is true. But if you keep riding past the dam and follow the road it eventually turns into the Colorado Trail and has some awesome biking.
Total ride for this was about 16 miles, I didn’t make it too far on the Colorado Trail but I did get a good workout especially after riding up 6.5 miles to start the trail. I made it to the dam in about 35 minutes so not too bad and then all of a sudden it was a drastic change in vertical. Over 6.5 miles the trail only rises about 600 feet but then goes up quite a bit after that. The trail was beautiful with lots of wild life and a ton of spring run off. I did this ride on the day I played hookie from work on Friday so there were very few people on the trail considering what it is like on the weekends. After this ride I decided I must start bringing my camera more on my rides.
The Colorado Trail part of this ride was great. Actually probably my favorite ride to date. The switchbacks are tight and the hill is up but nothing too steep and no big waterlogs to navigate. There are some rocky sections but nothing too bad and the nice solitude of the mountains is always a welcome gift. This is a great cardio workout ride as it has the easy 6.5 miles before and then a great mountain bike ride after that. I plan on doing this one again and making the loop that the book suggests.
