Inspiration hit, as Chollaball mentioned, for Christmas Eve, he was heading down to Tuscon to pedal.
I thought to myself, heck I wanna ride down in Tuscon, but I also wanna ski. But wait, Ski Valley, the dinky resort at the top of Mt. Lemmon was up and running. A plan formulated that I would ride the lower trails in the Catalina Mountains (the trails not covered in snow), and then following the ride, I could head up to Ski Valley for an afternoon session of skiing. So I posted up a Tuscon MTB, that I wanted to find somebody who wanted to do a quick shuttle run on La Milagrosa. Luck would have it, Miracle (Chris) replied that he was in. Stoke was high, and I knew my plan would now come to fruition.
I met up with Chris at Le Buzz at 8:00. We then dropped my car off at the end of the Millie, and then we took his truck up to Prison Camp. We hit the trail at about 8:45 and man was it cold, but I had the perfect amount of layers for the whole ride. I didn't freeze in the shadows and didn't roast by the we time we finished up at 11:15. We the shuttled back up to his truck, and the lap was completed in 3 hours. Just as planned.
From there I head up the highway to Mt. Lemmon, got my ski boots on and grabbed my skis, and paid for my lift ticket just as they were discounting them at 12:30 (afternoon skiing is 32 clams).
The mountain biking was pure awesomness, and the skiing conditions were ...
...well, just okay, but hey it was still a day on the slopes (day 5 for the season).
Here's a Vid of the Day:
2 comments:
WOW, it certainly looked like a fun day! Did not know there is kickass downhill biking in Tucson. Might have to visit there sometime and setup shuttle like you did.
Thanks for sharing your great adventures~
Thanks!
Millie is a a most excellent trail, but even though it is a great shuttle run, it is not all down hill. From the highway back up to the ridge there is a good 20 minute hike a bike.
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