Tonight I rode into the hills above the Bonneville Shoreline Trail to watch the blue supermoon. A supermoon occurs 3-4 times a year when a full moon happens at the point in its orbit when it is closest to the earth, giving it a slightly larger appearance. A blue moon occurs every 2-3 years when... Continue Reading →
Today I completed an epic ride that I have been imagining for more than a year! More than 30 miles of gravel roads, more than a mile in elevation gain (5,416 ft. - the most in a single ride for me), and another ride above the 9,000-ft.-elevation level. I forded one stream and hiked the... Continue Reading →
I hopped on the Bonneville Shoreline Trail in North Salt Lake to ride up the back side of Ensign Peak. The light and clouds were beautiful, making the views stunning! The peak is an oddly-shaped protuberance in the foothills above the state capitol in Salt Lake City that has played an outsized influence on Latter-day... Continue Reading →
On the evening of July 4, fire broke out on the hillside above my home, prompting multiple evacuations in the neighborhoods around me. After a few days, the 128-acre Deuel Creek Fire had been put out by 80 firefighters, 7 engines, and multiple helicopters . . . and the Bonneville Shoreline Trail was passable so... Continue Reading →
Today I took my mountain bike out onto the Bonneville Shoreline Trail above Ogden. The trail follows the shore of a lake that existed between 13,000 and 30,000 years ago (late Pleistocene era) at the juncture of Bonneville Basin and the Wasatch Mountains. Looking south, with Antelope Island on the horizon. The views of the... Continue Reading →
This morning I went for a ride with Sunshine up City Creek Canyon and along the Bonneville Shoreline Trail (BST). The trail loosely follows the shoreline of the ancient Lake Bonneville, the largest Late Pleistocene paleolake in the Great Basin of western North America.
The Bountiful Temple sits high in the foothills north of Salt Lake City with a sweeping view of the valley below. The climb up the hill on 400 North/Bountiful Boulevard is steep, rising more than 750 feet in about two miles. Today I made my way to the top for this first time. I took... Continue Reading →
the Bikeswain 