Faux F.I.FO.

Joe & I got up to Mt Evergreen & 3 Sisters for a mid-morning start. Perfect skies, temps & especially prefect dirt  (still had ice fields on occasion to watch out for). 
'Twas a Winter Wonderland to begin.  32, sunny & a fresh dusting to make for some camo ice.

All smiles about the grippy dirt

Keep it upright on the way down

Primo!

All is NOT well in Chainville, threw it 3x 

Play it again Sam

Finished up work yesterday & ventured south again. Did a similar route to the one I missed the previous Saturday. A few dirt roads involved, but that descent more than made up for it!

The Springs'' trails have lots of southern exposure = dry dirt!

Time to drop the seat for the next 6 miles & 2,000'

Easy route to remember, & a fairly easy pedal to get to the high point. Then the downhill is all smiles.

Thar's Dirt Down Yonder!

We're either snowed in or sloppy up north, so last weekend some of us Denverites headed south for a fixin' of dirt, or dust if you weren't in the lead.

Joe with the Springs Crew

I ain't trying that switchback & set of stairs.

Didn't spot any sleestaks, luckily.

Red Rock Canyon was good stuff: bone dry trails, with a few chunky spots thrown in for fun.
Meanwhile, on the homefront..........

Only one key part of this puzzle remains to be had.

The forecast 'almost no accumulation' of snow dumped about 6" in the yard, so looks like the next few days are gonna be booooooring.

3 Sisters w/3 Brothers

Trails conditions improved over the week. 70% ride, 30% hike Monday afternoon at Green Mountain. Condition were almost the same for Thursday night T.I.T.S. ride, but the company & refreshments always made iffy conditions fun. We figured (hoped) the snow-shoers would be in force this week at 3 Sisters, so hit it up early.

This was not a good sign

Sean back at it

Kevin had very few issues with traction 

Bobby's ghost-bike

Brothers Lookout

Bobby rocks the rocks

Kevin's 1 issue with traction

Sean all smiles

As for the single-digit weather....still no need for gloves since stitching together my pogies. Once we got moving & in the sun, it felt like it was at least 15°f.  Good times!
This scouting ride showed us which trails to avoid, so back to it tomorrow with a better idea of a hike-free route.

February & coldness

The blizzard of 2012: It came, it snowed, I shoveled.

15.875"

Roof art

Zeke diving in

Beautiful Sunday morning, so PBRMe! & I took a gamble . I thought Red Rocks would be the safest bet for some packed down snow, plus it's just out the back door.

We pedaled very little

Snow's still too soft, so this was the norm.

We decided to take in the view....

...and did get something worthwhile accomplished before noon!

Snowshoe-ers & XC skiiers, get out there & pack down my trails!!






Oh yeah, did you remember to celebrate 2-1-12? 

明けましておめでとう

Sunday's service was a repeat of last week's sermon....but conditions were a touch better in most places.
Followed up with party for a 1-yr old, then noodles for dinner to celebrate the New Year.

Took a backyard jaunt this afternoon to check on conditions....Stonehouse always makes me think of Jimi.

Mostly good to go

In search of Primanti's

Sun's getting low

Picked up a lil' mud

That's all you need to know.

"You need a fat-bike", they said.

Mt Evergreen started out a bit rough, but ended all good.

Making snow angels

Condition got better right quick

I can dig it

It's gotta be noon somewhere

Not the best place for an ice-patch

3 Sisters was so good, we had to go back for 1 more.

In the backyard

Stayed in the backyard today....Red Rocks & Morrison Slide.

Let's rock!

Dirt exists in CO!

Looking south toward Red Rock amphitheater.

That's who was leaving the Nate prints....never saw her though.

About to roll down Morrison Slide, south side.

It warmed up real quick today, rolled out at 10am & had to shed my jacket within 1/2 mile. Getting to the end, looked like there might be some sloppy conditions later in the day.

PBRMe! in action

A pictorial essay.

Slickery out there.

Artful?

There be snow, but it were warm.

Steel

Sweaty palm syndrome

Pure concentration.

2nd time back down

Look, dirt!