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- Justin
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- Smith
Great stuff Barron! I loved that area when there was some moisture out there.
I got a text at about 11:00 last night telling me that we were going out to do some SST (and possibly SSST) this morning so be ready. (SST = secret single track... SSST = super secret single track)
This is riding in an established area that is being shut down/controlled by a combination of Federal and State forces. I need to get more active in land use issues, if it isn't too late already, but I digress.
I was running late so I put in about 20 miles of tarmac to the trailhead rather than bumming a ride from my buddy Roger. When I showed up the staging area was full of Roger's crew, "old" guys with high end bikes with race numbers on them. I've been here long enough to know what that means... these guys had forgotten more about motorbikes than I'll ever know and can still do everything one gear higher than I can![Smile :) :)](https://www.twtex.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Anyway, not many pictures today because we were either hauling the mail or lost and looking at maps. Fortunately there'd been some moisture out there and the pumice dust was marginally tamped down. High temp was upper 50's, pretty crazy for this time of year.
Here's Rog following the dirt trail through some rocks...
One of the aforementioned "older" guys who rode away from me at will, riding my KTM's evil blue cousin, an FE390 I believe.
After 30 - 35 miles of singletrack I decided that I'd better head home, so I connected some powerline roads while hitting the more "established" trails on the way back. This is looking north towards Prineville I believe.
And looking towards Bend.
A nasty boulder filled drop is right over the edge all the way to the valley floor. Being alone and in an area that nobody would think to look for a body, I did the smart thing, turned tail, and ran like a little girl![Wink ;) ;)](https://www.twtex.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
Not bad for the last weekend in January in the PNW.
I got a text at about 11:00 last night telling me that we were going out to do some SST (and possibly SSST) this morning so be ready. (SST = secret single track... SSST = super secret single track)
![Wink ;-) ;-)](https://www.twtex.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
I was running late so I put in about 20 miles of tarmac to the trailhead rather than bumming a ride from my buddy Roger. When I showed up the staging area was full of Roger's crew, "old" guys with high end bikes with race numbers on them. I've been here long enough to know what that means... these guys had forgotten more about motorbikes than I'll ever know and can still do everything one gear higher than I can
![Smile :) :)](https://www.twtex.com/forums/images/smilies/smile.gif)
Anyway, not many pictures today because we were either hauling the mail or lost and looking at maps. Fortunately there'd been some moisture out there and the pumice dust was marginally tamped down. High temp was upper 50's, pretty crazy for this time of year.
Here's Rog following the dirt trail through some rocks...
One of the aforementioned "older" guys who rode away from me at will, riding my KTM's evil blue cousin, an FE390 I believe.
After 30 - 35 miles of singletrack I decided that I'd better head home, so I connected some powerline roads while hitting the more "established" trails on the way back. This is looking north towards Prineville I believe.
And looking towards Bend.
A nasty boulder filled drop is right over the edge all the way to the valley floor. Being alone and in an area that nobody would think to look for a body, I did the smart thing, turned tail, and ran like a little girl
![Wink ;) ;)](https://www.twtex.com/forums/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif)
Not bad for the last weekend in January in the PNW.