Winter Neditation

Another epic adventure happened yesterday in Nederland, CO. What started as 2-3 of us trying to go for a nice Saturday afternoon ride turned into a possy of 7 riding through snow, ice, rain, and hurricane force winds. Terrific!

We took the 12:10 bus up and left the beautiful sunshine and 65 degree weather in Boulder. It was 42 and just beginning to snow when we arrived. Typical Ned weather. Fortunately all of us had prepared and thrown in some extra layers and a shell to keep the moisture out.
We began the first ascent of the day and as we climbed up the road we noticed that the ground beside us was shifting from brown and green-to bleach white. "Oh man," I said with a smirk, "Gonna be a fun one!" The snow conditions were perfect. It was deep enough to cover the majority of the ground, but shallow enough to still have traction for the climbs. If you have never experienced moutnainbiking in the snow, I highly recommend it. Great fun!

I took most of these pics at the beginning of the ride before the weather really started to turn on us. Once the rain/snow started to really fall, I decided getting the hell of of the mountain was more important that the possible photo op.









(Gotta love Whitty's face here... never fails)

















We stopped at this one turn to try and get Mr. Mari catching the drift.. I gotta figure out the perfect angle for these types of shots. Not sure yet, but practice, practice, practice...


And here is Peter Gaston shredding through the trees..