Eric and I celebrated his birthday and the ending/beginning of good years up at Stonyford. I didn't get too many photos but you can tell the weather was great, even though the trails were mostly dusty. The last sunrise of 2013... A zoomed view from the top of Potato Hill... Putting the new birthday knife to work as 2013 slips away... All Husky... All the time... Waiting impatiently for darkness to fall... The trusty steeds carried us through 45 miles of the best single track Stonyford has to offer...40, 20, 3, 7. Took M5 down to the southern start of 4 and rode it start to finish. 45, 12, 6, 43, 33, 35, 36 and then down icky Potato Hill... Waiting for Jupiter... Our friends Dan and Lesley joined us later that night and we celebrated Eric's birthday and the beginning and ending of good years with cake and champagne. No cameras allowed A little love to start the year off right... A little more love... A tree branch wreaked havoc on Eric's backpack and our orange... Might as well eat it since we had nowhere to put it... Still there in the woods after 5 years... The trails have retained their character, pretty much, but the views are vastly different. This is 15, one of my favorites at Stonyford... One of the 22's... Dan dropping down 40 on his 2013 WR450F... My turn... I switched bikes with Dan before the singletrack at the bottom...37, I think it is? Dan was impressed with the gnarly grunt of my 165, and I was impressed with the plushness and power of his 450. It eats rocks for breakfast and is very smooth. Would make a nice dualsport We finished the day with 35 miles on the clock. We basically reversed the previous day's route and threw in the entirety of 15 just for fun. A great day riding with 2 of my all-time favorite riding buddies, and a great way to say "so long" to 2013 and "Welcome!" to 2014.
Woodschick, thanks for the write up. Stoney is in my backyard too..Haven't been there since the fire. Happy new year.
That's ok! I consider it an honor to be mistaken for the Dame Hell, now that she has a 125 even I can hardly tell us apart!
Awesome write up and you guys crack me up. Good stuff just having a Ez going good time. Love it. I've been to stony, I think the exact same place. The burn is actually kinda cool. How much burned in the ride area? Thanks for sharing. K
Oh, tell Eric he looks 20 when he smiles so we can see him smiling more. We know he is having a blast. Also, does the new knife have a cork screw?
Well, it would be totally understandable if you did Yep! Yeah, these photos make it look really wide open, not like the tight nasty stuff you have back east. I need to get better photos of the rest of the trails.
Thanks, Kelly. Almost the whole area burned. It was almost uncanny...when looking at the boundary of the fire it almost mirrored the riding area boundary exactly. Why, yes, as a matter of fact it does have a corkscrew! Boy, don't I know it! Thanks for checking it out! I would practically kill for some warm rain. So much dust...I'd much rather deal with mud, for sure.
A minor missive this time Woodsie; still a wonderful read. Belated Happy Birthday to Eric and Happy New Year and great riding in 14 to both of you.
Great report. I haven't been there since the fire either but it looks like it was pretty devastating to the forest. Awesome pics as always and a belated happy B-day to Eric.
