Painted dessert?
Painted dessert?
Red Rock Canyon just west to Bryce.Painted dessert?
I drove through Zion. You have to get a pass to ride the shuttle into the main canyon. Only 14 people allowed on the shuttle. I drove through because I've been there many times. If you have not, you should go into the main canyon and hike the Narrows and Angel's landing. You will probably need at least 1 hiking pole for the Narrows, according to how high the water is.Did you go to Zion? I think I'm going to stop there next week on my GS Rescue ride.
We did Bryce in a car this June and 12 is calling my name on the bike. Also 9 looks great on the map.
Thanks for the idea!!!!!Painted dessert?
That comment just made me happy because "if Denny thought it was tough...."Ophir has gotten tough. I had street gearing and I doubt I could have ridden west to east without changing the front sprocket. Harder than Black Bear the last time I rode it.
You got that right.Better a mountain pass with poor gearing than sitting behind a desk working!
They do. In 1992 I did Engineer and Cinnamon on a Seca 650. That would be a shaft drive sport tourer today. I did bang up the exhaust so badly it had to be replaced.I did Ophir 2018 on the WR250R eastbound. I didn’t attempt this year.
While talking to an professional driver for one of these tourist truck companies (Ford F250 long bed with 9 seats in the bed) this August he said every year these mountain passes get a little bit tougher.
Ophir has gotten tough. I had street gearing and I doubt I could have ridden west to east without changing the front sprocket. Harder than Black Bear the last time I rode it.
When were there in July 2018, we talked to some guys staying at our hotel that had done it on KTM 690s and they had a hard time of it. The scree field section in particular was just really rough. We opted to head a bit further south and do Barlow Creek Rd over Bolam Pass which drops out to Hermosa Creek and eventually US 550 South of Silverton. Just North of where we dropped out on 550, we did Lime Creek Rd., which I had never done before. It wasn't real technical, but it was a really cool road with neat shelf sections overlooking Lime Creek.
Road,age, stamina all degrading. The oy thing getting better is the bikes.I did Bolam too. And did it in a Jeep this June as well. It too is getting worse each year. In 2018 I rode it on the WR and then rode Ophir back (I was staying near the Purgatory ski area). Then I did Bolam again this year and the road was much rougher than I remember it being. Poor memory or degrading road? It is a very scenic road.
Same here.2 weeks ago, Cinnamon &California weren’t too bad on my 1190 & friend’s GSA. I came down Ophir to Ophir. It was a handful.