[Closed] SouthWestern USA Holiday Pics - Just to remind us what dry trails look like

Well at least the wet weather we've had recently has given me the time to add a MTB trip I did back in April to My website

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Two weeks of fantastic singletrack riding and NO rain

The route I took

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Phoenix Area Ride

Hawes - Had a great ride here with some AZ MTBR forum members, great trails and good company

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On another day I had a great ride over at Pima & Dynamite - brilliant xc singletrack

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Saw a couple snakes riding at Pima here one of em

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Sedona
I did a couple of rides in Sedona on the first day I did a big loop near Oak Creek Village
Llama Trail

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Broken Arrow Trail

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On 2nd day I rode with a friend and his dog, We rode some trails I'd not done before and having the dog along meant I didn't suffer as much as I normally do riding with my friend who's used to the altitude, as instead of waiting for me we had to wait for the dog

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Flagstaff

On this trip I only managed short ride on the Fort Valley trails (Upper Mt Elden was still snowed in)

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Kingman

I rode some excellent XC trails near Kingman

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St George

At St George I rode at Gooseberry Mesa - rode the hidden trail for the first time

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And saw another rattler

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I rode with Friends I'd met on a previous trip At Little Creek, I much prefer little creek to goosebury much better xc riding with great flow and superb views

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I rode at the slick rock swamp for the first time - very nice techy singletarck with nice views, and great guiding from my mate Rick

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Fruita

Rode Up at 18 road a couple of times in the day and at night

Joes Ridge

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Top of ziperty-do-dah

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Steep bit of Ziperty

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Vegee Trail

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Primecut at night

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Western Rim Trail - nice singletrack at times but perhaps a bit too much double track

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Kokopelli Trails - Ridden here quite a few times and the trails are still great to ride

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Cortez

The only thing that really sucked about this holiday was Moab - because I got stopped for speeding as I headed down towards Moab

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Phils world trails were nice (But a bit too buff) - the best part was the rib cage (not shown as i was having too much fun riding to take a picture - see video on my website)

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Sandcanyon was one of my favorite rides of the trip - very spooky as it turned to dusk - due to all the indian ruins and wilderness feel

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Gallup

I rode the High desert trail in the day and at night - my friend from flagstaff plus dog drove all the way out to ride with me on the high desert trail, and we had a great day

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I'm currently planning another trip out to SW USA in April / May 2010 if any one's interested in hooking up for some rides get in touch