Well the plan was for an epic ride today, starting out at Mail Cabin Canyon and work our way up to the Center Stock Drive trail then down into Mosquito Creek valley, then up that valley and back the way we came down Mail Cabin. The first 2.5 miles up Mail Cabin were really nice, running along the stream at a very reasonable grade. Then the dreaded half mile hike-a-bike we knew was coming hit. It really was not that bad, but there was certainly no riding up it, but at least we figured we could ride down it on the way back.
Even after that was done, we still had a bit of hiking before we hit the intersection with Mike Harris trail. It took a minute to figure out which way we wanted to go especially since there were no bike tracks heading our way. The next mile was pretty beat up with horses having been up there last time it was wet. We were now up on the ridge and this trail really wanted to stay on the ridge as much as possible. We hit a section of exposed bench cut that horses had really done a number on, there wasn't a whole lot of bench left. We picked up the center stock drive trail at Mosquito pass and started a series of hike-a-bikes as the trail followed this up and down ridge. We were only about 7.5 miles into this 30 mile ride and it had already taken us over 3.5 hours. We did some calculations on time and figured there was decent chance that we were not gonna finish this before dark so after eating our fluffler nutter sandwiches at this point, we started back. You can see Grand Teton Peak all the way in the back.
The mile between Mosquito pass and where we picked up the downhill into Mail Cabin was alot of hike-a-bike then doing the exposed beat up bench cut. We actually missed the turn but I was keeping an eye on the GPS and realized we missed it pretty quickly so a quick back track and we were headed down, big time.
The last couple miles along Mail Cabin Creek were a very pleasant way to end a not so great ride. Total of about 15 miles in close to 6 six hours. We stopped for a pizza in Victor, it was really just a take out place but had picnic tables and Adirondack chairs out side and the weather was so pleasant we just sat there, waited for the pizza, then ate it there.
Well the plan was for an epic ride today, starting out at Mail Cabin Canyon and work our way up to the Center Stock Drive trail then down into Mosquito Creek valley, then up that valley and back the way we came down Mail Cabin. The first 2.5 miles up Mail Cabin were really nice, running along the stream at a very reasonable grade. Then the dreaded half mile hike-a-bike we knew was coming hit. It really was not that bad, but there was certainly no riding up it, but at least we figured we could ride down it on the way back. 
Even after that was done, we still had a bit of hiking before we hit the intersection with Mike Harris trail. It took a minute to figure out which way we wanted to go especially since there were no bike tracks heading our way. The next mile was pretty beat up with horses having been up there last time it was wet. We were now up on the ridge and this trail really wanted to stay on the ridge as much as possible. We hit a section of exposed bench cut that horses had really done a number on, there wasn't a whole lot of bench left. We picked up the center stock drive trail at Mosquito pass and started a series of hike-a-bikes as the trail followed this up and down ridge. We were only about 7.5 miles into this 30 mile ride and it had already taken us over 3.5 hours. We did some calculations on time and figured there was decent chance that we were not gonna finish this before dark so after eating our fluffler nutter sandwiches at this point, we started back. You can see Grand Teton Peak all the way in the back.
The mile between Mosquito pass and where we picked up the downhill into Mail Cabin was alot of hike-a-bike then doing the exposed beat up bench cut. We actually missed the turn but I was keeping an eye on the GPS and realized we missed it pretty quickly so a quick back track and we were headed down, big time. 
The last couple miles along Mail Cabin Creek were a very pleasant way to end a not so great ride. Total of about 15 miles in close to 6 six hours. We stopped for a pizza in Victor, it was really just a take out place but had picnic tables and Adirondack chairs out side and the weather was so pleasant we just sat there, waited for the pizza, then ate it there.
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