Black Canyon

Well we headed over from Jackon over Teton Pass to Victor ID this morning, probably only about 45 minutes or so without a 12,000 plus pound trailer tethered to ya, but we made it with no issues other than slowing down a few people behind us. Victor is an interesting place, i think population on the sign was less than 1000 but some serious high end homes. Im jumping a little but we stopped in the corner store on the way back after the ride, it looked like some po dunk corner grocery but it had all the high end stuff of a Wegman's, very strange.
Anyways, we settled in here then headed back over the pass to start our ride. I was a little apprehensive about the ride, it seemed like the down hill had the potential of being a steep washed out, rocky mess. It was the easiest (not easy) 2000 foot climb ive done on a mountain bike. It was actually on the old pass road, now basically a two lane multiuse trail from just above the valley floor to 2000 feet and four miles above at Teton pass. We made the climb in just under an hour, not having to slide down to the small chain ring at all. From that point the ride directions took us back a dirt access road for a half mile but howie spied a single track that said it took us in the same direction so we took that instead. It was probably a bit steeper in a couple sections and much more exposed but a good call over all. This started the second half of the climb, only 700 feet or so on a nice single track over the next 1.5 miles.



After about 5.5 miles we peaked out and started down. For now out fears were allayed as the trail started down at a reasonable rate, the track was in excellent shape switch backing through wildflower meadows. If we had any complaint it would be the trail was a little on the dusty side but that would really just be whining. After losing about 1000 feet we took a short break to cool howie's brakes down. Just after that we we headed into a pine forest and eventually the trail found the creek. It remained in excellent shape, with a number of drops due to roots, maybe 12" at most. The tread stayed in excellent condition all the way down to the truck, defying our expectations in more than a pleasant manner. For only a 10.5 mile ride, we were quite satisfied, especially due to our some what limited ride time.
I have an epic planned for tomorrow, all the trail is either in the guide book or on the map so im pretty confident it should be a good ride, although we will run into a half mile hike a bike according to both map and book. so keep your fingers crossed and say a prayer for us.