Plans....

Fall through.

Originally planned to go to Black Canyon with Hosking today. He got sick, and it was way wet out there. Didn't want to drive an hour for nothing.

Sedona? also too muddy.

Decided to stay close to home and suffer a bit on Little Granite....Rigid....SS.....suffering is guaranteed. Got one companion in Jay: a very game, but less than fit anesthesia colleague. So off we went on two orange bikes.

More snow than I have ever seen at the top of 37. Hard to climb SS in snow. Muddy in spots, but not the evil kind of mud. Beautiful views. I love 37 for that. Nice tech stuff that in some ways was easier on the rigid in the snow Hard to explain, but rigid just forces one to slow down, and the snow was tacky, and the wet dirt unbelievably tacky.

We rode out for about 1.5 hours, the hiked and biked our way back through mud, snow. I would call it a good day all in all. Not your typical ride for sure. Probably hiked 2 miles out of 8. Really glad I didn't take the geared bike for this one.

One thing is for sure...commuting is no substitute for actually getting out on trails with some steep climbs. I have felt the time off the trails. Maybe I need to set up a SS commuter with a barely pushable gear to get some power training.