Curly Lakes, August 2011 -- Perhaps the Best Mountain Bike Ride on Earth

Curly Lakes is a mountain bike ride in the Tobacco Root Mountains. It's probably the best mountain bike ride I've done and is reminiscent of Porcupine Rim in Moab: a long ride with big views and a long descent.

Greg Hood invited me to come along with he and his buddies, and Jen couldn't help but to ask to come along, as we'd been hoping to do this ride for some time. We went over on Friday afternoon, camped, enjoyed an evening with good company, and did the ride in the morning.

The ride was billed as awesome and it didn't disappoint. What a great trail! The views are epic, the trail is in stellar condition, and the descent is 2 hours long. We were wide eyed after and still are. The pictures say more than I can.

Greg early on in the ride.



Jen early on in the ride.

Jen at the saddle above Curly Lake.

Jen heading to the peak.

Here she's closer.

And here we are on top with the Highlands behind us.

On the way to the car, nearin the end.

Finally back.