On August 24, we went to Park City to MTB. It had seemed like ages. We went to Round Valley where we found ourselves once more in the midst of the National Ability Center's Summit Challenge road ride. We confirmed that this is a great time to ride RV: the parking lots are slammed with the road ride participants so casual MTBers stay away, leaving the trails nearly empty. Except for us!
The weather was great: temperatures in the low 60s and sunny with no wind. The few people we did see out on the trails seemed like local riders, not tourists, although we did come across a group of women with nameplates workshopping a section of Rademan Ridge.
This was our route: the usual Quinn's TH start, Matt's Flat, up PorcUClimb, down Rusty Shovel to the paved bike path, around to and up Happy Gilmore, segueing to up Tin Man to Rademan Ridge (a solid eighteen minute climb), down Rambler and then back up Rambler (sagebrush switchbacks), back up PorcUClimb and down Down Dog (the "PDog loop"), back to Matt's Flat and out. Our second PorcUClimb climb was better than the first; our legs had had a chance to warm up.
Ride stats: 16.35 miles; 1:46 hours; avg. speed 9.4 m.p.h. / top speed (H) 25.3 m.p.h.; 1,270 feet of climbinb
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