Snowy Monk

Saturday, January 22, 2022

2022 Shasta Ascension Race!

Spent another fun weekend down in Shasta. Unlike 2 years ago, Sno-Ball got cancelled... and we haven't had any snow for a while. So the course was fast, but skiing was mediocre. Sat, after the race I skied with the boys (demo-ed some skis too) into the sunset. Sun, we hung out downtown, then went over to Lake Siskiyou to chillax.

Granted I did this on my tele skis in 2019, I did manage to drop 15 minutes... which is pretty significant in a one hour race. Pretty stoked! Goal is to break 55 min...

Strava from 2022 - https://www.strava.com/activities/6567223411/overview

Results https://www.shastaavalanche.org/sites/default/files/shasta_ascension_backcountry_race_results_1.pdf

Strava from 2020 - https://www.strava.com/activities/3022881127/overview

Post from 2 years ago.

http://snowymonk.blogspot.com/2020/01/shasta-ascension-race.html

Friday, November 26, 2021

Bullard's Beach with Bridges, Willumsens, McGradys

Party time!

Kim getting shot up on Fri before we went... this one actually kinda kicked our butt

we lucked out on the weather and the beach was gorgeous

Notes

Kim and I got our boosters on Fri... and boy o boy... we felt like poo
Beaches

Devil's Kitchen - has a nice creek for the boys to play in, sheltered from wind, not many people, dog friendly, easy to get down to beach
Face Rock - nice place to walk, long walk down
Coquille Point - nice place to walk
Bullard's Beach gets wind hammered, no respite, no creeks, no rocks.

Fat Biking is fun here, but be sure to wash off the bikes, and check the tides

Next time

Whisky Run is awesome..

Go check out Whiskey Run Beach - boon docking spot?

Argentinian resturant

get ice cream at Face Rock Creamer

Do the Geocache Adventure Labs in Coquille

Saturday, October 2, 2021

AMC second go!

Bumped up to "expert" as expert and pros get to ride a bit extra. Didn't think I'd do well, but managed to get 2nd! Never won a segment, just consistently got 2nd on all of them. Ha.

https://www.strava.com/activities/6055066504

Uncle Funkle came up for the weekend, so we had to sign him up for the race.

Andy was doing great until he had a bit of a mechanical that took him out of the running...

Nikko lovin' Ullr

Post from last year... 5th in Sport to 2nd in Expert! Booya!

https://snowymonk.blogspot.com/2020/10/ashland-enduro.html

Results here: https://www.californiaenduroseries.com/round-5-results-ashland-mountain-challenge/

- Cory swept the race winning all 5 stages!

Monday, September 6, 2021

Alsea Falls Mtn Biking - Labor Day weekend

The kid's crew! Lovin' spring board laps

The trails here are purpose built for mtn bikers. Super fun.

Good time to get out of town...

There's plenty of gnar here as well. Just hop on Chutes and Boulders...

Tucker = tuckered out

We'd do a morning ride, then the kids would just play in the creek.

Shasta & Alsea Falls.

Check out Zenyn's bike!

Strava

Sat - Grom lap; ride with Jack (down with Steffan and Zane); springboard lap with Nikko and Leighton
Sun - Run to Green Peak falls; ride with Jack, Justin, Russ and Adrian; Soren and Nikko grom ride
Mon - Chutes & Boulders; last rip down

Links

Team Dirt - these guys maintain the trails. And you can see the trail conditions here. Toss them some dough! https://teamdirt.org/trailareas/alseafalls.html
Trail Forks - https://www.trailforks.com/region/alsea-falls/?activitytype=1&z=13.5&lat=44.31160&lon=-123.51170
Travel Oregon write up - https://traveloregon.com/things-to-do/outdoor-recreation/bicycling/alsea-falls-trail-system/

Next time

Do a few more rips on Chutes & Boulders... maybe in sections so I can familiarize myself with the trail.

Sunday, August 22, 2021

Orman's '21 - Jr. Lifeguard Camp

Some stava stuff.

Sat (Aug 14) - Craig Creek Trail Run - this was a nice run from the swimming hole between the two bridges. I saw Craig Creek Swimming Area on this run... which is where we ended up a few times in the afternoons.
Sun - Bald Hill Mtn Bike with Ghelfi, Herron, Koster, Carr - Ghelfi ran into some Shasta folks at Orman's, so we had a nice crew to ride with. Saw a redwood on fire (lightening). Here's some more info on it from the Redwood NP facebook pages... Bald Hill is a fire road, but it's a pretty fun hill. Would like to do the loop next time... which would be like 3 hrs, I think.

Strava