Sunday, September 25, 2011

HW OUTING: HOLY WOW RIDES THE WHOLE ENCHILADA IN MOAB

Holy Wow, the Whole Enchilada is one big meal. We tried to eat it up and it ate us up too. It is one huge ride, over 35 miles of high altitude single track, mid mountain banked turns, and lovely rock climbs along the porcupine rim.

We satrted at 9:30 AM with a shuttle from 4000 ft above sea level(Moab) up to 11200 ft. |Then a 800 ft climb to Burro Pass, followed by single track that is very out of character for Moab.  There were actual trees and streams that were great fun and reminded us of home. This single track led us to Hazard County and a huge collection of banked turns that were a real blast to ride. We had a rash of flats but the repair team became very efficient a tire repair. Good one guys.

Hazard led us to Kokapelli double track and a ripping good time with airs and high speeds. Then came UPS Upper Porcupine Singletrack) and a sweet collection of rock dropss and banked sand turns that had the Wowers hooting and hollering. LPS(you can guess what that stands for) was more of the same and along came Porcupine Rim, and the Enchilada started to take its prisoners.

The ride took us to 6 PM to complete the guanlet but everyone was still smiling and no one was injured. A great ride.

Due to our late completion of the ride and our venture to get enchiladas for dinner, I will not have pictures until tomorrow.  Stay tuned

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