The snow is officially gone and it's time to ride! I found and mapped a new trail, the Buckskin Morgan Ridge trail, on the ridge across from Kelly Canyon the other day; this trail is about 5.9 miles long and has approximately 1300 ft. of vertical descent.
To get there, you need to drive past Kelly Canyon and when the road forks, take the far left road. You go another couple miles past the fork and see a sign and small parking lot; this is the trailhead. My recommendation would be to shuttle this section, or in other words drive two cars. Leave one at the top and one at the bottom, so you don’t have to bike the uphill section, unless that’s your style.
You’ll find a few tough uphill sections as well as some fast technical sections with big rocks. The trail also follows a creek for a while that you have to cross several times. Watch out for cows along the way and practice your cowboy yell so they get out of the way. You’ll also find some cow fences that you’ll have to stop for, just make sure you close them after you move through and the farmers won’t get too upset.
There is one part at the bottom that without some instruction could result in you getting lost. There will be a long downhill section followed by a cow fence. About a hundred yards after the cow fence take a left, within a few hundred yards of the turn you should be following a creek. Enjoy the ride and let me know how it was.
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