Jumpoff/Shoreline Trail - First Ever RMB Video!

So this is my first ever video on this blog - short, a little bumpy, you might want to lose your lunch after watching it bounce around (I was videoing as I rode with one hand, phone in the other), but its a start - hopefully the start of many other good videos on this blog.

A few other photos also from our ride on the Shoreline Trail from the Jumpoff trailhead to 12th Street.

Women Shower, Men Ride

Climbing up Jumpoff

One of my sisters was having a baby shower, so the men of the family used this time to go for a ride - I hope no one takes offense at my title as this is more descriptive of our family than anything else.  Women will go do some feminine type thing like a baby shower or shopping while the men of the family are generally out riding.  We did the Jumpoff trail to Shoreline and then rode that to 12th Street and back.

Trailhead parking lot for Jumpoff

Jumpoff Trail

Just getting onto Shoreline

Cactus flower

Riding across Shoreline

Jumpoff - Late Fall

Riding up the Jumpoff switchbacks to Shoreline

We went for an early morning late October ride last weekend.  It was really cold to start, burnt the lungs a bit, but was a lot of fun still.  We did about 6 miles total, going from the Jumpoff trailhead to the point where the Shoreline trail intersects the canal road just before dropping to 12th Street.

Cousin Brad coming back up the trail.

My cousin rode with us on this ride.  He recently turned 19 years old and is preparing to serve two years as a missionary for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.  I think it is amazing that within the Church so many young men have a strong conviction that the Church is true and how it has blessed their lives, and so leave behind friends, family, schooling, and jobs for two years to serve God and help bless the lives of other people.

Riding south on the trail.

We had a lot of fun.  Hopefully its not our last ride of the year, but we know at this point with the colder weather that snow isn't far away.

One of the few tree spots - beautiful fall colors.

View over Ogden.

My dad riding up the trail

Riding up Shoreline

Return trip climb

Jumpoff - Afternoon Fall Ride

Did a quick ride up the Jumpoff trailhead to the Shoreline trail, and then did the section until it drops down to 12th Street.  For being a fall ride, it was surprising hot, although it was the middle of the afternoon.  We did it hard and fast, but had a great time.  This is a ride with a decent mix of climbing and descending, some narrow sections, some rocky sections, and just a lot of fun.

Jumpoff Canyon, Shoreline, and Waterfalls

Hit Jumpoff up again this morning, but instead of taking the north like earlier in the week before work, we hit the south trail and then rode Shoreline for aways. I love this trail. Lots of climbing and descents, without anything too crazy, a few rocky sections that are fun to navigate, narrow trail, great views.

We went about 7.7 miles round trip, and accidentally missed one turn and rode back on the Jumpoff North trail instead.

This is where the Shoreline singletrack crosses the canal road. You can either keep going down the singletrack to 12th Street, or you can ride the canal road up to the top of the waterfall. We chose the more scenic routeAt the end of the canal road there are some steps that lead to a view down into Ogden Canyon at the waterfall here. We ditched the bikes for a bit and walked up here to take a look and get some pictures. It was incredible.My dad is one of the nicest guys. Everywhere we go he knows someone, remembers them by name, and sincerely asks them about their life. This picture depicts what happens on many of our rides. I think it accurately represents how the Savior "went about doing good." (Acts 10:38)Looking back toward Ben Lomond on the return trip.

Jumpoff North Trail - Pre-Work Rides

I took a quick 1.5 mile ride on the Jumpoff North Trail and took it to the point that it joins with the Shoreline Trail. It was early enough that I had to take a headlamp for the first portion of the journey, but by the time I hit the turn back point it was pretty light.

The north trail ends up joining up to the canal road, and a Shoreline juncture, and if you take the Shoreline portion south I believe there is another split off that continues to go up Jumpoff Canyon, but I heard it is a bit steep for biking and have not yet tried to prove that statement otherwise.

Jumpoff Canyon Trail and Ogden Shoreline (north of 12th St)

Just south of the Ogden Nature Center Trailhead for the Shoreline Trail, but still well before 12th Street (or the Chevron on that road), is another trailhead tucked between some houses for Jumpoff Canyon. It has a cozy little parking lot, that leads to a pretty great trail. Still trying to figure out why it is called Jumpoff (is there a fun place to take a short gravity ending flight?), but I would probably have had to stick to the Jumpoff Canyon portion to discover why.

The trail is moderate on the difficulty level, enough so that you could probably take an early intermediate on the trail, with a decent amount of climbing, and only a few tech spots and a very narrow trail for a little ways. I highly recommend this trail, especially as an after work or quick ride. It has a little bit of everything, with great views, a bit of up and down, a few tech challenges, etc.

The route we take starts at the trailhead, climbs for a bit (middle picture), then crosses the canal road, keeps climbing, then we took the Jumpoff Canyon South fork, which basically becomes a part of the Shoreline trail (pictured at top and bottom) at a certain point, and just rides along until it eventually crosses the canal road again to drop down to 12th Street. You might have one or two more forks, but I frankly can't remember them now.