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| Group photo on the Louder Ponds portion |
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| Starting off on Brian's Head Peak |
My uncle, cousin, dad, and a few of my uncle's family friends got together down in Cedar City for a couple day bike trip. We stayed at one of the friend's cabins, and put in as much riding as we could. My dad and I ended up missing the first ride on Thunder Mountain due to my little sister having her first child (a cute little boy), but still hit the second ride on the first day and the second day ride.
We started off by riding the Bunker Creek trail, which could appropriately be named "Bumper" Creek due to how rocky the trail is on the downhill. The trail starts at Brian's Head Peak, then a little ways down we split off onto a portion of the Louder Ponds Trail. Shortly after passing Louder Ponds we cut across a meadow, found another trail that goes past another pond and downhill, then cut across some more meadows until we hit the road, called Sidney Valley Rd. (for more info on the exact trail check out utahmountainbiking.com). At that point we get back on the Bunker Trail and go left to hit the Right Hand Fork Trail (go figure). At that point it is a gnarly downhill trail that was an absolute blast, and in total we rode about 13.9 miles.
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| At the Peak starting off |
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| First portion of the trail |
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| First creek crossing, not quite ridable |
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| Looking across the pond at some elk |
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| Trailhead for getting back onto Bunker Creek |
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| Some of the technical downhill |
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| Crossing another creek after some fun downhill |
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| Riding tubeless one of our riders got a flat |
A couple of our riders had gone tubeless, and one of them actually ended up getting a flat on the Bunker Creek portion. To repair it we stuck a gel wrapper in the tire, and we could actually see the wrapper poking through, but the tire stayed intact for the rest of the ride still!
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| Towards the end, just before we hit the final doubletrack portion |
