This was a very enjoyable and educational hitch. It was not quite backcountry, but we were camped mostly out of view of any inhabitations and only heard or saw people on a few occasions. It helped that the trail was not connected to any other trail or road during the time we were working on it.
On this, our third hitch, our task was to create a new mountain bike trail (an extension of an existing one) in the Salida Mountain Trails network. We followed a route that had been flagged out by our Program Coordinator, Todd Loubsky, who had followed a rough route approved by BLM. We were given authority to make any minor adjustments to the route if need be.
Weather was mostly very pleasant during our time working on this project. Cloud cover at night kept trapped in warmth through the night. One morning we woke up at hiked up out of the valley to see the clouds breaking up to reveal beautiful, pristine, snow capped mountains.
Highlights of this trip would be nearly stepping a baby rattlesnake, moving some seriously massive rocks (including one that must have been at least 1' x 4' x 6'), seeing Sarah eat a squirming lizards tail, and seeing 900 ft of trail (with 200 ft of rock wall) come together out of nothing.
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| Baby rattlesnake pointed out to me after presumably walking right over it. No developed rattles present. |
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| Sarah Coleman's lunch |
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