Sarah and I decided to get a little later start today as we
thought we would need to take a shuttle to the top of the bike ride. After stopping in a local shop called
Poison Spider and getting a map of the area we headed up to the trail head with
a plan to just ride back up to the top instead of taking the shuttle. Our plan was to do a ride called Mag7
or The Magnificent 7. Mag7
consists of 7 rides called Bull Run, Arth’s Corner, Great Escape, Little
Canyon, Gold Bar Rim, Gold Bar Rim 4x4 and Poison Spider Mesa 4x4. Most of the trails are downhill, super
technical, single track trails.
Sarah decided to take it easy today as she hadn’t been feeling well
since last night. That means I had
a ride once I got to the bottom, or so I thought. After riding the brutal Bull Run, Arth’s Corner and Little
Canyon I was about 8.5 miles into the ride and torn apart. I would compare these rides to trying
to hold onto a roller coaster without being strapped in. After I got to the bottom I realized
that Sarah wouldn’t be able to make it all the way down without 4 wheel drive
so I biked back up the hill and finally found Sarah relaxing on the side of the
road.
We were both desperately looking for some relief from the sun, so we found a local waterfall/ natural pool to go cool off in. It was a great spot for jumping from the rocks into the pool below. After 20 minutes of waiting in the pool below for Sarah, I actually got her to jump in. That night we packed up our head lamps and headed out to watch the sunset from a trail that was close to our site. On our way we got to see the Landscape Arch, which is one of the more peculiar arches that we saw since it was so wide and skinny. We knew we were close to missing the best part of the sunset so I made Sarah run so we didn't miss it. When we go to a clearing at the the top of the rocks the winds were brutal. Sarah had sand in her eyes and was being blown back and forth. I made the mistake of setting down my nalgene, which got blown off the cliff. It was all worth it though when we got to take in the most beautiful sunsets of the whole trip. The hike back was fun since it was pretty dark and we were the only ones out on the rocky trail. Luckily, the only run-in we had was with a ranger who was checking for any lost hikers.
We were both desperately looking for some relief from the sun, so we found a local waterfall/ natural pool to go cool off in. It was a great spot for jumping from the rocks into the pool below. After 20 minutes of waiting in the pool below for Sarah, I actually got her to jump in. That night we packed up our head lamps and headed out to watch the sunset from a trail that was close to our site. On our way we got to see the Landscape Arch, which is one of the more peculiar arches that we saw since it was so wide and skinny. We knew we were close to missing the best part of the sunset so I made Sarah run so we didn't miss it. When we go to a clearing at the the top of the rocks the winds were brutal. Sarah had sand in her eyes and was being blown back and forth. I made the mistake of setting down my nalgene, which got blown off the cliff. It was all worth it though when we got to take in the most beautiful sunsets of the whole trip. The hike back was fun since it was pretty dark and we were the only ones out on the rocky trail. Luckily, the only run-in we had was with a ranger who was checking for any lost hikers.
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