My biking buddies Kevin and Dave and I hit a new segment of trail yesterday. The Black Canyon Trail runs from Cave Creek up to Black Canyon City. It’s been mainly built by horseback riders and mountain bikers. We hit a segment that starts in Black Canyon and rode about 5 or 6 miles in to a logical turn around point and back. It was perfect weather, a little cold, with water running in the agua fria river, which left my socks wet on the ride and the return, and a grin on my face. The trail has been really well laid out so that climbs are long and gradual, and the scenery was amazing. I took a set of photos with my iPhone from a nice resting place and composed a photosynth of them here. The light levels are a bit off, but you get the idea. The trail doesn’t see a ton of traffic, we probably passed about 5 bikers and 4 horse/riders. I was wearing my heart rate monitor and recorded 3:20 of ride time, with 2551 calories expended. I feel pretty sore today, since I had lifted at the gym the preceeding day, but it was really nice to put tire to new trail. I’m hoping 2009 is the year I get back to riding a lot.
#1 by dbackdad at January 4th, 2009
That photosynth is pretty cool. I had not seen that app before.
Nice pictures. Looks like a fun ride.