Outskirts of Lake Gregory
Today was a big ride from the house for the guys. I jumped in the trustee Subaru as official ride support and we were off at about 10:45. From the house we went up to HWY 18 and wound our way over/down to the Crestline cutoff for a short climb.
Over, down, and across highway 138 to the back route into Wrightwood. Lone Pine Canyon is a mostly straight road climbing about 3000′ depending on where you are measuring from. It’s the first time the guys have been up and they seemed to really enjoy it.
Bottom of Lone Pine
After scaling the Lone Pine climb into Wrightwood they continued onto the junction of HWY2 and Big Pines. Down Big Pines over to the Devil’s Punchbowl course. A seemingly rabid dog chased all the guys and particularly pissed off Ryon, which I found quite enjoyable back in the car. He really came alive and hit his 20 second peak power after being in the saddle for about 4:00:00. On the way down the Punchbowl climb we came across a horse on the loose, which was a bit startling. At 4:35:00 into the ride Ryon called it a day, after amassing 2925kj and about 7000′ of climbing. 15:00 later, with 100kj more, Connor climbed into the car as well. Devan soldiered on for another hour, climbing another 3000′ up to the top of Big Pines. At 5:50:00, with just over 4800kj and a bit over 10,000′ of climbing this was Devan’s biggest day in the saddle when judged by kj’s. These guys are getting in some great miles before the season starts.
