North Cheyenne Canyon
.. Has some nice trail. I rode up the Cheyenne Creek drainage and then down the Bear Creek drainage.
The ride up was on a trail called "7 bridges" gee, I wonder why? The bridges were recently repaired, so they were all ridable. I guess things were a lot more sketchy a year or so ago.
![](http://lh3.google.com/jesse.parker/RumFupyPynI/AAAAAAAAD98/fOyFcPSOfKQ/s400/IMG_0813.JPG)
The trail itself was steep and technical, with about 30% hiking. Plus I got lost and ended up on some pretty exposed crappy "trail"
![](http://lh6.google.com/jesse.parker/RumFyZyPypI/AAAAAAAAD-M/tgFL2_nl6Ak/s400/IMG_0829.JPG)
I backtracked and got back on the real trail, which headed up along a reddish scree slope. The terrain here is like nothing I'd seen before. Decomposed reddish pink granite with pines and aspens.
![](http://lh3.google.com/jesse.parker/RumOLpyPyyI/AAAAAAAAD_w/Dx4p66KE2_4/s400/IMG_0834.JPG)
![](http://lh6.google.com/jesse.parker/RumGEZyPyxI/AAAAAAAAD_M/kV9w_sgg6PE/s400/IMG_0841lmerged.jpg)
![](http://lh3.google.com/jesse.parker/RumF2pyPyrI/AAAAAAAAD-c/aGASS83902o/s400/IMG_0843.JPG)
When I stopped to eat I looked over and saw an aspen that had some serious bear markings on it. Pretty cool if you ask me, I parked the bike in front for size comparison.
![](http://lh6.google.com/jesse.parker/RumF-ZyPyvI/AAAAAAAAD-8/eT9-Zb3SaM4/s400/IMG_0853.JPG)
They were pretty high up, but were also fairly old so I bet the bear wasn't really 10 feet tall.
![](http://lh4.google.com/jesse.parker/RumF75yPyuI/AAAAAAAAD-0/HfE9Phw2PlM/s400/IMG_0852.JPG)
I even saw a touch of fall:
![](http://lh6.google.com/jesse.parker/RumGAZyPywI/AAAAAAAAD_E/uOgZzFEfsa4/s400/IMG_0855.JPG)
Even though it's supposed to be 90 on Sunday..
The ride up was on a trail called "7 bridges" gee, I wonder why? The bridges were recently repaired, so they were all ridable. I guess things were a lot more sketchy a year or so ago.
The trail itself was steep and technical, with about 30% hiking. Plus I got lost and ended up on some pretty exposed crappy "trail"
I backtracked and got back on the real trail, which headed up along a reddish scree slope. The terrain here is like nothing I'd seen before. Decomposed reddish pink granite with pines and aspens.
![](http://lh6.google.com/jesse.parker/RumGEZyPyxI/AAAAAAAAD_M/kV9w_sgg6PE/s400/IMG_0841lmerged.jpg)
When I stopped to eat I looked over and saw an aspen that had some serious bear markings on it. Pretty cool if you ask me, I parked the bike in front for size comparison.
They were pretty high up, but were also fairly old so I bet the bear wasn't really 10 feet tall.
I even saw a touch of fall:
Even though it's supposed to be 90 on Sunday..
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