Fun
So I did a similar loop to last time in North Cheyenne Canyon. or Canon with the little tilda thingy above the "n". It was a long ride, took me just under 6 hours at a fairly leisurely pace. The snow is almost all gone, I only hit one patch the entire ride I had to go through. I posted a bunch of pictures, so check 'em out.
![](file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/JESSEP%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg)
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENl7yQytXI/AAAAAAAAGoE/Ap4OHz_0BO0/s400/Saint%20Mary%27s%20Pipeline%20Loop%20021.jpg)
There was still a lot of walking the bike uphill through rock gardens:
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENl-CQytYI/AAAAAAAAGoQ/bLPfJuXnbPI/s400/Saint%20Mary%27s%20Pipeline%20Loop%20023.jpg)
And then it got worse..
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENl_yQytZI/AAAAAAAAGoc/VQ7g4dShbXA/s400/Saint%20Mary%27s%20Pipeline%20Loop%20024.jpg)
Views were rewarding though..
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENmBSQytaI/AAAAAAAAGoo/OOTfck1e0Ms/s400/Saint%20Mary%27s%20Pipeline%20Loop%20028.jpg)
Weird deadfall at the top.. almost 11,000 feet!
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENmEiQytcI/AAAAAAAAGpA/eLlXUmmcWW0/s400/Saint%20Mary%27s%20Pipeline%20Loop%20032.jpg)
Flowers up there too:
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENmJyQytfI/AAAAAAAAGpo/uzVFlQYiiM8/s400/Saint%20Mary%27s%20Pipeline%20Loop%20048.jpg)
Cool mossy trail on the way down. I think I went through three distinct areas: alpine tundra, decomposed granite and pinyon pine, and evergreen forest with pondarosas.
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENmOyQytiI/AAAAAAAAGqM/6KRXLzj9Pic/s400/Saint%20Mary%27s%20Pipeline%20Loop%20061.jpg)
And some sweet trail for the ending..
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENmcyQytqI/AAAAAAAAGrw/sMXj3C_aaTg/s400/Saint%20Mary%27s%20Pipeline%20Loop%20083.jpg)
I tried to get a better map, but failed. So here's what it looked like, I think the elevation is pretty good, at least it doesn't exaggerate according to the software..
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENoSyQytvI/AAAAAAAAGtM/kdb3So2a7CI/s400/st.%20mary%27s%20loop.jpg)
The end.
![](file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/JESSEP%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-1.jpg)
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENl7yQytXI/AAAAAAAAGoE/Ap4OHz_0BO0/s400/Saint%20Mary%27s%20Pipeline%20Loop%20021.jpg)
There was still a lot of walking the bike uphill through rock gardens:
![](http://lh6.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENl-CQytYI/AAAAAAAAGoQ/bLPfJuXnbPI/s400/Saint%20Mary%27s%20Pipeline%20Loop%20023.jpg)
And then it got worse..
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENl_yQytZI/AAAAAAAAGoc/VQ7g4dShbXA/s400/Saint%20Mary%27s%20Pipeline%20Loop%20024.jpg)
Views were rewarding though..
![](http://lh3.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENmBSQytaI/AAAAAAAAGoo/OOTfck1e0Ms/s400/Saint%20Mary%27s%20Pipeline%20Loop%20028.jpg)
Weird deadfall at the top.. almost 11,000 feet!
![](http://lh4.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENmEiQytcI/AAAAAAAAGpA/eLlXUmmcWW0/s400/Saint%20Mary%27s%20Pipeline%20Loop%20032.jpg)
Flowers up there too:
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENmJyQytfI/AAAAAAAAGpo/uzVFlQYiiM8/s400/Saint%20Mary%27s%20Pipeline%20Loop%20048.jpg)
Cool mossy trail on the way down. I think I went through three distinct areas: alpine tundra, decomposed granite and pinyon pine, and evergreen forest with pondarosas.
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENmOyQytiI/AAAAAAAAGqM/6KRXLzj9Pic/s400/Saint%20Mary%27s%20Pipeline%20Loop%20061.jpg)
And some sweet trail for the ending..
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENmcyQytqI/AAAAAAAAGrw/sMXj3C_aaTg/s400/Saint%20Mary%27s%20Pipeline%20Loop%20083.jpg)
I tried to get a better map, but failed. So here's what it looked like, I think the elevation is pretty good, at least it doesn't exaggerate according to the software..
![](http://lh5.ggpht.com/jesse.parker/SENoSyQytvI/AAAAAAAAGtM/kdb3So2a7CI/s400/st.%20mary%27s%20loop.jpg)
The end.
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It snowed in Bozeman again today.