I think this was the "where's frickin' memory card" moment.
After some exchanging of memory cards, things got underway. Ken did some interviews on this momentous occasion.
GrizzlyGuy and his wildlife protection
Everyone got to say something.
Mr. Green says a few words
After a shot arriving at the trail, it's hurry up and wait...
Mr. Green kicks back.
Herr Direcktor comes up the trail.
I didn't get a lot of shots in the forest part, here we start to come out near the switchbacks.
Upper switchbacks
I declined the "goat trail" and rode around the peak and came down to the SP lookout from above and watched the climb. The group is assembled below, starting up the trail.
Ken films as Mr. Green continues up the goat trail
Scott comes up the final stretch
The old SP lookout - vintage turn of the century (the previous one!)
Looking northeast - trail in foreground
Ken films as Scott climbs
Love this shot - Ken coming up the final stretch. We started out down near the freeway interchange at Cisco Grove. For folks not from around here, the straight line is the freeway, I-80, and the other light twisty thing is the Union Pacific railroad.
Looking to the north are the Black Buttes and English Mountain.
Brian and Eric discover they've both been cooked breakfast by the same old dude near Lola Montez Lake
Every good ride has a good tree or two!
We stopped for Ken to show us how far he and Scott got on their tracks before calling it quits. It's ridiculously steep looking, even for tracks. (sorry no shot of it, everyone here is looking back saying "Holy sh*t!" or something like that.)
GrizzlyGuy took us down towards Mossy Pond and this great little granite bowl area. Cool! It's also on a continuing-to-be-legal trail.
Scott and Brian report back on trying to get to Mossy Pond
The clouds started to look a little ominous, but the weather stayed great!
The trail back from Mossy Pond skirts the granite areas.
We encountered several water features.
Back to Signal Peak for the trip down the goat trail and the switchback trail
I ran around the back side again, to meet the guys coming down the goat trail.
But first, another great tree!
WIth the lookout above, the guys start down the goat trail
Scott and Brian make their way down
Ken comes on down
Looking down the trail towards a spur of Red Mountain, Cisco Butte and Black Mountain.
Ken comes down off the "insane" section
Another bit of fall color marks the bottom of the Switchback Trail. 1 mile down Rattlesnake Road and we're back at the trucks.
Mr. Green parks his quad.
. I would also love to re-edit my film with some of these shots if its ok.
