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Mountain Biking Lincoln and Bross! |
We started the day just above the Mineral Park Trailhead on a small pull off. On Forest Road 415, there were a few deep pot-holes filled with water (1-foot deep) that could be hard with a car or a low-clearence vehicle. We arrived at our starting point at around 8:00 and quickly unloaded our bikes. We decided to bring our fat bikes today as we knew there could be lots of loose rocks and scree on the ride that would be easier with a wide tire. This ended up being very true and helpful on the ascent and the descent. For riding a bike, the road ended up being very steep to ride up with many steep sections and switchbacks. At times, the dirt or scree would be so loose that you would spin out your wheel while trying to find traction. For that reason, my Dad walked his bike 75% of the way while I was determined so I biked 90% of the time. Once we got to the Dolly Varden Mine where the road switchbacks right to traverse towards the Cameron-Bross saddle, there is a dirt road to the left that is confusing and could get you going the wrong way as it looks like it goes straight to the summit. There were also many 4x4's going that way so it could be rather convincing. Just make sure to go right at that intersection. The road flattened out past there and it was easier to bike which made us go faster. Once the road reached the saddle, we left our bikes at 13,900 feet and quickly jogged up to the summit. We didn't bike to the summit as the road became a lot steeper with bigger rocks and it looked easier to just walk. After taking a summit photo and eating a snack, we reached the bikes and biked down the trail to the lowest point of the ridge using the heavily used singletrack which had us passing people every 50 yards. That was a fun little downhill that had a few fun rock features. We biked up a little towards Lincoln and then ditched the bikes again for the final hill to the summit. Clouds and thunderstorms were rolling in and by then there was almost complete cloud coverage. We hurried down and ran over to Cameron before returning to the bikes. We biked back up the 13,900 on Bross and then dropped into the road where we cruised down the road. The biking downhill was a lot quicker than hiking and it only took us 30 minutes to go from 13,900 all the way to the car! The steep scree filled switchbacks weren't that bad with a fat bike but would probably be a lot more slippery on a regular bike. It was a great finish to the Mosquito range after doing Democrat the year before by itself and the quickest descent I have ever done on a 14er.
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