Moab Spring Training

Been more than a month ago now... ugh... At the end of March, the team headed out to Moab, UT for some spring riding in the warm desert! Unfortunately, that was not what we got! After driving through a horrible blizzard to get out there (30 ft max visibility over Vail Pass), a late arrival and camp pitch, and a shelter which ripped out of the sand in a windstorm in the middle of the night, we were ready to ride Thursday morning! Starting riding up Kane creek road, over Hurrah pass, and down into Jackson's hole, the skies turned dark, and alas another blizzard was upon us! Jackson's hole is a sandy valley adjacent to the Colorado River, and when the sand gets wet, it sticks to EVERYTHING, most notably your drivetrain!

As it continued to snow sideways, we did the vertical hike-a-bike up Jacob's ladder, and finally descended down Amasa Back, cold, wet, and amazed with how much it had snowed!

Over the next few days, we would also ride our standard Porcupine rim loop, volunteer at registration for the Adventure Xstream race, (which James raced and placed 5th overall!), and then on the last day rode Gold Bar, Golden Spike, and Poison Spider.

Despite the cold weather, we still had a great time, out riding with our friends. The new Sparks are awesome!