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Obsidian Ridge Mountain Bike, Jemez Mountains, New Mexico

July 25, 2009

Leader: Laurie Goddard

Participants: Tuff Riders and LAM members.     Map: click here.     Slideshow: click here.

Laurie Goddard of the Tuff Riders led the third joint LAM/Tuff Riders mountain bike ride down Obsidian Ridge in the Jemez Mountains. The ride started at Graduation Flats and went east through Sawyer Mesa, past Obsidian Ridge, to the Bandelier National Monument boundary where we turned around and retraced our route. The ponderosa pine forest gradually dropped in elevation to a pinon and juniper environment with fleeting views of Frijoles Canyon, Alamo Canyon, and the Sangra de Cristo and Sandia mountains.

Some of our bikers enjoying a break at the midway point of the ride.

This great ride was 14 miles long, counting a short side trip to an Upper Frijoles Canyon view point. The terrain surface was old forest road and double track, with some deep but rideable ruts toward the end.

This is a view looking south-east, through Bandelier,
from the turn-around point of our ride.


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