Road Gifford for the first time. It was awesome and terrifying. This video shows the first half of the ride. From Blue Lake trail head staging area up to Hamilton Butte Vista.
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00:55 Trail 271 (out of Blue Lake Trail head)
01:37 Trail 270
02:16 Is this a trail? Or a river bed
04:06 Stream crossing
05:03 Root obstacle
06:40 A leaf distracts me
07:33 Story: the perils of using videos for trail conditions
08:14 Story: 4K v.s. High Def video
09:12 Story: Let’s talk drum breaks
09:53 Dry stream bed crossing
10:20 Stream bed crossing
11:01 Tricky Stream bed crossing
14:43 Story: let’s talk about Ron’s WR450
15:30 More trail sign confusion
16:24 Wow, ROCKS from nowhere & stream bed crossing !
17:57 Getting into lots of downed timber
18:30 A special thanks to LCER trail maintenance group
19:57 Story: let’s talk Reiter ORV (beginner riders)
22:00 A really fun climb
22:40 Stopped to look for the firefighting helicopter
24:28 Story: Tahuya I was stupid crash
25:55 LCER to the rescue again
27:08 Rough trail and waterfalls crossing ahead
28:15 Yup, almost dumped it in the rock channel
29:35 Oops, forget I had a clutch
29:49 Stream crossing
29:55 Story: Alternative hobby to riding?
32:30 Special thanks to RON !
33:03 Downed tree blocks our way
33:57 Found a surprise road
34:30 Trail 270 continued
34:52 Awesome looking shattered tree
35:00 Trail 270 changes it’s characteristics, it’s meaner now
35:52 Yay! Loose gravel
36:00 Exposure starts
36:27 ** Scariest part of this trip **
39:43 Wow, a tunnel of cool air, very nice
39:58 Don’t look down
40:35 Trail intersection, continuing on trail 270
41:56 Look at that bare forest floor
42:46 Trail starts descending
45:21 I eat a bug
46:00 Trail intersection, continuing on trail 270
46:25 Story: My backyard into riding trail (part 1)
46:36 ** OMG ** Look at this river !
47:53 Story: My backyard into riding trail (part 2)
50:42 Stream crossing and campground
51:06 Trail 118
51:40 Start climbing
51:51 Story: My backyard into riding trail (part 3)
53:02 ** CRASH ** I bend my shifter big time
56:44 Root alley
57:58 Switchback
59:52 Exposure
1:02:03 Yup, I panicked on this exposure
1:03:21 Rocky climb
1:04:57 Always something hidden around the corner
1:05:33 Story: Let’s talk hiking areas
1:06:12 Roots
1:06:50 Admire the trees here
1:08:54 Tough spot
1:10:53 Story: map distance v.s. trail distance
1:12:40 Unsanctioned trail? Or of date maps?
1:14:23 Ok, I’m calling this exposure, kind of
1:15:43 View point
1:16:28 Trail starts hurting me
1:16:45 Exposure ** TERROR **
1:17:20 Story: Why I love bypasses
1:19:08 Exposure
1:19:57 Critter runs across the trail
1:20:30 Very confusing intersection
1:20:41 Trail 109
1:22:10 More be injuries to me
1:22:57 Yey, exposure on a corner
1:24:30 Roots
1:25:01 Trail 109A
1:26:0 Tough climb
1:29:29 Hamilton Butte Vista viewpoint
Gifford ORV, Trails 270, 118, 119, 109 & 109A, August 22, 2024