After a quick lap on Neds, I hooked up with Ian for an exploratory of Fromme. Even though reports on NSMB ended up being fairly accurate, we wanted to see it for ourselves. Our hope was to get to 7th, but after rounding the 5th we let that ambition slide.
We chose Espresso as our lap of the day. The first 3rd of the trail is in dire shape as you'll soon see.
Pics and captions are below for anyone planning rides this weekend.
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| A bit of snow at the 3rd, but it clears up after. |
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| Looking back from the 4th |
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| As advertised, the clearing at 5th. |
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| After the 5th, this is typical for the way up. |
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| Entrance to Pipeline. |
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| Entrance to Ladies |
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| Exiting Leopard |
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| A little bit further in on Leopard |
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| The Junction looking up 7th |
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| In front of Expresso |
We didn't think our ride choice would get any better the further up the road we went. So we took Espresso down. I kinda wish we'd gone back to Pipeline. Not because of the ride, just because of how much damage we saw on the trail.
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| The Ladder Entrance to Espresso |
The beginning was a bad enough sign.
Ian pushing through some blow down.
This was really hard to see. Digger and the NSMB crew had worked hard on sections of Espresso. Much of there work is covered in logs.
This is the skinny that lines up the rock face. Sometimes I felt like I had walked into a Monica Craver dream.
The day wasn't all bad. Ian and I started getting some flow after the first 3rd and had a pretty good time. The parts of the trail that we did ride were actually in great condition.
But if you heading to Fromme on Sunday, Ladies or Pipeline might be the better choice.
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| Ian |
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| Me |
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And Nic showing off to her friends on Neds
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