Diary of Scott Morris

Knowing what you want to do is sometimes harder than actually doing it.

Where do I want to focus my MTB energies? It’s something I think about often this time of year. There are so many directions I can go, and they *all* appeal to me. It’s one of the best things about …. [Continue reading]

For a week or so, my monitor looked like this. The biggest event in trackleaders history rolled out last weekend. There were nearly 300 SPOTs in play, and as many supplemental data loggers. Hundreds of thousands of pageviews. A brand new full screen interface developed and put to the test. Late nights that …. [Continue reading]

back in the land of the saguaro!

There has been SO much to see and do in Tucson.

First up, the Tucson mountains, right out the door.

I navigated us towards some good rocks to play on, but I don’t think either of us were quite ready for …. [Continue reading]

The weather turned for the cold, and our last business in Colorado was just about done. We rode low and managed to find new trails like Double Rainbow and South Backbone.

Then we woke up to snow in Salida! It was the start of a rough 24 hours in the Scott …. [Continue reading]

It’s funny how some of the best things in life are unexpected. Back in the winter/spring we had talked about places to spend the summer. Salida was high on the list, but ultimately was stricken since I had already spent a full summer there. We settled on Durango, and had a super ~2 …. [Continue reading]

Boulder isn’t really known for superb mountain biking opportunities. Despite being the headquarters of IMBA, the trail access is lacking. And my bestest riding buddy was down and getting vials of blood extracted from her rather than spinning pedals and breathing deep with life.

Luckily, I had a few GPX files from Kurtiferous up my …. [Continue reading]

This one has been a long time coming. The Wasatch Front 100.

Fifteen years ago, I still lived in Salt Lake City, and I remember exploring remote pieces of trail in the Sessions Mountains, my brothers and I trying to follow the Wasatch 100 running route. My brother carried a borrowed a GPS …. [Continue reading]

Having a backlog of photos and adventures is a good problem to have. I still believe that summers are for playing (and falls, and winters, and springs, but especially summers). The nature of tracking events is such that there are lots of them in the summer. I love tracking and helping, in a small way, …. [Continue reading]

I think Eszter nailed it when she said, “Durango has too much riding and not enough riders.” It was at the end of one trail or another, one raw and a little difficult to follow.

Not that it’s possible for there to be too much riding, anywhere, especially for people who like to wave fingers …. [Continue reading]

Eszter got a new Salsa pony! We hemmed and hawed about where to take her for the maiden voyage. Both of us were pretty fried from two six hour days riding with Jeny in the high country. Neither of us had had enough high country time (as if ‘enough’ is possible), but neither …. [Continue reading]