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A GPS line exists on my copy of TopoFusion. It’s begging to be followed. Actually there are two options there. The northern one is far more adventurous than the southern. It’s a stretch of CDT that very few hikers have even completed. Trail info is sketchy at best, and water is pretty much …. [Continue reading] 
Paula and I have discovered the holy grail of Tucson bike routes (well, for us). Cmno del Cerro is nothing but fear and loathing for any cyclist unfortunate enough to cycle it. Paula does it nearly daily to get to work (at a school). Well, there’s a route through some dirt roads. It’s first signed …. [Continue reading] 
A week ago I hadn’t ridden Green Mtn for over a year. What’s wrong with me? Now I’ve ridden it three times and am gunning for more. Max has an obsession with the trail (and shuttling it). With good reason. Good old fashioned hike-a-bike. 
It’s hard to remember a ride better than this one. Words can’t do it justice. Leviathan. Best bike ever? So light, so comfy, so fun. Molino->Bugs->Green->Guthrie->Green->Bugs->Molino And I’m less tired than after riding only the downhill portion of this ride a few days ago. Energy and strength are not concepts …. [Continue reading] 
First things first. Please go here (it only takes a second): http://epicrides.com/wor/wor.htm In the lower right there’s a poll for how “technical” a trail you like. If you vote technical the county trail crew will have more justification for building hard trails. All of the new county trails are great, but they are pretty easy …. [Continue reading] 
photo by MC I don’t write (or talk) much about gear. I’m not really sure why. But lately I’ve been quite pleased with my bike and overall setup. The less I have to think about my bike and gear the better, and besides a few recent improvements (going tubeless mainly) and some last …. [Continue reading] 
(thanks to Chad for the photo) 10 riders started this year’s AZT 300. Surprise entrants included Mike Curiak and Pete Basigner. Mike wove an elaborate deceptive web in the days before the race. If you had asked me to estimate the chance of him showing up for the AZT 300, ever, I’d have …. [Continue reading] For us, anyway. The women’s olympic marathon trials are this weekend in Boston. Front page of today’s sports section features: AZ Daily star article on Paula and the trials. Yep, she rocks. Unfortunately I won’t be there to cheer her on. This weekend is also a full moon (Saturday night) which means it’s time …. [Continue reading] 
climbing away from the blue river Despite being the weekend, Juan Miller Road was a very quiet place to be. A perfect morning on the bike. As usual, the lack of rough conditions was welcomed after yesterday’s tribulations on the Wildbunch Trail. We pedaled and set our heads to 360 degree sweep mode. 
We got the full local scoop from Bucky Allred at the Blue Front Cafe in Glenwood. He did encourage us to join his organization that aims to keep existing roads and trails more or less open. Other topics included the dastardly Mexican Wolf, grazing in general and how the ‘good old boys’ knew what they …. [Continue reading] 
bikes wait for riders, adventure “Oh, what’s this? Forest road 215. We can follow it to Dix Mountain road and all the way up to Mule Pass.” We’re about to go to sleep, and Lee’s pouring over the maps, dreaming of an alternate to our scheduled road ride. Sure enough, there’s something I …. [Continue reading] 
I’ve been dreaming about this trail for some time. Before the highway, before the Black Hills Backcountry Byway, there was a pack trail that linked the farms (Safford) with the mines (Morenci). It came to my attention due to its inclusion on Brett Tucker’s Grand Enchantment Trail. From the very beginning I knew I couldn’t …. [Continue reading] 
6 days out on the bike. The memories are flooding and flowing, ebbing. Some sections… well, many, turned into “quite a deal.” Plenty of water around, with many fords. 4 slot canyons of varying difficulty and highly variable suffering level. Not all were so …. [Continue reading] 
I was long overdue for a long ride. As the weekend grew near I didn’t really have a plan. Many good options, but none that captured my imagination. Late Friday I started ruminating on possible plans to meet Grand Enchantment Trail mastermind Brett Tucker. He’s currently on the trail and by my …. [Continue reading] 
First things first: if you want to map power, TopoFusion v3.31 has been released including all the new power stuff. There’s always lotsa talk about SS’ing. Not so much about GG’ing. Singlespeeding is (often) about forgoing the easier gears. If anything I’m moving in the opposite direction. I want more gears. …. [Continue reading] 
Sweet(water) flowers. The Behemoth rides again. There’s a prize for finding three crested Saguaros in the preserve. This is #1. Damn wilderness boundaries. At last, a return to technical riding. Up Gnats, over to Milagrosa, up to the AZT, then turn around and float down Milagrosa. …. [Continue reading] 
Good trails and exorbitant flowers in Tucson Mountain Park. It’s a good time to be alive. Poor light for photos, but the clouds kept the temperature at the perfecto setting. I didn’t bring (or need) any water for the 3 hour ride. My rib told me I’m still not ready to …. [Continue reading] 
The ribs are on the mend, but I’m still playing the part of a reluctant dirt roadie. I can’t say it’s been bad. I’m getting in more miles than I usually do, and plenty of easy spinning. I guess that’s a good thing. But moreso, I’m hitting some spots that normally aren’t even …. [Continue reading] 
Flowers are starting to pop. These are from the Sentinel Ridge Trail, en route to Tucson Mountain Park. Temperature was nearly 80 degrees for the ride. And when I get home I’m supposed to blog about a 1,100 mile unsupported trip in sub-freezing temps. Kinda hard for me to imagine such things, but …. [Continue reading] 
I’ve got GPX files and PowerTap exports from last weekend’s rides. After looking at things in WKO I kept asking myself the same thing, over and over… Yeah, but where was this? Maybe I’m just a map freak, or a visual person, and I know that power experts have learned to use speed/cadence/HR as cues, …. [Continue reading] |
 Scott Digital Nomad, nowhere, USA Lifelong mountain biker, trail mapper and programmer. Sometimes bikepacker, sometimes runner, sometimes packrafter. I love to ride my bike, get out, and explore this beautiful planet we find ourselves on. I live in a 20 foot GeoPro Trailer, traveling about the west. Main author of TopoFusion GPS Software, co-founder of Trackleaders.com. More... Projects / Sites  
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