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June 6, 2019
Lamartine
Today, I rode up Trail Creek Road (County Road 136) , aka Phoenix Mine road. My goal was to get up to Lamartine, if possible, as the snow has been so deep that I've not been able to make it to Lamartine this year.
Left onto South Spring Gulch Road (County Road 130). Then, right onto County Road 22.
This was as far as I'd made it so far this year, but the snow was mostly melted, and I was able to continue up to the ghost town of Lamartine. I went down the trail to Ute Creek for a sort distance before I turned back. I'm not sure what this road is like as I don't really recall, but I think that it might be pretty steep in sections. So, I turned back. In theory, I could continue on the trail to Saxon Mountain, but it's still snowed in if I continued further west, at this point. So, I turned back, and took some photos at the section that has some little dirt hills you can ride on.
Then, back down the way I came only this time, I turned left onto the Forest Service Road. This was pretty steep, and I don't think I could ever make it back up it. But I went down it and came out at the old mining buildings, then down to Trail Creek road, and back out the way I came in.
On the way out, though, I took a road that I've never taken before, I think. It was either Miner's Candle Road or Gum Tree Road. But it's very steep and goes up from Trail Creek Road, so I went up it, and it crosses a ridge, and goes down on the other side of the ridge. Then, I ran into some private property so I turned back.
Basically, that was the end of my ride today. Nothing too exciting. I'll try to post my tracks from the GPS.
Posted by Rob Kiser on June 6, 2019 at 9:06 PM
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