happy hour at Avery Brewing Co.

Happy Hour
Avery Brewing Co.'s tasting room
5763 Arapahoe, Unit E
Monday, August 25th
5-7pm

Our friends at Avery Brewing Co. want to reward you for a hard season of patrolling by throwing a happy hour event at their tasting room, and we're excited to take them up on the kind offer. Avery will provide the beer, BMBP will provide the pizza, and you'll provide the good times. We'll also be passing out more tubes, a slew of SRAM PowerLinks (donated by Performance Bicycle), and those nifty reusable zip ties we talked about so many moons ago!

We'll also do a little something special to recognize some of the patrollers who have put in big effort (to date - the season is not over!) for the Boulder Mountain Bike Patrol.

This event is just for BMBP patrollers, so leave your crew of hard-drinking buddies at a different bar and meet them after 7pm. :)

Birthday Patrol at Hall Ranch

Well, worked on my bike yesterday to get ready for the San Juan Hut Trip from Silverton to Moab and needed a test ride anyway. Plus its a feel good when you are riding something so fun on your bday and volunteering at the same time! Not my normal ride for a bday epic, but since I leave on the trip Saturday--no need to make epic too early. Headed out to Hall and had the place mostly to my self. Did help out a couple from Florida that were a little in awe at the rock garden. Storms started to develop in the distance but overall great morning and my bike worked perfectly. Here are some quick pics. You can see the storms develop over the laps I did at the top. Nice Blue Sky looking West on the loop.

Looking back East--nice blue sky day..or at least it seems.
Longs and Meeker in the distance--not many clouds yet.
Bike Tracks on the Closed to Bikes trail--not good to see--not just one set, but several sets.


This is me, in case we have not met! One more Westerly Pic after a few laps--clouds formed quick!
Ride on!

Mud Lake "patrol"

Mud Lake is not a priority for patrolling -- but I was up there with my girlfriend Ivete on Sunday 6/29 and had my sign in my pack, so what the heck...

The most interesting contact was running into a very nice woman and her daughter who had 3 llamas. We had a great discussion about her encounters with mountain bikers -- all positive. She said while we're technically supposed to yield, she'd prefer if we just carefully ride by. Llamas, as opposed to horses, are not easily spooked. It didn't even matter whether we pass above or below the llama, if on a slope. I said it would be best if the rider would communicate with her, and ask her preference. She agreed, and said 95% of the time that is what happens...then they end up having a conversation like we did, about llamas, wool, where'd they come from, why are their necks so tall, what is that purring sound he's making...

Anyhow said our goodbyes and she was very appreciative of our patrol work.

Bike to Work Month at Heil Valley Ranch

I led a ride at Heil Valley Ranch for Bike to Work Month, and why not also call it a patrol? A small group of 5 people, but we did get a ride to and from Boulder in style - via the mighty fine biodiesel bus of Crispin + Porter + Bodusky, and got plenty of strange looks when arriving at the trailhead.

Lots of mountain bikers out on the trails for after-work mileage and everyone enjoyed the beautiful weather and great temperatures. The trail is pretty dusty, with actual sand pits in a few parts of Wapiti, bring on the rain!

First patrol for me

Marshall Mesa on Sunday: Windy! Seemed to scare most folks away. The place was nearly deserted. I did manage to answer a few questions and get some newer riders on the right track, but for the most part, it was smooth sailing. As a plus, it was all tailwind all the way home!