RR: Centennial Cone

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Do to the early season snow, the Team Evergreen Waldorf Mine ride was
changed to Sunday with a new destination. Jefferson County's newest
open space park, Centennial Cone. Very recently, the main trail loop
was completed, so this was a chance to ride some newer singletrack.

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Snow on the divide:

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The rather large group gets ready and we split into two. You can guess
where I was. 😉

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Finally, a ride that starts with a downhill. What were they thinking?

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But, soon the downhill ends and so begins the climb. Not too bad
though. The whole place fluctuates a few hundred feet. A bit of
exposure and a lot of blind corners can certainly catch one off guard.

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This was a really enjoyable trail. Nothing technical, which you don't
always need.

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Again, it seems like more up than down but when a trail looks as good as
this, who cares!

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Some great views all around and a wonderful weather day. I dressed a
little warm because it was 36F in the morning. Next time I'll just grin
and bear the cold.

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Eventually, I think we reach the top and check out the cone. Well, I
think it's the cone. They all look like cones to me.

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A fast downhill (with many blind corners - someone is going to get
killed here) to the east parking lot.

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Then it's some doubletrack downhill back to the cars in the east lot.

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We finished with lunch a Kermits (a "biker" bar down the road).

GPS stuff:

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