And that means a nasty burning season is about to start again. Encourage all to be dilligent...
oldphart <
[email protected]> wrote:
> I was down on the east bench by mill creek today (70+ degress) and it looks like everthing around
> 7000' is pretty clear, and by mid may ought to be no problem....
> Clovis Lark wrote:
>> Raptor <
[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>>Robert McMillen wrote:
>>>
>>>>Hi. I'm traveling to Salt Lake City for work in mid-May. Can anyone recommend a shop that rents
>>>>decent bikes? Also, any ride recommendations would be appreciated? I have not decided whether to
>>>>rent a road bike or mtb (weather and bike availability will influence that decision).
>>>>
>>>>Thanks, Robert McMillen
[email protected] www.ssrc.msstate.edu/robert
>>
>>
>>>The usual shops have been recommended. May is a good time to do the flats that start from the
>>>airport and head up toward Antelope Island. If your timing is right, there should be an annual
>>>supported century ride with plenty of serious riders in "early" season training. Last year the
>>>temp was 95... Cruel for that early in the season.
>>
>>
>>>Emigration and East Canyons is a very popular road ride, not too vertical (well over 2000'
>>>though). City Creek is immediately north of downtown, and is a sometimes-steep ride essentially
>>>closed to cars, lots of foot traffic and a 15mph "speed limit". (Just ride politely and you'll be
>>>okay.) Oh, there's a slot limit on it, I always forget whether it's an odd or even route for
>>>bikes. Try the other canyons if you want your ass kicked.
>>
>>
>>>Antelope and Stansbury Islands are good mtb rides that time of year. Check at the shop to see if
>>>they have any bug reports though. If they're already buggy, the foothills will be open. The
>>>Shoreline trail northeast of downtown, accessible from Memory Grove (one block east of the north
>>>end of State Street) is a good ride. Mormon Flats, top of East Canyon, is a short easy one with a
>>>few technical spots. Park City has some low elevation or south face trails worth riding.
>>
>>
>> How is the snow melt progressing? Is the Pipeline accessible yet?
>>
>>
>>>--
>>>--
>>>Lynn Wallace
http://www.xmission.com/~lawall "We should not march into Baghdad. ... Assigning
>>>young soldiers to a fruitless hunt for a securely entrenched dictator and condemning them to
>>>fight in what would be an unwinnable urban guerilla war, it could only plunge that part of the
>>>world into ever greater instability." George Bush Sr. in his 1998 book "A World Transformed"
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