Well today's ride was really about testing the legs. 13 weeks since the total knee replacement. So I grabbed the Trek 5200 with it's triple setup and headed over to the other side of the valley to climb Snowbasin Mt. I made it but needed every gear the Trek had. No reserved "bailout gear" today, the lowest gear was my most used, LOL! The climb is about 2000 ft over an 8 mile distance with one false summit 1/3 of the way up where you descend down to Wheeler Canyon before heading back up to complete the climb.
First Summit
Descending down to the road shown here so I could complete the ride to the top
The MT in the background is where I am headed
It's an old beast but it get's the job done
Wheeler Canyon
Beginning of the final ascent
The view is worth the pain
Pretty much at the top now. Lodge is right behind the hills and there's only about one more mile of steep climbing before the lond descent out using the main road.
