It was a beautiful, sunny March day. I got off work early. My brother, Andy, called wanting to go for a ride. Why not? I needed to warm up the bike to change the oil. I also wanted to check out part of a route for the Dualsport Tour we are doing August 20~22 this summer.

So, up the mountain we went!

It was a spectacular afternoon for a ride

We took off under the power lines.

This is a fun track, but the new maps no longer show it going through. I was hoping to verify it still is passable.

Normally this would all be under 2 or 3 feet of snow in March

Eventually we did start to see some snow

The snow got deeper. The road was slanted towards the downhill side, with steep drop offs. That edge was eroded with tree wells and slides falling away from the road.

The rear tire was spinning, the engine starting to over heat. I pulled off on a bare spot beneath a tree to wait for Andy to catch up

I’d seen some sketchy spots on the road up. Andy found one…

The snow sucked his bike to the side of the road. The down hill edge was soft, sodden with snow melt. It was giving way beneath the front tire

The two of us lifted the bike by the front wheel and drug it up on the road where Andy was able to safely turn the rig around. I walked back up the hill to get my bike

We headed back down the hill

Mt Adams from Ehrk Hill

It was still sunny when I got home. I love Spring!

We never found out if FS100 still goes through, but I did get my oil changed!