{"id":1073,"date":"2012-12-31T12:37:30","date_gmt":"2012-12-31T20:37:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1073"},"modified":"2013-02-11T15:03:37","modified_gmt":"2013-02-11T23:03:37","slug":"some-noble-canyon-and-big-laguna-trail-play-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1073","title":{"rendered":"Some Noble Canyon and BLT Play Time"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Time to catch up on some photos that have tried to get lost over the last few weeks\u00a0in a\u00a0smorgasbord of work,\u00a0holiday parties,\u00a0 family visits and\u00a0a cross country road trip (non-biking..but some intel was gathered).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0A few days before I headed out to the east coast to start all of the festivities, I meet up with some of the SDMBA folks and<a href=\"http:\/\/www.imba.com\/\"> Leslie Kehmeier, IMBA&#8217;s Mapping Specialist<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Noble Canyon is one of IMBA&#8217;s Epics and Leslie while on a Southern California swing wanted to refresh the information of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/TourDeNoble.htm\">Noble Canyon<\/a>\u00a0and check out the trail for herself.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mark (SDMBA&#8217;s USFS Liason and Board Member)\u00a0\u00a0had put together all of the logistics together for the ride and a great day out in<a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/LagunaRecArea.htm\"> this awesome area soon<\/a> followed..<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/2276ff898ac90c42ccf51727880d0cfa.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/2276ff898ac90c42ccf51727880d0cfa.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The route that was put together for the day was a point-to-point route from Red Tail Roost in the Big Laguna Recreation Area, down into the Big Laguna Meadow proper and then onward to drop Noble Canyon.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/999d4d482ef7b3d673e3bc9b4de3c262.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/999d4d482ef7b3d673e3bc9b4de3c262.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leslie is an avid photographer and was sporting a DSLR along with a couple of lens.\u00a0\u00a0 I know first hand what a pain carrying that gear can be sometimes and she was carrying around more stuff that I normally do.\u00a0\u00a0 Here is Leslie getting some monkey action on to get the shot on the Gatos Ravine trail.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Some of the pictures in this post are from Leslie.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/7a4f05fd3761d8f64d83923846b8cff0.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/7a4f05fd3761d8f64d83923846b8cff0.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Los Gatos near the top<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/9cbfc343780cec698cbfea9f2e75eadc.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/9cbfc343780cec698cbfea9f2e75eadc.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Big Laguna Meadow has brown up for the winter but it is certainly still pretty.\u00a0 At the time of this posting, the meadow is most likely covered in snow.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/9397843f2a121f4dd2ea9f164194456f.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/9397843f2a121f4dd2ea9f164194456f.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mark working the &#8220;Stairway to Hell&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/66bfa5f7ffcd3a021fc0c0368ed74dd3.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/66bfa5f7ffcd3a021fc0c0368ed74dd3.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>A shot by Leslie of me on &#8220;Stairway to Hell&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/ed52dc86c5411e538148fe73301c04fc.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"607\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/ed52dc86c5411e538148fe73301c04fc.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Leslie working through the chunk of &#8220;Extra Credit&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone\" style=\"border: black 3px solid;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/557d2eeaa8eae1a7a7bbe5694f9bb392.jpg?resize=703%2C911\" alt=\"\" width=\"703\" height=\"911\" imagescaler=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/557d2eeaa8eae1a7a7bbe5694f9bb392.jpg?resize=703%2C911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mark riding the &#8220;Roman Wall&#8221; near the bottom of the trail.<\/p>\n<!-- Begin Yuzo --><div class='yuzo_related_post style-1'  data-version='5.12.81'><!-- without result --><div class='yuzo_clearfixed yuzo__title yuzo__title'><h3>More Stuff Like This<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"relatedthumb \" style=\"width:165px;float:left;overflow:hidden;\">  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=27\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"yuzo-img-wrap \" style=\"width: 165px;height:130px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"yuzo-img\" 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