{"id":1326,"date":"2015-09-14T20:02:01","date_gmt":"2015-09-15T04:02:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1326"},"modified":"2018-09-09T20:05:33","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T04:05:33","slug":"a-couple-of-weekends-in-idyllwild","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1326","title":{"rendered":"A couple of weekends in Idyllwild"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Labor Day, I got in some quality Father-Son time with my oldest son on The Hub Trails in Idyllwild<\/a>.\u00a0\u00a0 The trail system has really expanded over the years since I first started riding up here.\u00a0\u00a0I\u2019m way overdue for update on this area on the site so I decided I would be going back the following weekend.<\/p>\n

\"Idyllwild-07SEP15-18\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Here is Will riding on the Hard Sun trail.\u00a0\u00a0 We had a great time and we rode quite a few trails I had not been on before.<\/p>\n

I started the next weekend off by finally catching the Hub Cyclery <\/a>Saturday Shop Ride.<\/p>\n

\"Idyllwild-12SEP15-07\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The shop ride focused on some of the trails over\u00a0on South Ridge.\u00a0\u00a0 Here is Emily\u00a0working on some tasty singletrack.<\/p>\n

\"Idyllwild-12SEP15-09\"<\/a><\/p>\n

This gaggle is best described as some of the usual local suspects.\u00a0\u00a0 They guys were kicking my ass up every climb.<\/p>\n

\"Idyllwild-12SEP15-12\"<\/a><\/p>\n

A killer spot for snacks and nips whiskey.<\/p>\n

\"Idyllwild-12SEP15-15\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Dee styling up the hill<\/p>\n

\"Idyllwild-12SEP15-16\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Emily cruising up a climb<\/p>\n

\"Idyllwild-12SEP15-31\"<\/a><\/p>\n

While on the shop ride the trail went by a killer looking campsite so I dropped a marker in my GPS.<\/p>\n

\"Idyllwild-12SEP15-21\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After post-ride tasty beverages, yummy tacos and plenty of MTB chattage back at the bike shop, I drove\u00a0back up into the woods and found my way back\u00a0to\u00a0the campsite we went by earlier in the day.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 This was Casa Del Bill for the evening.<\/p>\n

\"Idyllwild-12SEP15-44\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The post-sunset view from camp with the lights of Hemet below in the distance.<\/p>\n

\"Idyllwild-13SEP15-45\"<\/a><\/p>\n

After a leisurely wake\u00a0up the following morning, coffee, breakfast and\u00a0camp breakdown I headed over to\u00a0The\u00a0Hub trails.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0The route I had planned for the day was not what I would consider\u00a0a \u201cGood\u201d\u00a0series\u00a0of loops as\u00a0my goal was to cover as many of the trails I had not been on before vice just doing a killer ride.\u00a0 I knew I would be doing some of this trails in the non-preferred direction.<\/p>\n

\"Idyllwild-13SEP15-46\"<\/a><\/p>\n

The opening set of trails included Uprising, Silver Crag, Onion and Mystic Creek that worked up the mountain to Toptimator and Project X.\u00a0 I first rode Project X back when folks did not want you talking about it\u2026Now its on the map, but I was not riding it today.<\/p>\n

\"Idyllwild-13SEP15-47\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Toptimator is\u00a0just forested singletrack awesomeness with killer views to boot.\u00a0\u00a0I took Toptimator to Portal, Dreamtwister and Sleepwalker.\u00a0\u00a0 At this point I was seriously considering dropping down into the lower trails and heading back to the trailhead as I was starting to wane.\u00a0\u00a0 I managed to convince myself to close off the Sleepwalker loop back to Topimator.\u00a0 A check of my water bladder put me to\u00a0water rationing mode as I made\u00a0my way back over to Mystic Dubbings for a cool descent back towards the trailhead.<\/p>\n

\"Idyllwild-13SEP15-60\"<\/a><\/p>\n

I took a wrong turn at the bottom of Mystic Dubbings and found myself climbing up Bear Trap.\u00a0 I had gone far enough up the trail that I decided to gut it out and take\u00a0 it back to its upper junction of the Mystic Dubbings trail.\u00a0\u00a0 At that junction I turned around, polished off my last sips of water and\u00a0then descended Bear Trap and then retraced my way back to the trailhead.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 I rolled into the trailhead completely out of energy and all full of smiles.\u00a0The\u00a0water in my ice chest never tasted so\u00a0GOOD! \u00a0I did\u00a021.8 miles with 2,700 feet of climbing but man did that ride seem harder than the number convey.\u00a0 I will be updating my page on this area in the next couple weeks but it will still be missing a few of the otherwise \u201cpublished\u201d\u00a0trails.\u00a0\u00a0 To get the best and most up-to-date map you will need to swing by Hub Cyclery<\/a> and pick one up.<\/p>\n

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