For months I have been trying to hook up with the Clif Bar Save Our Snow Tour. Each time it got pushed later into spring and the thought of riding together looked all but hopeless as the tempratures climbed into the high 80's throught the middle of May. Seemingly out of nowhere it got cold again and the high country saw its first snow in over two months.
The spring melt down came sooner then I wanted so I was really fired up to get in some more riding. One line I was really looking forward to all season was the moon collier and I finally had my window of oppertunity. Mountain biking is cool but I will take a day of backcountry riding over biking any day of the week.
The Crew. Mike Parzialy, Chris Ednunds and Mike Basich get a first look of the peak.
The line. June 1st. This is the best this line has looked in almost two months.
Mike Parzialy, the master of grease, and captain of the SOS tour had never snowboarded a chute before in his life. He kept saying,"I do not feel good about this," and I kept saying, "Your riding it." He rode it.
The view from the top was totally blind and there looked like an air into the chute. This turned the mood from mellow summer riding to, "when was the last time I rode...should I be doing this?"
Our tracks down the two chutes. The main one and the lower left one.
There are few better feelings then taking off the boots for the last time of the year.
Special thanks to Mike and Marty McFry (the van) for getting us to the mountains on veggie oil. Mike said it best, "The SOS tour must be working because we just rode powder in June." Keep up the good work Mike.
About CLIF BAR’s “Save Our Snow” Winter Roadtrip—Part of CLIF BAR’s Natural Energy Tour Series
The CLIF BAR “Save Our Snow” Winter Roadtrip is part of the ongoing CLIF BAR Natural Energy Tour Series, designed to inform and inspire people about using their natural energy to create simple changes to fight climate change and protect the places where we play.
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