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October 20, 2022 at 6:00 a.m.
A rider drops into a section known locally as the toilet bowl in the lower section of the Palisade Plunge on May 5, 2021 We were 28 miles and 7.5 hours into our day. Fortunately, we both had ample food and water . Most importantly, Eric hadn’t gotten hurt. But neither of us had a headlamp. I hoped our hike-a-bike wouldn’t take until nightfall.
The town of Palisade sits below the Grand Mesa, May 5, 2021. When it’s hot in Palisade the forests above are much cooler. Our ride started when Buecheler dropped us off at the trailhead at what seemed to be the middle of nowhere. The upper portion of singletrack rolled along the mesa through grasslands, creek crossings, rock patches, and sparse pockets of aspens and pines. Cattle roam the land, which, where we live: Keep your eyes open for cow patties up there.
By mile 22, we had eyes on the Blowout, a steep, white-rocked bench that curves below a collection of red rock spires and hoodoos like a mini Bryce Canyon. Near here, the terrain evolved again into slickrock marked by white paint stripes followed by technical, rocky desert riding from the ridge to cliffs to the exit gully.
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