"The Breaks" at Bar-H Ranch

Well, just go ahead and dig me a hole up on the ‘bone, you can bury me right there when I go on to mountain bike heaven. This place is almost too good to be true. Many miles of superior trails, friendly people who love for us to go ride there, and just generally a great place to go on a riding escape for the day or the weekend. Some pals took me up here one hot summer morning and made me sweat about a bucket. If you’re smart, you will hit the steeper stuff first and then wander down into the valley and ramble around the pastures and creek. The terrain up on the ridge is mostly chopped up limestone strewn up and down on some fast, off-camber, scary single-track that will never seem the same two times around. The climbs are tough, and the downhills are enough to make you think you will probably die here. You will find the areas down in the valley are often sandy, or even muddy, down in the creek. There’s a ton of great single-track all over down there. And then there’s the Devil’s Backbone. An honest thousand feet of climbing in about four miles.