BEAR MOUNTAIN
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day 25: BEAR MOUNTAIN | Sundance, WY 🚲 5.31.19
The night before I think I had the best meal / giant cheeseburger of the whole trip.. followed by a bit too much of complementary whiskey from the staff knowing our agenda of the following day.
After waking up in Sundance, WY, we found a diner with my favorite hearty morning meal.. spicy sausage breakfast burritos. After a few too many dirty chais, we were on our way to the Bear Lodge Mountains, part of The Black Hills!
climb: 3568 ft | distance: 21.66 mi
horse shit + rain:
May 31, 2019: BEAR MOUNTAIN | Sundance, WY 👟
Ended up spending a little too much time looking at the route (similar to Sedona) and dodging huge pools of water.. but the trails were off and on gravel, red dirt that absorbed enough moisture, some segments we probably should have strayed away from and certainly got some solid climbing in. After this tuneup, I was ready to see what the 5-0 was all about! Went for a quick shakeout just in time for a rain shower.
Shortly after arriving in Spearfish, we got my bike cleaned up at a local shop called Rushmore Bikes.. scooped some extra goo packs... asked about the route and where the hidden rest stop was. Went down the street and had a few pints while editing photos then I just had to see the new Aladdin. I passed out so hard.. until the wildlife outside the van went berserk.
climb: 313 ft | distance: 2.09 mi
TOTAL climb: 3568 + 313 = 3881 ft | distance: 3.13 + 2.09 = 5.22 mi
