I made some short video clips from the ride and posted them on Vimeo. Our mission for the day was to check out Yancey Ridge trail then exit on Rockhouse Creek, all of which is gated shut by the forest service. When they gate these areas off it makes you want to see what's there even more!
Broz had moved a log that blocked the way around the gate to Yancey Ridge so we were on our way. The trail started great with a beautiful view off the ridge to the right.
https://vimeo.com/103634551Soon enough things got dicey. We made our way through some weeds.
https://vimeo.com/103634550We had to give it up when we came to a point of no return with no way to know if things were going to get even worse and the possibility that we'd have to walk out. The video doesn't do justice to how steep, rutted and rocky the trail is at this point. To get enough traction to climb back out I had to reduce tire pressure to 15/13 and still needed a shove off push from Broz to get the bike rolling.
https://vimeo.com/103634549After lunch at Christy's we returned to the woods on Roseboro to investigate Rockhouse Creek, also gated shut, that would have been our exit from Yancey Ridge. Rockhouse Creek is a great little road but a couple miles in a huge tree has come down and blocked the way. There's no getting around it. Here's a clip at the end of our backtrack where we drive around the gate.
https://vimeo.com/103634548We had a big time!