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| Goat Peak trail wins again |
I had a great ride yesterday cruising around Snoqualmie Pass. Today, I was itching for something more interesting. I really wanted to head to Cle Elum, but Vic was having truck issues, and Scott was recovering from his broken collar bone. I decided to go try Goat Peak. It's a super narrow trail that sees very little use as it's hard to find the trailhead and, well, it's pretty gnarly. Lots of tight techy switchbacks. I have a hard time finding anyone that would want to even bother riding this trail, so seemed not smart, but intereseting to do on my own. Trail started out in great shape, got narrower, and I made it through the rocky trench, then got to the rock pictured above. It doesn't look like much in the picture but would have required full commitment to attack, and a slip would have the bike sliding down the rock. I opted to be safe and started my gingerly slow trip back down the trail. Unfortunately, I got hung up on one of the downhill switchbacks and fell off the trail, smashing into some small trees. Luckily the saplings kept my bike from tumbling down the hillside. A damage assessment showed minor damage to bikes rear turn signal and damage to my left hand. I took a breather and started to assess how to get my bike back on the trail. Fortunately I was able to push it uphill about a foot then using dead trees and loose rocks managed to build a ledge under the bike that actually allowed me to ride the machine back up onto the trail. With a swelling left hand and blood oozing from it's backside soaking into my fox gloves, I got the heck out of there.
Pretty small crack, but hand definitely affected
