tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post1497104222118292677..comments2023-12-28T21:22:10.935-07:00Comments on Jill Outside: Tis the seasonJill Homerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-72530343522472229662013-11-16T10:00:22.272-07:002013-11-16T10:00:22.272-07:00http://www.royalgorge.com/snowbikehttp://www.royalgorge.com/snowbikeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03059137901941493531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-43564634926822202442013-11-16T01:03:14.141-07:002013-11-16T01:03:14.141-07:00In California, you can find some snowmobile trails...In California, you can find some snowmobile trails and even people running dog sleds north of Truckee just off Highway 89. About 30 minutes from where 89 crosses 80. Hobart Mills will be on your right. Keep going and eventually you will see a parking lot on the left with snowmobiles and maybe dogs. It is a paved road that is groomed and packed for snow machines. About 2 miles out there is a left turn onto a dirt road that also is used by snowmachines. The paved road goes to Webber Lake and the dirt crosses a creek and roughly parallels it. I haven't been there in a few years but there used to be 20 or more miles that you could ride. I think Treasure Mountain Road was also used by snowmobiles starting from about the same spot. Hope that helps you get Snoots out in the snow.Wildfiretales2013https://www.blogger.com/profile/15533802306372678254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-61919741617299347162013-11-16T01:01:08.780-07:002013-11-16T01:01:08.780-07:00In California, you can find some snowmobile trails...In California, you can find some snowmobile trails and even people running dog sleds north of Truckee just off Highway 89. About 30 minutes from where 89 crosses 80. Hobart Mills will be on your right. Keep going and eventually you will see a parking lot on the left with snowmobiles and maybe dogs. It is a paved road that is groomed and packed for snow machines. About 2 miles out there is a left turn onto a dirt road that also is used by snowmachines. The paved road goes to Webber Lake and the dirt crosses a creek and roughly parallels it. I haven't been there in a few years but there used to be 20 or more miles that you could ride. I think Treasure Mountain Road was also used by snowmobiles starting from about the same spot. Hope that helps you get Snoots out in the snow.Wildfiretales2013https://www.blogger.com/profile/15533802306372678254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-60455495253550102422013-11-15T23:17:16.606-07:002013-11-15T23:17:16.606-07:00Corrine — it would be great to see you over Christ...Corrine — it would be great to see you over Christmas break. We'll be around Dec. 23-Jan. 1, spending several nights in the Whites and possibly Tolovana in there. I'll stay in touch.<br /><br />Jan — looking forward to reading about your explorations. I really would love to come up and ride in the area. There are some potential trails near Tahoe that I've been meaning to check out as well. There's no snow biking in Yosemite. I looked into it. For whatever reason snowmobiles are not allowed on Highway 120 in the winter and it's basically not traveled at all (a ranger told me to bring snowshoes and a map and compass.) Glacier Point has a groomed ski path, about 12 miles long, but bikes are explicitly not allowed even though it's a paved road in the summer. '<br /><br />Danni — Yes, Beat actually bought the most amazing snow bike ever. It's the one bike to rule them all, and it's true that it's kind of a crime not to ride it in Alaska this winter. But I figure there are years to come to enjoy this bike, and I should stay the course with sled-dragging. We'll see.Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-53495285568206776522013-11-15T22:39:58.639-07:002013-11-15T22:39:58.639-07:00Snoots? Did you get yet another bike?Snoots? Did you get yet another bike?Dannihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201053516148787578noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-61232711829841016512013-11-15T20:47:02.401-07:002013-11-15T20:47:02.401-07:00With my recent acquisition of a fat bike, I have s...With my recent acquisition of a fat bike, I have started to research areas to snow bike. Washington has tons, many groomed trails within an our drive from Seattle. The Methow valley XC system is now accessible to fat bikes and it is supposed to be awesome.<br />In California, Tahoe Donner apparently allows fat bikes and I'm sue there is lots of backcountry jeep roads around Tahoe. How about Hwy 120 through Yosemite? It is a NP so probably not, but it is open to bikes in summer so why not winter?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03059137901941493531noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-61598296486668718302013-11-15T15:49:15.435-07:002013-11-15T15:49:15.435-07:00Jill,
We will be in and out over Christmas break s...Jill,<br />We will be in and out over Christmas break so if you need a place to do laundry, hang out, or stay let us know.<br />CorrineCorrinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18079166369675219383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-49743070662220182692013-11-15T15:05:47.240-07:002013-11-15T15:05:47.240-07:00Oops,
Just read your comments above this post :-D...Oops,<br /><br />Just read your comments above this post :-D<br />Whatever you do, keep updating the blog with your adventures and pics, I, and many others, love them.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01303023797299673421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-54693197901091896192013-11-15T15:03:23.043-07:002013-11-15T15:03:23.043-07:00Jill,
Listen to the calls of Snoots !
And if not...Jill,<br /><br />Listen to the calls of Snoots !<br />And if not, just ask yourself "isn't biking so much more fun then running ?".<br />Well, I don't know, but (as a biker) I like your bike blogs more then your 'running' blogs.<br />But I keep on reading anyway :-D<br />Whatever your decision is; have fun this winter !<br /><br />I hope to do the Iditarod one day, but it's so hard to combine with 'working' life :-(Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01303023797299673421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-78958557707059275932013-11-15T12:16:12.310-07:002013-11-15T12:16:12.310-07:00Aucilla — it's true biking to McGrath would be...Aucilla — it's true biking to McGrath would be fine preparation for the 1,000-mile ride, but even Curiak agrees that walking would be even better. The first 350 miles of the Iditarod are often good trail, but beyond that, one must be prepared to push their bike a lot — some years for as much as 100 miles straight, and usually for at least 1/3 of the total distance. <br /><br />In 2008 I was in no way prepared for bike walking. The push over Rainy Pass took me 27 hours. It could have gone much, much faster. <br /><br />Sled-dragging is different, and arguably easier than pushing a bike. But psychologically, the two can be quite similar. And this sport is all about the mind game; it's one of the reasons I love it. <br /><br />But yes, cycling versus walking. I spend way more time thinking about this than I should. It's not quite as simple as "you obviously prefer biking to than running." In this type of winter racing, the lines between the two activities are not nearly as black-and-white, but the two are still very different experiences. It's a question of whether I want to harness that experience despite its more extreme difficulties, or take the more comfortable, likely more enjoyable route. I'm genuinely torn. But since the decision back in April 2013 was to walk, for now I'm sticking with that.<br /><br />Mary — I'd love to train up in your neck of the woods. Who knows? Maybe I can plan a January sled-dragging road trip. ;)<br /><br />Lynda — that's an interesting insight. However, I've had other extended periods of extreme underfueling (Racing the Planet Nepal 2011, when I was sick, and PTL 2013, when I just didn't have enough food) without experiencing this level of edema. However, my feet were similarly swollen after this year's Homer Epic 100K, which was over in 19 hours. For whatever reason, winter racing specifically seems to affect my body in more pronounced ways. It seems like I can get away with under-eating, over-hydrating, and other "ultra-mistakes" in the summer, and still bash my way through. But in winter racing, any and all mistakes have quick and harsh consequences. In cases such as this edema, I don't fully understand why. Jill Homerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02983065990450931943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-37433863895487928022013-11-15T11:07:10.236-07:002013-11-15T11:07:10.236-07:00Peripheral edema like that is often due to under-f...Peripheral edema like that is often due to under-fueling and putting the body in a ketotic state for too long.Lynda Wallenfelshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00794970198414492308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-29693213037705593792013-11-15T06:57:46.645-07:002013-11-15T06:57:46.645-07:00Come up here to train! We have sloggy snow to your...Come up here to train! We have sloggy snow to your heart's content. Maryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11166776565191771729noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18615538.post-85737028210002955692013-11-15T05:16:45.491-07:002013-11-15T05:16:45.491-07:00I don't have any expertise on the subject of p...I don't have any expertise on the subject of preparing for 1049 like you and Mike C. but it seems to me that biking to McGrath (again) would be excellent preparation for biking to Nome. Don't you do a boatload of walking anyway? And isn't pushing a loaded bike quite different than hauling a BeaterSled? I just don't see how you can leave Snoots behind. Your circumstances have changed.<br /><br />On a different subject, a vision of your feet and pale legs, sans ankles or any other definition, is firmly engrained in this long time reader's mind. Honest and informative reporting for sure but please find an excuse one day to include a picture of your pigs, ankles included, for some fair and balanced reporting. :-)AucillaSinkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02085072007329506260noreply@blogger.com