Hill Repeats Up Aspen Ridge
by scott
Today was the first proper road ride of the season — grinding around on the fixed-gear through town doesn’t count. It wasn’t a warm day, but heck 40 degrees in McCall feels like 55 in Seattle. It was dry and we made it out and back before mother nature shook up the snow globe and gave us something pretty to stare at.
Where was the ride? It was a short one over lunch, about an hour, and the focus was a series of hill repeats from the base of Spring Mountain Ranch up through Aspen Ridge. These are a blast because you can cycle (pun intended) up and down on a couple different routes on nice roads with very little traffic. And who doesn’t love a hilltop finish? Maybe Aspen Ridge is my new, personal (super-mini) Alpe D’Huez. (As seen on “tv” below the photos.)
