Yesterday I drove up to Salmon Falls and got some climbing in. It was a great day, the weather was amazing. If you want a climb day from this trail its simple every time there's a fork in the trail go up. So it was another test day for the GT Zaskar Pro. The climb was long and hot but good. I felt good but I didn't climb at "race pace" so still not sure how I'll feel when I'm red lining it during my first race. At the broken glass and trash covered summit instead of turning around and going down the way I came I went down the little side trail. The entrance is up top where there's a break in the shrubbery and a old wood door on the ground. When you enter the rabbit's hole be ready for a fun little downhill in extremely tight quarters. It's important to keep your elbows in and head down, combine this with handling the bike down steep sections of the trail and you also get a couple short steep headwalls. When you get back to the main trail it's time to just lock out the fork and hammer! I almost ran into a cow and some turkeys on the way back to the car, that was a bit odd. Good times though, going out to Rockville for a mellow fun ride today.
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