Lookin’ on Lookout Mountain

It was a bit chilly this morning, and I wanted to grab the mountain bike and get out for some fun. I decided to take Lizzy with me and head down to Lookout mountain. Basically and up then down. Starting in Golden, climbing up to Windy Saddle and then to the top of Lookout Mt.

Lizzy is all happy playing on the rocks

Laying down first tracks

View from Windy Saddle on Lookout Mountain

Climbing thru the pines

I had a good climb to the top, alternating between, bone dry, mud, ice and frozen snow. Just as I as was about to turn around at the top, wouldn’t you know, Lizzy takes off on me. Well this has been my biggest fear about taking Lizzy with me riding anywhere in Colorado. She’ll chase anything from Golden to Colorado Springs. She took off after something and I waited and searched. Descended half way down the mountain, climbed back up looking for her, then decided to go all the way down and grab my phone. On the way down a few people had seen her. One lady had a baby harness on and said Lizzy freaked out, cause she saw 2 heads! I started chuckling at that. I hit the bottom and grabbed my phone (as my number is on her tag). At this point I was getting a bit worried as it had been a while. I hurriedly climbed up to the top and found her about halfway up. She was wiped out, super tired. Probably had been worriedly looking for me as much as I had been for her. Thankfully she was ok and I grabbed her and trotted her back down the trail.

Might be a bit before I take her back on the trails again.

Tomorrow, heading back to Heil/Hall with Kat and putting in some good hours. Looks to be a bit chilly, but should be dry and fun. I’ll be bringing the cam with me and re-shooting some of the best singletrack in Colorado!