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We make it to Ketchum in great time and settle into the house. Joe tests out his bed.

The house if nice with great views of the Warm Springs lift and ski
trails. It’s also extremely convenient to great riding. Right out the
door and down to the trails.

Sunday and it’s time to ride. Originally the plan was for a short ride
so that we could get our lungs and recover from the flight. We were
just supposed to do Coral Ranch loop, but as you will see the plans
changed when the fun began.
We head out right from the house and ride the four miles up the road to
the trailhead.

At
the trailhead we confirm that the best route for maximum fun is up the
fire road and down the singletrack. So we ride a little further up and
head up the fire road.

Finally
the singletrack. Just a short climb to a great buff rolling trail. It’s
all downhill from here and fast. Some great field riding as well as the
twisties through the trees. Nothing technical about it, but it’s sure
built for speed.

At
the end there is another trail called Proctor which heads up the
mountain. Not conent with the fund we just had, we decide to head up
proctor and up and up. 2000′ of climbing in a very short mileage. One
tough climb!

The climb finally ends with an incredible view that makes up for the agony.

It’s
all downhill from here. We start with a sketchy steep drop down the
slopes of Sun Valley. Yeh, it’s fast but one wrong move and you’ll be
rolling down the hill. This leads us down to the Aspen Loop which again
like Coral is fast and FUN! No pics here because I wasn’t stopping for
fear the grin on my face would go away. It didn’t. At the end we all
said the brutal climb was worth it. An excellent start to the week!