Review Date
August 23, 2004

Overall Rating
 5 of 5

Aerobic Difficulty
 5 of 5

Technical Difficulty
 5 of 5

Ridden Trail:
Every few months

Visitors rate this review
5.00 of 5, 1 votes

Reviewed by: johnnyd ,  Cross Country Rider

Summary:
A totally awesome ride, not for the faint of heart. Climbing 1500 feet over 6 miles gets you to A-Basin. Climb another 1500 feet in just 2.5 miles (yeah it's real steep) and you're on top of the world, ready to blast off. Wave to the big white goats before you drop in on the first two switchbacks that will snap you out of your oxygen-starved stupor in a hurry. The first section of trail is traversing the outside of a huge open cirque that can get a little spooky--you can't afford to fall to the right. Past that section you get great singletrack that dips and swoops through some open tundra and then some trail-obscuring willows, then you're down to treeline. Great technical trail through dark forest with lots of roots and rocks and a few off-camber water crossings. The trail ends at Peru Creek Road and you're still about a seven-mile descent and another 1000 feet above Keystone so keep that big ring handy.

Recommended Route:
There's really only one. Ride the whole thing from Keystone.