Your #1 Source Of Dirt On The Crumm's: Big Bear MTB Madness

Me and a bunch of friends got up at the crack of dawn this morning and drove up to Big Bear for a day of Mountain Biking. I got up at 5:30 am to load up all the gear and get everything ready so we could hit the road by 7. Its about a 2 hour drive up the mountain from Los Angeles, and the Scenic Sky Chair Lift opened at 9 am so you've gotta do what you've gotta do if you want get as many runs in as possible. Upon arrival we geared up and got ready to roll. Our other 2 friends were still about an hour away so we decided to get in a warm up run before they arrived. We took the lift up and did the most basic route up there, 2N10 to 2N08 which is basically a bunch of fire road to bomb, with some climbing mixed in. Damn thats a fun trail! By the time we got back down the mountain the rest of our crew had arrived so we took the lift back up the mountain and went exploring. We decided to make a left at the summit, and headed off into the unknown. A few minutes into the ride i spotted a singletrack branching off from the main trail and we all decided to see where it went. The first half of this singletrack was hard packed and pretty fast, with lots of twists and turns through the forest, then it got crazy! It pretty much went from basic riding, to some extremely rocky and super technical downhill singletrack (which I didn't mind one bit). All of us had to ditch our bikes at one point or another to avoid a serious bail, and after a half hour of some non stop brake squeezing action we made it to the bottom. That seemed to set the tone for the rest of the day, as we would ride the fire roads for a bit until someone saw a singletrack that we would take until meeting up with another fireroad. It was pure fun and tons of exploration up on the mountain. There was lots of super fast bombing, some technical stuff and even some hike a bike, but at the days end it was one of the most fun rides I've ever been on. Each of us were caked from head to toe in dust and it took about a half hour just to clean up before we could drive back. Also nobody got injured (although there were some close calls) or had any major bike malfunctions, so that made the ride even better. Unfortunately, since Winter is almost upon us, the sky chair will only be open until some time in November, so you better get up there soon if you want to hit it up! I know I will be back at least once more before it gets closed down... SEE YOU THERE!