Lost Lake Reservoir Ride

Tuesday, May 15, 2007

Last week we were going to ride the reservoir affectionately referred to by many as Cow Poo Lake. But we had a sick buggy (daughter) and so rode out our front door. That was cool, but this was more of an adventure. Here is a nice photo of the lake, taken when I hiked up a slope to try to find a trail.

We packed up the bikes and about a 15 minute drive later we parked at the South end of the lake. We were running off our local mountain bike guide book "Mountain Biking in McCall", by Stephen Stuebner and Roger Phillips. We started off trying to follow the routed detailed in the book, but wound up doing our own thing. Here's more pics.

Here we are about a mile down the road, consulting the book and concluding that we have already deviated from the recommended path. Initially we were intent on following the recommended path, and so went down the slope to the lake shore. Also, riding on a gravel road was not too exciting.

This was nice riding, by the shore.There were many downed trees across the path, but it was no big deal.

Looking South, back the way we came.

We came to a sketchy little single track that hugged the shoreline and was fun to ride, until we were nearly to the North end of the lake. We were hoping we could link up with a tail and ride all the way around the lake, but we were confronted with...

Maybe if we were veteran mountain bike warriors with full suspension steeds we would have ventured into the forest, but we are not and were not. So we rode back! And it was neat.

It was pretty like this. A good ride. Then we went back to New Meadows and had lunch at the Granite Mountain Cafe. We were going to eat at the Pine Ridge Cafe, but they are closed Tuesdays and Wednesdays. Good to know. Also I would highly recommend obtaining a good topographical map of any area you plan to ride.