Riding the Middle Alder Trail

We start here at the entry to Middle Alder Trail, good old trail number 797.










It is hard to see, but there is a chainsaw mounted on the drivers right hand side at the rear. We had been warned that this trail may have trees down across it.





Are you sure we are in the right place?Come on, how could we be lost? We didn't know where we were going to begin with.







Doggone it, I didn't have any trouble getting up on this rock, but now I can't get off. The trail was thick with rocks of all sizes, including those big enough to get high-centered on. That is where you climb up and over the rock and then a frame part on the underbelly comes down on it. This leaves you teetering and unable to get enough traction to go either forward or backward.

Ooops, I swear this looked wide enough to get through. Well, cut me out boys! Our fearless leader charged right through a narrow spot only to find himself wedged so tightly between the trees that he was unable to move in any direction.

We did a lot of off camber riding on this trail. That is where the trail tilts sideways providing a potential for tipping your ride over on its side. There was a lot of this type riding on good old Middle Alder.

Still chug, chug, chugging along. Sharon really has taken to this rough trail riding. Her quad has a slightly lower center of gravity and she has been riding like a champ. But, shortly after this picture she got wedged in the rocks and it took three of us to get her out.

Here we are all stopped and catching our breath after having completed a real puckery off camber stretch. I didn't see anyone sneak off into the woods to clean out their drawers, but they may have.


If you wonder why I don't have any pictures of real hairy spots, well I was either too busy trying to keep my ATV on its wheels or helping someone else do the same. The camera only came out when I made it to a safe spot and no one else was in jeopardy!!!!

You may have noticed that the headlights are usually on. That is so the person ahead of you can easily see you in their rear view mirrors. Each rider is responsible for keeping track of the rider behind them. If you loose sight of them, then you wait, if they don't show up you go back and help them.