Going to be up in Sun Valley next week with the family. Is there a must ride I need to do while I'm there?
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Going to be up in Sun Valley next week with the family. Is there a must ride I need to do while I'm there?
How long of a day? Will anyone be able to shuttle you to a start point 30-45 minutes out of town (and then you ride back to town)?
If you have a shuttle.... Osberg Ridge to Adam's Gulch to Ketchum is a rad ride! I made the wife ride up the road from highway 75 last year to make a loop out of Osberg Ridge... I'd highly recommend the shuttle haha.
the galena lodge trail system is fun and good if you're short on time. Chocolate Gulch, Fox Creek, Adam's Gulch, Greenhorn are all worthy rides in my book. Have fun, I love Ketchum in the summer!
On the other side of the pass I thought Fisher creek was pretty fun.
Osberg was the one I was thinking of.Quote:
Originally Posted by BRUTAH
following along,
the GF and I rented a rig from Wandervans and are picking it up in Boise. Will have MTB's and a couple weeks to tour around ID/MT/WY
FWIW I had fun at the SV bike park when I was there 3-4 years ago. I remember long single track top to bottom. I think they have built a new flow trail and some other new trails since then. It's definitley not your Whistler style bike park with lots of man made features... it felt like good ol' fashioned single track cept you get lift bumps to the top. There was a little but of XC and short climbs once on the mountain.
Thanks for the suggestions. I'll look into them. I can probably scrounge a shuttle from someone in the family. We'll be staying at The Meadows RV Park in Ketchum so if there is anything nearby that's what I'm most likely hit up.
You need to ride anytime, anywhere by bike! You need to eat with him, sleep and travel. Bike best friend!
You'll be 4-5 miles from the Greenhorn/Imperial Gulch trailhead. That's a pretty good, quick ride. Trailforks shows the best direction to ride it.Quote:
Originally Posted by CS
Check out www.bcrd.org for up to date information about what trails are open, where the range maggots are, fires, etc.
Also, don't forget to go check out Galena area trails a little ways north of glitter gulch and if you're up that way, might as well go over the pass and ride Fisher/Williams loop(s)
Thanks dude. I'll check it outQuote:
Originally Posted by zion zig zag
Get some.
FYI, Sturtevants runs shuttles to East Baker Creek (Osbergs) and Edge of the World (Oregon Gulch), I don't think it costs much per person. You can ride back to town from either of those two drop points.
They do, but it's minimum 4 people. They'll ad you to a list and give you a call if they get the other 3. $25 to Baker Creek if memory serves.Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
So many good trails in Sun Valley... it's not that technical, but for big backcountry-type riding, it's tough to beat.Quote:
Originally Posted by kungpow
No doubt. Sun Valley is a special place for me with family there and visiting a few times each year since I was a kid. Even though there's lots of rich people's 3rd and 4th vacation homes, there's always been a super low-key vibe, never any people, very quiet peaceful place to spend time in the outdoors.
sums up the SV/Ketchum/Stanley world.Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
If you don't ride Alden Gulch you fucking missed out, holy crap that is a fun trail and makes the Osberg climbs beyond worth it
You basically have to do it as a loop from E. Baker Creek though, right? Climb up the road, up Osberg's, and then down Alden?Quote:
Originally Posted by ticketchecker
Alden really should be directional at this point. That is a full on flow trail in the middle of nowhere. I feel sorry for the poor soul that decides to hike UP Alden. Very fast trail down. The climb up Osberg is super mellow for the most part.Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
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Fuck that. It's an easy pedal up and only the shorter loops require a ton of road riding. No way it should be directional unless it gets an easy up trail similar to Leverich.Quote:
Originally Posted by hick
Either that or up East fork of Baker Rd, right on Osberg and right on Alden.Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
Just surprised cause a person (not me!), could boost the shit out of all those table tops and doubles in the upper section. Riding up a bermed out jumpy trail just seems miserable to me🤷♂️I still can’t believe the FS signed off on that trail. Fuck, I’ve lived in Region 1 to long!Quote:
Originally Posted by Mountainman
By easy uphill, do you just mean shorter? That climb is pretty damn easy as it is and a loop! Mountainman, Ketchum has ruined you, you’re getting soft!;)
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Alden was super dope. It’s really cool that stuff like that is built fairly far out there. I looped it with the E Baker Road, that’s a very polite climb, if a little long.
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Yo! Quick question for locals/anyone who has ridden the Alden gulch reroute. Is Alden gulch appropriate for an intermediate plus rider? Wife loves osberg ridge and a loop seems ideal. She probably wouldn’t be stoked on a four mile hike a bike down so trying to get a feel for difficulty. Thanks in advance.
Yes. It’s not difficult. We have even ascended Alden and my GF on a hardtail thought it was relatively easy.Quote:
Originally Posted by nest
Sweet! Stoked to check it out.
X2 on Alden with an intermediate GF, she liked it
What's the best way to ride Osberg/Alden without a shuttle?
Ride straight to Lefty's and make your wife get the car.
Duh.
I did this ride back in June: https://www.strava.com/activities/3609700888Quote:
Originally Posted by BobbyBill
Not sure it's the "best", but it's one way to ride it. The climb up Baker Creek Rd is easy but long, and then you still have a decent amount to climb to the top of Osberg.
Thanks, smmokan...that looks like a good plan. Looks like a side trip to Baker Lake could be added too.
I spent a week in Stanley Ketchum this summer and rode every day. No shuttles. I camped along Baker Creek.
Park at the bottom of Alden there is a campground and ride up the road it's not bad, up osberg down Alden. Feeling strong go back up east baker and down curly's.
If you can shuttle get dropped at the start of osberg and do that but then go down Oregon gulch and then do chocolate gulch and those trails on the side of the loop further from the road back to town. Amazing.
I think upper and lower oregon is one of the best DH and I rode all over the place this summer.
Or go down the north side of the Adam gulch loop if oregon is too long.
Greenhorn imperial is good for a shorter ride. I kept going up and hit oregon from that side. I see how they could connect.
By Stanley up fischer down williams is fun. I did an out and back at the top on upper williams.
Another big ride by Stanley is up little casino down big casino. Sunny gulch connects them.
A fun out there ride is potato mountain. Look up Stanley creek. Rode clockwise.your feet will get wet.
I saw lots of people on ebikes on the Moto trails. If you rent an Ebike I see how you could do really huge rides there.
That area was one of the most fun of all the riding i did all summer.
The thrift store in Ketchum has really nice bike clothes for cheap. No I did not buy chamois.
KB burrito is the bomb.
I ran to sawtooth lake in the wilderness. Felt like switzerland. The sawtooth range up by redfish lake is rugged.https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/202...00d326de02.jpg
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Hmmmm.... not sure I agree with you on Upper/Lower Oregon being an amazing descent. Upper Oregon is great, but it's relatively short. Lower Oregon is about as flat as it gets though.
There are SO many great rides to be had in the Greenhorn area, if you connect them around the backside of Baldy. Plus, for a shorter ride it's tough to beat Greenhorn-Imperial for a 90-minute spin.
You connected Greenhorn with Oregon? That's a beast ride!
No those were separate rides.Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
Greenhorn, mars, mahoney, lodgepole, upper cow creek
Adam's gulch, oregon, chocolate, fox creek another day
To op another good resource is look at the western spirit trip itinerary. They ride red warrior but I never did. Looks steep and moto
Warm and cold springs are supposed to be good but I didn't do those
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Anyone around this week that wants to go on a weirdo ride? Camping through Saturday and thinking pioneer-johnstone-bear-parker looks sweet. Have one solo day to do a bigger ride and would like to do something new.
Not sure I'd call that a weirdo ride. It was pretty rad. Day 2 from my trip last year: https://www.tetongravity.com/forums/...ghlight=parker
You'll see tons of hikers going up Pioneer to the cabin. But not many on Johnstone or Bear/Parker. Bear is a grind by that point, but Parker is so fast fun and worth it.
If you can arrange for a drop off (or use the shuttle w Sturtevants), I’d recommend this one:
Up Osberg / Lost Shirt
Down Castle Creek
Right on Warm Springs Rd for a couple miles
Up Middle Fork to South Fork
Down Lick Gulch (amazing descent)
Up/down North Fork of DC
Up Howard’s
Down Greenhorn to the Greenhorn Gulch TH
All in, it’s about 31 miles, 4500’ climbing and 6500’ descent, one of the most beautiful rides I’ve ever done.
Lick is good? I heard it was a torn up dirt bike trail?Quote:
Originally Posted by smmokan
That's a great loop... How much of that is hike a bike?