{"id":3962,"date":"2013-04-17T20:40:48","date_gmt":"2013-04-18T02:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?p=3962"},"modified":"2014-02-08T22:45:48","modified_gmt":"2014-02-09T04:45:48","slug":"moab-9-snow-arches-and-amasa-backcaptain-ahab","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/evilmoose.me\/?p=3962","title":{"rendered":"Moab 9: Snow, arches, and Amasa Back\/Captain Ahab"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>And on the eighth night there was snow.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/20130417-IMG_0653-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As a result, the morning was spent waiting for things to warm up a little, and for the snow to go away.  We decided a trip to the Arches National Park was in order.  Perhaps the arches would look quite pretty all covered in snow?<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/20130417-IMG_0665-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s an arch with Brendan standing in it (if you squint really hard you can see him, he&#8217;s that wee blue spot).<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/20130417-IMG_0667-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s another arch with Alex and a wild Moosling.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/20130417-IMG_0689-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>And here&#8217;s Delicate Arch.  Oooh, look how pretty it is.  <\/p>\n<p>By this time we&#8217;d well and truly had enough of driving around looking at arches (well I had anyway), and wanted to go and do something more interesting.  That wish was fulfilled when Jackie, Greban and I set off to ride *dramatic chords* Amasa Back and Captain Ahab.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/20130417-IMG_0698-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Things started off simply enough, with some slightly startling downhill, then a steady climb up a rocky double track.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/IMG_8385-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><center><em>Biking up Amasa Back, towards the eponymous whale<\/em><\/center><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/20130417-IMG_0709-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Then things opened up, and we were cycling along next to Jackson Hole, with a great precipitous drop next to the trail.  The sort where in a situation where you usually wouldn&#8217;t think twice about riding over something, suddenly you&#8217;re wondering: &#8220;But what if I DID just randomly swerve a few metres that way, and then roll a bit &#8211; just look at that enormous cliff!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/20130417-IMG_0715-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>We headed up to the summit of Amasa Back first, taking some obligatory summit shots&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/20130417-IMG_0720-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&#8230; before descending (wheeeee!) down to the trail junction and heading out and back on the Pothole Arch singletrack.  <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/IMG_8404-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/IMG_8413-M.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The riding was good fun, but it sort of petered out to an uneventful conclusion, leaving us with a dirty great hill to climb back up again, which seemed the height of rudeness.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/20130417-IMG_0722-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/IMG_8431-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/> <\/p>\n<p>But then we were on our way to Captain Ahab!  I was alarmed by the entry sign &#8211; expert skills recommended?  But apparently I have enough pseudo-expert skills these days, and it was a wonderful trail, flowing and fun, and I think the people who built it may have been wizards.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/evilmoose.me\/wordpress\/wp-content\/images\/20130417-IMG_0746-L.jpg\" alt=\"\" \/><\/p>\n<p>For an average descent grade of 11%, it had an awful lot of uphill though.  Oh, but there would have been even more photos if we hadn&#8217;t been having too much fun riding to really want to stop and take photos.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Distance biked:<\/strong> 25 km<br \/>\n<strong>Elevation gain:<\/strong> 736 m<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>And on the eighth night there was snow. As a result, the morning was spent waiting for things to warm up a little, and for the snow to go away. We decided a trip to the Arches National Park was in order. 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