This looks like a great gravel ride!

It's the shorter Bear Growl loop, one of my favorites. I knocked over five minutes off my best time, and former Strava KOM, on the first long climb.

I've been riding a slightly different version of this route, that's a mile longer. It eliminates a stretch where they ran a masticator through last year, to remove overgrowth. I got a flat on that stretch Sunday, when a sharp sliver of wood from the mastication punctured my tire.

Here's the revised route I've been riding: https://ridewithgps.com/trips/26081804
The difference is from mile 14.4 to 18.1.

And here, if you've never seen one before, is a masticator in action: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kz-tEvsbvfs

Holy Cow! I wouldn't want to get that thing after me.

Yeah, it would turn you to mulch in a hurry! 😮

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