Starting at Somerset Resevoir and heading North on a VAST trail on the Eastern shore was fairly slow going due to the grass. We ended up on the Catamount trail eventually and the going got tougher. We did cut some blowdown but eventually we just had to get off of our bikes every few minutes to lift over blowdown or through rock gardens. We were riding Salsa Mukluks with expedition bikepacking type loads. This was not a lightweight gravel bike ride. It took about 5 hours to get to Grout Pond campsites. The ride from then on was great! Somerset road was closed to motorized vehicles which made it a great pleasure to ride. This loop was 100% gravel, well, except for the grass.

Also the rest of the ride only took a couple of hours. I forgot to pause the ride while camping!