Andrew Carney at the Vapor Trail 125 & Snowmass 12 Hr

I headed to Salida two weeks ago to ride in the Vapor Trail 125. At the start time of 10 PM about 50 of us headed into the darkness for upwards of 20,000 ft of climbing and 125 miles of some of the toughest trails around. By the time the sun came up we had ridden, pushed, and carried our bikes through abandoned mining towns and alpine boulder fields to 13,000 ft in below freezing temps....that was the first 45 miles. Here's some photos and the ride report in it's entirety can be found here.

Day break on Tomichi Pass

Finishing up an hour hike-a-bike at dawn

Then this past weekend, I headed to the Snowmass 12 hour put on by Nat Ross. Some of the race highlights were following Lance Armstrongs wheel on a long techy downhill, finishing 5th overall after racing the prior two weeks, and winning the Rocky Mountain Ultra Endurance Series overall for the season. The complete writeup along with more pictures can be found here.

The Snowmass course consisted of a rough 1600 ft mostly singletrack climb followed by an even rougher and technical decent.

Starting line, Lance is on the right (behind all the media)

Rolling through the pits

Yuki Saito and I on the podium for the Rocky Mountain Ultra Endurance Series overall points standings. (Myself 1st, Yuki 2nd)