So 4 of us headed out to Della last weekend with saws, bikes and trials moto's with the intent to clear to the alpine.
Saturday two of us headed up on the moto's and get the cleared of windfall and such to the alpine with the exception of a one km section that is now a fire break.
On Sunday the 4 of us made an attempt at reaching the alpine with bikes by foot. One of the guys with us was a little fat and kinda slow so the rest of us laid down rocks and sticks to better mark the trail, we also cut back any face slappers.
The section that is now a fire break is about a km long and it really sucked to climb through with bikes, any point where we could see the old line we made piles of rocks to help reestablish the line. On the way down we free rode next to the fire break and it worked out pretty well.
Once we hit alpine the ridge got narrow and burly, we placed lots of rock and cleared more face slappers..
We made it up to the scramble with bikes and did the scramble on foot just to get to a highpoint so we could enjoy our "summit beer".
On the way up I didn't think we'd be able to ride a lot of it but with the work we did, we were able to ride 99% of it.
Anyways, the ridge is mind blowing and we plan on headed back next year to punch the trail through that fire break and to rake some of the alpine scree to make it a little more manageable…oh yeah, we're gonna heli it next.
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