Valve House Biking

So this week's trip was on an easy trail titled Valve House. It's located within Caribou National Forrest just south of the the trails that I've previously blogged about. At the beginning the trail doesn't look like it has much to offer. The trail begins at the highway and heads up a four wheeler trail with a gradual incline. The scenery isn't very appealing at first because it heads up a canyon with a wide open. There was actually times when we passed some cattle grazing along the trail sides. However, once you get farther along the trail the forest begins to thicken and it becomes aesthetically pleasing. The trail doesn't take much time and its a very easy climb. After a while you come to a fork in the road and have the option to continue up the trail towards some ponds or to head down a canyon wash through some beautiful valleys of wildflowers and eventually loop back around to the highway beginning point. This is a quick easy ride that doesn't take much time at all; with all the stopping we did for photography the trail took a little around two hours. The downhill ride through the wash is single track and not to complicated. The scenery is beautiful with some amazing wildflowers along the way.