Rode up Sumas Mt. from the winery with Mark Belles the day after I had to bale part way through the ride on Galbraith because of whacking my knee.

We did it at pretty much a full sprint: I looked down at my watch at one point and noticed we had just equaled my best one hour climb total ever -- 2190 verts.

It was almost exactly one year ago to the day that I first was able to ride over Sumas Mt. last year. Then snow was still deep along the road and the air was chill; today we only saw one small patch of snow back in the woods, and the warm air quivered with hummingbirds.

Approximately 2700 verts.