A study in contrasts: the hot new Cannondale Jekyll is two months
old; the old growth Douglas fir is perhaps 1,000 years old.
Rode Sumas Mt, starting at Mark's, climbing the Paradise Valley Rd, fording the creek
where DNR took the bridge out, and continuing on to the lookout above Heartbreak Hill.
On the way back, I noticed another huge old growth fir off to the east side of the P1000 before you get to the P1500 Rd. It's a real beauty, and the woods around look like another potential mountain bike Disneyland, with downed cedars and roller coaster terrain everywhere.
There is now a bad new slide on the road just after the bridge out. The new slide occured exactly where the Washington Department of Natural Resources's road crew worked last summer, cutting trees on the creek side of the ravine, and generally disturbing the hillside.
Approximately 1900 verts.
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