{"id":10141,"date":"2015-06-18T13:12:05","date_gmt":"2015-06-18T20:12:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/topangacreekbicycles.com\/blog\/?p=10141"},"modified":"2015-06-18T13:12:05","modified_gmt":"2015-06-18T20:12:05","slug":"unpredict-your-wednesday-in-big-bear","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.topangacreekoutpost.com\/blog\/unpredict-your-wednesday-in-big-bear\/","title":{"rendered":"UnPredict Your Wednesday in Big Bear"},"content":{"rendered":"

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On Tuesday night after the shop closed, we drove up to Big Bear from Topanga and various areas of Los Angeles.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We parked sorta near the lake and loaded our gear on our various bikes.\u00a0\u00a0 Jay on a Salsa Mariachi, Chris on a Surly ECR, Both John and Mario of Salsa Fargos, Paul on a Giant (He’s getting a new bike), and Armand on a Salsa Vaya with mountain tires (27.5).\u00a0\u00a0 We rode up a dirt road and into the National Forest.\u00a0 After about an hour of riding, we found a flat area ideal for camping and made camp.\u00a0 Armand in a bivvy, Jay in a hammock and the rest in tents.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Derek showed up on a Surly ECR and tent.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We drink some sodas and beer and chatted for an hour or so.\u00a0 Because we were virtually in the middle of nowhere, we did build a fire. The air was warm enough to relax and not be cold.\u00a0\u00a0 In the morning, we made some coffee, ate some breakfast, and headed further into the forest.\u00a0\u00a0 Up hill at first, and we made our way to Skyline Drive.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Derek knew about the amazing singletrack that goes to the right of the fire road.\u00a0\u00a0 We were blown away at how amazing the trail was.\u00a0 The views were fantastic.\u00a0\u00a0 Unimaginably fantastic.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We were like giddy school kids on the trail.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 After the fun new trail, we headed down into Big Bear and filled up water at the Walgreens.\u00a0\u00a0 After that we crossed the lake, which is now grass because of the drought, and headed a bit East to start climbing the hills on the other side of the lake.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Paul knew where the PCT crossed, because\u00a0 he had just been hiking there.\u00a0\u00a0 In fact, after the slug of a climb, we sat and chilled at the second PCT crossing for a little lunch stop.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One more slog of a climb and we found ourselves at the really fun Fawnskin Trail.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 (Chris was exhausted, FYI).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Once the single track was done, we were down by the lake and had to go around 1\/2 of it to where we parked.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We made our way to the various vehicles and went to get Rover who had taken a couple days off and was with Eric.\u00a0\u00a0 An ideal UnPredict Your Wednesday.<\/p>\n

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