ROLLING TERRAIN

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The Cruising Issue

Real video Cover story: Two lakes and a corral →

Biking. A ride story: the numbers, the good and the bad, a stop along the way. A made-up magazine; every story in it is one of Christian's Field Notes.

In this issue

  1. 01Ride ReportTwo lakes and a corralChristian, Helena and Marley spent October 17 at the Highland Lakes above Bear Valley: about nine miles of riding with roughly twelve hundred feet of climbing, a pass through a horse corral on the way in, drone views over both Upper and Lower Highland Lake, and a day by the water with the hammock up.
  2. 02Ride ReportFriday night dinner rideA Friday evening ride out for dinner with his wife: a rainbow running through a cloud over the ridge, no bike lights, and a sunset on the way home.
  3. 03Ride ReportClear Creek after darkSpooner Summit to James Lee Park on the Clear Creek Trail with his brother and nephew, visiting from Buffalo, New York, on their first ride in years. The last stretch was by bike light.
  4. 04Ride ReportThrough the burnChristian rides the Corral Trail Loop from the Corral trailhead on May 24, 2025, up to the first lookout above Lake Tahoe, where he turns around. He goes from green pine forest into a burned area and ends at a creek. Marley is with him the whole way.
  5. 05Ride ReportUp to MarletteAn early September morning with Marley from Spooner Lake up North Canyon to Marlette Lake, one of the last rides up there before the trails closed for two years of dam repairs.