Trails in November

Happy November Cyclist

I figure anytime I can be out on my bike in November that is pretty good and today, November 7th I did just that. It was a lovely afternoon – sunny with a temperature of around 5C. Fortunately there has been no snow yet this year so the trails were dry.

I did about 15km, on my mountain bike taking the paved trail through Dawson Park, then the dirt trail beside the river to the 50th Street footbridge. On the way back I took the trail up and down the Kinnaird Ravine and then the paths on the north slope of Dawson Park.

Although it was not a long ride by any means, I ended up being out for a couple of hours as I was stopping so often to take pictures. I will just let those pictures tell the story of my afternoon:

Trail beside river, east of Dawson Park

50th Street Bridge with ice on the North Saskatchewan River

Trail beside Highlands Golf Course

Kinnaird Ravine Trail (east end)

Kinnaird Ravine Trail

Top (west end) of Kinnaird Ravine Trail

Trail on North Bank of Dawson Park (east end)

River Valley from Upper Dawson Trail

Pedal's View of the Trail

Trail through the Trees

Fallen Trees Across the Path

All in all, a very enjoyable afternoon ride and hopefully not my last one for November or 2011.