On Sabbath a group of us decided to go mountain biking on Raccoon Mountain (trail map). After a quick picnic lunch we hit the trails, only partially knowing where we were going... We happily explored the trails progressively advancing to more-difficult trails (they are marked the same as skiing/snowboarding trails -- green circle, blue box, black diamond, etc...) At about the 5 mile point we hit the "black diamond" part of the trail which was mostly up hill and fairly rocky for the final 3.5 miles!Aside from one accident along the way (sorry Todd) we all had a great but tiring ride. The weather was perfect and the autumn colors were beautiful.
