Middle of February

 Biking from the house to Grand Junction:

Walked up bottom mile or so of Palisade Plunge. Too much for me on a mountain bike but it is 32 miles long and maybe I would want to mountain bike or ski the top 10 miles or so that is up on the Grand Mesa:

Grand Mesa - County Line TH

 Bike or ski? 60 in Fruita today so biking would be good. On the other hand Grand Mesa has been good every time for skiing. Since I went biking yesterday it was easy to decide on the ski option today.

It hasn't snowed since last week. The groomed trails are nice but the snow off the groomers isn't great since it went above freezing the last few days. Today was the County Line trailhead. Another group of nice trails with some mountain views and some more lakes. These trails connect to the Grand Mesa Nordic council trails to make a large network of trails.

Looking out at Palisade on the same day. Palisade Rim trail down in the valley:

Biking in February

 Can't say I have ever been biking in Feb before. It was 50 when I started out and 60 went I got back. Plenty warm for biking and of course sunny. Rode from the house to kokopelli trails, went around Rustlers loop, and then back. Good first outing for 2026.

Canyonlands - Afternoon

 After the Gooseberry hike in the AM it was time to do some slow easy walks. 

Green River viewpoint area:

Upheavel Dome. They think this was a meteor strike. It is a strange one:

Whale Rock:

Shafer road view point:

You can see the Shafer road in this picture:

Petroglyphs on the Canyonlands access road:

Made it back to Fruita: