Errand Boy

Although I was just there five days ago, I made a quick run up to Incline Village to conduct some business for my dad. He rents out the condo occasionally while he lives in Germany, so I was getting it ready for a new renter.

While I was there I took the opportunity to ride. I wanted to do a longer route since it would probably be my last opportunity to ride in Tahoe for a while.

I started with the climb up Tunnel Creek and rode the Flume Trail "backwards" from normal, meaning south.

The Flume isn't that exciting from a riding standpoint. It's flat and mostly sandy.

No, it's all about the views.

After the Flume you end up at Marlette Lake.

Then you begin the grind up Marlette Lake Road.

At one point you reach a place where you are about 1500 feet above Marlette Lake, which in turn is about 1500 feet above Lake Tahoe. The illusion makes it look like one lake.

The road eventually crosses the Rim Trail, and I turned west and continued climbing towards Marlette Peak on the incredible singletrack trail.

Towards the top you climb above treeline, opening up more incredible views.

From this point it's a whole lot of downhilling back to the condo. The Rim is twisting singletrack through boulder fields with switchbacks and dropoffs. It's incredibly fun, but tiring, both mentally and physically. Then it's a high-speed drop down Tunnel Creek.

I finished up with 31 miles and I felt good about my productive day. Sometimes running errands is pretty fun.

Later.