Mountain Biking at Garnet Hill

Because of the Monday holiday, Jordan and I actually had the same day off for once! We took the opportunity to go mountain biking in the Adirondacks with some friends at Garnet Hill. Three years ago I stayed at the Lodge and did some hiking on the trails and it was nice to finally be back!

According to their site, two of the trails we rode were “advanced”–but I beg to differ. I didn’t have to get off my bike that much! The first time I rode a mountain bike back in June on actual trails, we went on really difficult ones and I was hardly ever on the bike.

These were labeled the “expert” trails. Little by little I’m getting the hang of mountain biking! Its still a bit scary for me but it’s fun. I’m more of a slow adventurer. Mountain biking can be fast and scary.

We rode for about three hours and found ourselves at an old garnet mine.

There were actually garnets mixed in with the gravel on the ground. That was pretty cool.

After riding, we went to the lodge to check out the view and then drove down to Thirteenth Lake. It was getting really hot in the sun, so decided to call it a day.