April 24, 2026

We took off today up Cebolla way. On a whim we decided to take the Huntsman’s Mesa road. The lower part is not too rough. But the upper area is not technical but it is very rocky. We often were only going under five mph. We saw lots of deer…probably 40-50. It was completely dry and dusty even at 10,000’. It is way too dry for this time of year. Anyway OnX showed a road from the top down to the Lake City highway. We followed it out to a cliff and there was no more road, even though the map said there was. So, much to our sadness we had to backtrack all the way back the way we came. What a bouncy workout. We won’t go on that road again. We actually ran into a guy with an Audi wagon up there with a mountain bike on the back. How he made it without tearing that car apart we'll never know. It was a newer nice car…what a way to treat it. We stopped at Subway in Gunnison for supper and came home. 

Uncompahgre Peak - highest peak in the San Juans