I rode up to the Pond Mountain Game Lands on Saturday. It was a brutal ride with the last couple of miles involving a bit of hike-a-bike due to the steep road and very loose gravel. I’d get some momentum off a switchback and then hit loose gravel and spin out. I might have been able to do it on a mountain bike with the wider tires but the 12 mile ride out there from Lansing would have been tough.
It was worth it. I don’t put too many photos up here, but this was an unbelievable vista. The game lands is at about 5000’ elevation and above the treeline (not sure if they were cut or just don’t grow up that high). The view is unbelievable. You can see the surrounding mountains in North Carolina, Tennessee and Virginia. I definitely want to get up there again.
