Ride to the trailhead
First time on this route - St Vrain is really nice for biking. So peaceful in the middle of the night with just me, the increasingly cold air, the canyon, the moon, and my boy Harry Styles (singing Canyon Moon).
Longs Peak
Picked up a Talon at the Longs trailhead with perfect timing. Not a particularly fast transition but he was patient. Plenty of snow up top already, socked in on the Trough and patchy snow/ice on the Narrows and Homestretch. Very glad to have microspikes. Speaking of microspikes, Talon volunteered ours to two old mountain women on the way down (Talon is a better person than me). Maiden voyage on the La Sportiva Cyklons. Way better fit for my foot than the Scarpa Rapids and I really like them. Ran down from the Boulder Field and it was really pleasant. 11k foot day!
Ride home
Descent was a blast, new top speed I think? 90 mile, 11k foot day in 12:28 end to end. My fuel drawer has nothing left but gummies and gus so even though I ingested probably a pound of pure sugar on this trip my CGM was beeping at me all day that I had critically low blood glucose.