Concluding our “coffee relief” break at the summit, we point the bikes towards the downstream side of Moores Summit and shove off. Headed now towards Lowman, we will be turning off the pavement just a few miles down the road onto Rd 588. This trip is going to be a combination of hardtop and dirt with the bias being more towards the terra, however I do enjoy a balanced combination of both as jumping onto some nice hardtop after a dirt section can be a nice mental change of pace.
RD 588 is a nice 5-6 mile dirt section that skirts the backside of pilot Peak, opening up with pleasant views of both Deadwood Ridge and the Clear Creek drainage, that we will be heading up shortly.
Hwy 21 …. 6 miles –
We’re headed into those hills –
obrianmcc –
John E and the mighty 690 – John is running hard boxes on his 690 and likes to utilize the OBR ADV Gear Extras Pouch on his top lids. The Extras pouch keeps certain items you might need throughout the day within easy access. The pouch has a bottom panel to allow for strap pass through along with molle loops along the top.
On top of the regular Forest Service roads Idaho is also a scattering of State Endowment Lands and Forest Products properties …. all of these areas are packed full of access roads that provide connections that we as Dual Sport Riders utilize extensively to connect the dots on our route maps.
Respect your resources if you wish to keep access! …. Leave no trace, other than maybe a loamy tire track or two!
We reconnect with Hwy 21 and blast down 10 miles of super fun pavement before connecting with our next dirt track, Rd 582 otherwise known as Bear Valley Rd.
Next stop Bear Valley –
And then this! –
….. to be continued!
I am always amazed at how easily dirt bikes pick up nails in the middle of nowhere. It is usually the rear tire, so I suppose the front must flip up the nail – otherwise you would just roll over it. A few years ago I picked up a nail at 55 mph in fairly heavy traffic. That was a scary moment.
Picking one up on the hardtop would be super scary …. a few years back my brother-in-law and I were on the Middle Fork Boise River Road and he went down like a ton of bricks in a corner. Front flat was the culprit … it happens that fast. It’s a good lesson that if you at all feel like something is going on with one of your tires to stop ASAP and check it out!