https://www.rideamericamtb.com/jonathan-miller-montauk daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950111235-8CM0LIL0K96OK07GMZMM/1.jpg Jonathan Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950111235-8CM0LIL0K96OK07GMZMM/1.jpg Jonathan Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950117845-254MWK9VVWTGFZG8FSDO/2.jpg Jonathan Miller https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950126499-5ANZLJFVZ06QBEGJ32JT/3.jpg Jonathan Miller https://www.rideamericamtb.com/charlotte-stowe-montauk daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950758632-NAZO8MNX0YD4IEMV9UF6/1.jpg Charlotte Stowe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950758632-NAZO8MNX0YD4IEMV9UF6/1.jpg Charlotte Stowe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950766954-UI4WV1IUKWOCNOL9ZF16/2.jpg Charlotte Stowe https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950777774-TL5RQAKEN8OQB85HQ3Y7/3.jpg Charlotte Stowe https://www.rideamericamtb.com/cid-tolkien-montauk daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950815936-S4V3GZ4BXDTTYKUU8TLJ/1.jpg Cid Tolkien https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950815936-S4V3GZ4BXDTTYKUU8TLJ/1.jpg Cid Tolkien https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950824357-OLK5CEA7PL07K3RKJAD6/2.jpg Cid Tolkien https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/56d73dbac2ea51af9150258f/1456950832626-MM68XA2G571CW0ESQ2N7/3.jpg Cid Tolkien https://www.rideamericamtb.com/welcome daily 1.0 2017-01-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1517599537557-ZT3WIHK11WUYP6126DHP/IMG_0960.JPG Welcome To Ride America https://www.rideamericamtb.com/white-mountain-peak daily 0.75 2018-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1483319287022-J2B5MYJI857NN37E1DW9/IMG_8789.jpg White Mountain Peak, CA One of many, many, many Marmots. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1483509752022-4DTQR62KBM67XN6VPBM6/image-asset.jpeg White Mountain Peak, CA The Barcroft Research Station is a small facility maintained by the University of California. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1483309011737-7BYEWAFR1O5V4FS2D5L0/IMG_7902+copy.jpg White Mountain Peak, CA I'll never forget the view from the summit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1483323361790-OO06S47S0FQ1I4ZQ77DT/image-asset.jpeg White Mountain Peak, CA My bike at the summit. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1483321388365-VA9FKALZACKAOWSEFI6K/IMG_8815.jpg White Mountain Peak, CA White Mountain Buckwheat (Eriogonum gracilipes) in flower. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1483319454971-7OWPDSV7EPKNLL5UUCN4/image-asset.jpeg White Mountain Peak, CA This sun has likely risen on this dead tree over a million times. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1483510525959-3Y59MZ2OQT8XRDX0W5LE/IMG_8802.jpg White Mountain Peak, CA There are all kinds of wildlife to see up in the White Mountains. Pictured is the local subspecies of mule deer, (Odocoileus hemionus ssp. inyoensis). https://www.rideamericamtb.com/the-rides1 daily 0.75 2018-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1517606590004-983JM5PZ07DKBYEY8VLQ/static1.squarespace.jpg Rides 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1518897929997-G3ZQJBW7LH4E650A5NK3/IMG_9094.JPG Rides 1 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1518898185943-EFDLYKVL9JI72J0XKOD8/IMG_0487.jpg Rides 1 https://www.rideamericamtb.com/about daily 0.75 2019-05-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1517855522055-MZ7K4MDCHUXZ2XL29RSM/mtpatterson.jpg About https://www.rideamericamtb.com/contact daily 0.75 2017-03-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1483588887723-U7HDXRJLMY3ZQJQ9ZM9I/IMG_8445.jpg Contact https://www.rideamericamtb.com/culture daily 0.75 2016-11-28 https://www.rideamericamtb.com/carrizo-plain daily 0.75 2018-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1483512375234-LFB7VP9OV3BZX0TGXNRU/image-asset.jpeg Carrizo Plain Looking back at the last climb up to the Carrisa Plain on Highway 58 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1483309339411-PSYJRWCQUB6TE99TB6FI/IMG_9092.JPG Carrizo Plain I tried getting a photo, but the pronghorn had gotten a couple hundred yards away by the time I got my phone out. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1483309185667-OBIMK15WR8XHILQB8HF9/IMG_9094.JPG Carrizo Plain At the turnaround point looking south toward a very distant Mt. Pinos. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1483309483383-4CICJ6G5GDU2OWCA3347/IMG_9081.JPG Carrizo Plain Highway 58 is just miles upon miles of this. https://www.rideamericamtb.com/reading daily 0.75 2017-01-01 https://www.rideamericamtb.com/culture-1 daily 0.75 2017-01-01 https://www.rideamericamtb.com/mount-saint-helena daily 0.75 2018-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1485081257595-FFRROVWVSEJ9EFTWPRRA/F97463A5-1419-4BD6-BDAA-00CA5C4A8366.jpg Mount Saint Helena, CA The semi-alpine environment on the higher parts of the mountain. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1485081969730-63LNMV9MJLJFYA7KC14I/ADF31A70-A944-46EF-8B0A-99A29BC207AF.jpg Mount Saint Helena, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1485081924306-JY838UPAKB7GP10F7GD7/157CB71C-0A20-4CB9-8B26-2075CC33B4D8.jpg Mount Saint Helena, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1485081935532-AXTGYRFBDPST7PAR18MJ/FBFBC97B-C35C-4956-BDE7-96F3036F1CD5.jpg Mount Saint Helena, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1485081924798-I3502CB88AR089DXR30V/73166453-86FE-4129-A355-4DD82012371B.jpg Mount Saint Helena, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1485079523657-RCLURP74U3SXJ07OHPL1/94CE20BB-EA93-42AA-A9A0-D236F512C358.jpg Mount Saint Helena, CA For a fleeting moment, the clouds parted at the summit and I snagged this picture. I was facing north towards Lake County. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1485080723449-3PZ00LM3FDVBM3RK4EK7/IMG_1691.jpg Mount Saint Helena, CA The goat I saw my first time on Mount Saint Helena. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1485080895618-1PCOEYAOEAJNYIXJ2BW9/IMG_1862.JPG Mount Saint Helena, CA "The Bubble". There's a climber at the top left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1485081508287-6O4BMT6TKULBUH0UBYBI/40D3045D-C581-4B21-B0D7-6760CFB69558.jpg Mount Saint Helena, CA The now-barren mountains north of Middletown, CA (in background). https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1488700538701-I55P2ECHOZL9TTP68AT4/image-asset.jpeg Mount Saint Helena, CA Like a sleeping giant, Mount Saint Helena looms over the Napa Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1485079973627-RRKWL0UYMGQGGYKGCV4S/image-asset.png Mount Saint Helena, CA Highway 29: more crooked than any politician. https://www.rideamericamtb.com/chews-ridge-monterey-county-ca daily 0.75 2018-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1488680845643-9VK9LZ9JS1CQD48VIDEY/IMG_0487.jpg Chews Ridge, Monterey County, CA JP Purdom sighted in his natural habitat. Note: he cleared both cars by a long shot. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1488681388444-E5JQQ2FEGC6IOB0UOIHC/image-asset.jpeg Chews Ridge, Monterey County, CA Junipero Serra Peak is the mountain in the clouds on the left, and Cone peak is the point protruding above the grove of trees on the right. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1488681237153-K6EYP5RYP7UMFH90V2A0/image-asset.jpeg Chews Ridge, Monterey County, CA I snagged this image spinning uphill at around 4,500 feet https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1488681033506-8G008H76J7MO8M4LV6R9/4C4D8CFE-1CC5-42B3-8B4D-77B6122FB9F1.jpg Chews Ridge, Monterey County, CA The Salinas River was full to the brim. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1488681481933-KNWX252YXZGVEOWF5J99/E43667F1-E281-45F5-B624-F15C5B140F97.jpg Chews Ridge, Monterey County, CA Overlooking Sycamore Flat and the distant Salinas Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1488681592511-3O8G4KM46FAGO2GQFB6K/image-asset.jpeg Chews Ridge, Monterey County, CA The absolutely resplendent view to the Northwest. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1488680902509-3204A58QN70MRVR995F3/IMG_0487.jpg Chews Ridge, Monterey County, CA Looking south from the top. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1488681849816-59TODX6KOFW6BS2FCBW1/CBEE94F9-D05A-4DB3-9FA8-87D0DEE3F136.jpg Chews Ridge, Monterey County, CA This switchback was ridiculously steep. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1488681678693-HBY14JKB7CSWOIL6595G/image-asset.jpeg Chews Ridge, Monterey County, CA Found a nice little stretch of singletrack going back through town. https://www.rideamericamtb.com/the-rides daily 0.75 2018-02-17 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1518898395584-47K12PP62M5MC6P4DD8L/image-asset.jpeg Rides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1518898305620-QY5O69RGIZH9SSQNRD56/badlands2downsize.jpg Rides https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1488682455256-P51EUFHZGME1UDZ0ENMI/IMG_7902.jpg Rides https://www.rideamericamtb.com/from-the-valley-to-the-sky daily 0.75 2018-02-02 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1517604065773-AXAE2EOUPK0D599CSI2D/yaro1downsize.jpg From the Valley to the Sky Mark sees the view and understands. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1517601321124-HRIY28THUEUR60232ISZ/drakestokepinosdownsize.jpg From the Valley to the Sky On the way back down at ~7,500' looking Northwest. Mark took this photo of me. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1517604936697-IWO8PYIF91GS38E2QYSF/hudsonranch4downsize.jpg From the Valley to the Sky Hudson Ranch Rd. is breathtaking. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1517604681140-T3ECOY4N1JC9UGU2RUGJ/drakedownsize.jpg From the Valley to the Sky After doing nothing but ascending for three and a half hours, you'd be stoked too. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1517605161881-9VGEIMTHXKTIUR2U3BMS/badlands2downsize.jpg From the Valley to the Sky Yeah, that's right. California has badlands, hoodoos, and red rocks too. This is the view of the Lockwood Valley https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1517604156035-1LV9BPJA1Z0IBT53A707/FD10C667-C4CF-4C71-8919-D6E0BAC5BBDC.jpg From the Valley to the Sky Maricopa, CA https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1517604178086-KCEERJ2I80O8FX3AGJAT/87F178BE-F090-46D6-823E-666CC8492BD1.jpg From the Valley to the Sky From front to back: Me, Francis, and Mark https://www.rideamericamtb.com/mount-grant-mineral-county-nv daily 0.75 2018-02-18 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1518892799024-XAP4VPW7MIUMKGE4RVZD/DFA46C4F-F994-466F-9AC7-9EAAE41C8FE1.jpg Mount Grant, Mineral County, NV I'd ascended 4,000 feet without stopping at this point. This is looking at the last 3,000 to go from an elevation of just over 8,000 feet. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1518894811323-0H10HTVU2OQTX365DE8I/IMG_4739.JPG Mount Grant, Mineral County, NV That paved road on the left marks the beginning of a consistent 17 mile, 7000' ascent. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1518896238900-RTAVDV1XBKQG2DXLB8JC/IMG_4764.JPG Mount Grant, Mineral County, NV Road conditions were like this for most of the ride both up and down. The rain made it incredibly tacky, too! https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1518893856428-UJ44LK76LHBSFI9K51DZ/FMIB_38976_Map_of_Lake_Lahontan%2C_showing_water_area_and_boundary_of_hydrographic_basin.jpg Mount Grant, Mineral County, NV An easy-to-understand map of the ancient Lake Lahontan I found that was labelled for non-profit reuse on Wikimedia Commons. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1518894220116-7PNOHTPBPUAHSC6Q1STP/65C5A2FE-C35A-410D-A018-C2D7DA232553.jpg Mount Grant, Mineral County, NV A 20-year-old 5500 pound hunk of American steel in all of its glory. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1518895012986-4N4OJI4A4WVKO7Z5MQ8B/IMG_4769.JPG Mount Grant, Mineral County, NV The old hunting cabin. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1518895729656-PT9IRRGYFYMH8XAX0OPG/4C140C0A-CFCB-4749-95D2-CD75CD00CF9E.jpg Mount Grant, Mineral County, NV A single forlorn shrub five feet below the summit. This also highlights the clouds obstructing the view to the east. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1518895535032-VJVLJ3U8MLT9EYACXRUS/IMG_4757.JPG Mount Grant, Mineral County, NV Looking north towards Fernley. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1518895437728-XW4TEHKD3K4PF6MIERMN/961B799F-C63D-4FC1-883F-E0CDAD933814.jpg Mount Grant, Mineral County, NV The rock at the very top may be nature's finest Adirondack chair. Seriously, I was quite comfortable. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1518894549798-RU5VS5KZS15QJ4UJQ9S2/D1816CD5-1E36-4ED1-BE2F-2B044DABE361.jpg Mount Grant, Mineral County, NV Woke up like this at Twentymile Beach. Mt. Grant is on the far left. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/582accf86b8f5b41b55c1058/1518895172308-URTY672NZQB9K2SJLK4C/C855B0FA-31EF-4AE3-A424-ED22BFA58D8A.jpg Mount Grant, Mineral County, NV 17 miles of straight climbing later, I'd made it. https://www.rideamericamtb.com/read-me daily 0.75 2025-05-09 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5052176b84aeb45fa5cfcc83/1377096507573-1MU42OOOOGIM9URAJ9D9/515c4225e4b0afec1218b21e.png Read Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5052176b84aeb45fa5cfcc83/1377096775448-0L7B4Q54H1VLOGFF1DPR/synthetica+%2820130821%29.jpg Read Me https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5052176b84aeb45fa5cfcc83/1377097104716-HDI53XJVV0DKZ24A3T68/51e453dee4b06abd3403c22e.png Read Me