While on vacation in the South I got out for a ride in the mountains of North Georgia. I found some maps online for what looked like a nice looking trail called the Pinhoti Trail. It runds for some 25+ miles point to point.
I had an hour or so of free time one morning so I decided to go out and ride a bit of the trail. It started off and went directly up for a good bit. No warm up this morning, instant suffering.
After about 3/4 a mile of going straight up it leveled off and stared to be a little more hospitable to my cooked legs. I must say that being a rider from New England does not prepare you for riding in the heat and humidity of Georgia in July. It was killing me and I was going through water like I was in the desert.
I almost crashed when I was heading down one of the fun descents when I saw something that looked like a babyhead in the trail and it was actually a turtle. I had to stop and take a picture. Never expected to see a turtle mid trail on top of a mountain in Georgia.
Garmin Edge Summary Data Total Time (h:m:s) 0:56:25 10:38 pace Moving Time (h:m:s) 0:46:39 8:47 pace Distance (mi ) 5.30 Moving Speed (mph) 6.8 avg. 25.0 max. Elevation Gain (ft) +1,194 / -1,191
Temperature (°F) 77.3°F avg. 80.6°F high Wind Speed ( mph) N 0.0 avg. N 0.0 max.
As you can see there was not much besides up and down.
I wish I had more tome to explore the trails in this area as it is close to where the Cohutta 100 is held. Good thing they run that in April.
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