Over the Father’s Day weekend, some of the Misfit Mountainerds ventured west from Chapel Hill, NC up to Beech Mountain. Riding a ski slope is a great and terrifying experience. You get the benefit of the ski lift hauling your bike and your self to the top of the mountain. That’s the great part. The terrifying part is handling the roots, rocks, mud and sheer steepness of the terrain. But once you get a feel for it, it’s a great time.

A few of the trails we rode:

• Green Mamba - green

• Burmese Python - blue

• Copperhead - blue

• Hellbender - blue

• Indigo - blue

• Black Bear - black