Kendall Card 2.0

That’s what I told Cynthia “just one hour” as I pedaled away from our home in Kamas. Destination: Wolf Creek Pass.

I fell in love with Wolf Creek Pass last year after moving to Kamas and purchasing my first road bike, a Kona Zing Supreme. The climbs are a great challenge, the shoulder is good, the views reward those that climb and traffic is usually slim to none. But I think one of the things I like most about Wolf Creek Pass is that when I tell people where I’ve been riding they invariably question, “Where?”. Exactly.

Wolf Creek Pass occupies a sleepy part of the Uinta Mountains touching the southwest corner of the range and connecting the towns of Hanna/Tabiona to Woodland/Francis. Still confused? It’s okay, even Google Maps can’t show you the road when trying to map from Francis to Tabiona. Check out the map – do you see a 2 lane highway? Good, let’s keep it that way.

As I set out I soon became enveloped in the ride and the landmarks that I had become intimate with last season. Before I knew it my 30 minute turn around time had come and gone and I pressed on past the Forest Service boundary, past the Nobletts gate and up towards the start of the big climb just past the Mill Hollow Reservoir turn off. Surprisingly there was still some snow on the north facing slopes this low and it chilled the air. The road conditions were a little gritty but the lack of autos (perhaps a dozen at most passed me each direction) made up for that.

I turned around at the 15 mile marker, donned my leg and arm warmers and shot back down towards Woodland. A swift clean ride through Woodland, up the hill and back along Foothill Drive into Kamas and my ride was complete. I had fallen in love once again with Wolf Creek Pass.