Carlos Memorial Ride, 5-Oct-19


Each year we set aside a day to ride Highland Recreation trails backwards, (in a reverse direction) to have some fun and to honor Carlos Ramirez. 
The mountain bike trails will be open for riding backwards, from Saturday morning to 4:00pm in the afternoon. Just follow the orange arrows.
All MTB trails are backwards.

There will be a group ride leaving At 10:00, with a BBQ afterwards.


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