Top of the Trails

Kiblams

Not sure if this has been done before; but I am curious if anyone takes pictures of themselves when they reach the to tops of the trails? If so; let's see 'em!

Didn't think to take one atthe top of Glentress, but I will start with a pic of me and my better half braving the wet at innerleithen a few months ago:


Would like to say thanks to the kind chap who took the photo for us

cat_with_no_tail

Taken Yesterday at Windy Corner (top of my local trail)

Note the use of shades instead of goggles? Mmmmmmm Ghetto style :roll:

Big.Dumb.Gimp !

GHill

Cat With No Tail wrote:

Note the use of shades instead of goggles? Mmmmmmm Ghetto style :roll:

Wearing pyjamas too.

cee

GHill wrote:

Cat With No Tail wrote:

Note the use of shades instead of goggles? Mmmmmmm Ghetto style :roll:

Wearing pyjamas too.

red ones too...scientifically proven to be faster!



*i have the red fox ones :oops:

cat_with_no_tail

Not just any old red pyjamas, bargain basement red pyjamas from CRC (£15 I believe).
With the added bonus that they match the helmet.

welshkev

top of cwmcarn, that's me on the right

Anonymous

here's me, not quite at the top of a trail, but getting there (who said wolf-ridges couldn't climb?)

Or, a few years ago, at the top of Llandegla's climb, in the snow

an_original_name

this is me and my mate at the top of the deadwater trail at kielder. you have no idea how fast i had to run to get into the right position before the timer on the camera went off!



and this is at the top of skiddaw about a month back.

ste0649

Top of the North and South loop at Whinlatter Forest Altura trail last weekend.
Freezing cold and wet but a good laugh.

Kiblams

Good to see that we weren't the only ones with terrible harsh weather at te top of a trail, the oddest feeling getting bak into the forest below the marsh at the top of Innerleithen, felt like a different country completely. Amazing what a bit of tree cover does ain't it?

Had some issus with my hosting; finall got my picture working now

ste0649 - Have they still got all those bags of rocks at the top of the south loop? the trail at the top was unridable when we went a while ago. :?

big_scot_nanny

Some great photos there, love the self timer comment.

Here's me, Huey and Joe at the Jochpass at Engelberg (2200m). We had just ridden up and were not fully prepared for the mind boggling steepness of the first 700m of vertical decent.

I am the fatty on the left. Pity my bike!

Actually, nice selection of moobs there from all of us. Ladies, form an orederly queue 8)

gaz047

good pics, really need to start taking some, although i did a self timer one on my local loop, took around 15 attempts (phone falling in the wind, only getting my left side in frame, then the other, top half, bottom half etc, thank god no one saw me running back and forward swearing at each result at least i think no one was there :shock: )

Foll Zofalot

Me clinging on to the 7 Stane at Ae

jay12

top of old pale in delamere

nicklouse

Top of a Mountain in Sweden with Norway in the background.

Fully

Top of the trails at Winterberg



Top of the trails at Willingen



Top of Snowdon a couple of years back

ste0649

Kiblams wrote:

Good to see that we weren't the only ones with terrible harsh weather at te top of a trail, the oddest feeling getting bak into the forest below the marsh at the top of Innerleithen, felt like a different country completely. Amazing what a bit of tree cover does ain't it?

Had some issus with my hosting; finall got my picture working now

ste0649 - Have they still got all those bags of rocks at the top of the south loop? the trail at the top was unridable when we went a while ago. :?

Hi Kiblams, didn't see and bags at the top, they must have completed the route now. We rode up and back down on it no problem.

Joe_Pineapples

Me and Fatboy "Fatty" Fatc*nt at the top of the Innerliethen XC route.


...and with the rest of the team in Les Gets.

grumsta

Mine and my mate's bike on top of Helvellyn.

Joe_Pineapples

So it's not just me who takes 'that pic'??

xtreem

[b]big_scot_nanny[/b] wrote:

Here's me, Huey and Joe at the Jochpass at Engelberg (2200m).

Sorry but you're second best. 2601m here.

Anonymous

Fully, that is clearly NOT the top of Snowdon

Kiblams

yeehaamcgee wrote:

Fully, that is clearly NOT the top of Snowdon

Must admit, I had the same thought

Just out of curiousity; where would be the top of FTD? :P maybe the top of the sand? :?

Great pics guys, keep 'em comming!

grumsta

Sorry but you're second best. 2601m here.

Ok well if we're playing that game - here's me at the top of Pic Blanc in Alpe D'huez - 3300m

homers_double

Here's a pic of my Heckler somewhere up the red route at Ae.



He'res me at the top of a slippery slope, and a free coconut goes to anyone (excluding the www.ukmb.net crew) who can identify the trail.



And just for fun, here's a picture of a dead sheep in a canal.

big_scot_nanny

Xtreem wrote:

[b]big_scot_nanny[/b] wrote:

Here's me, Huey and Joe at the Jochpass at Engelberg (2200m).

Sorry but you're second best. 2601m here.

Ha! However, as I am still considerably fatter than you, at least give me some credit for even heaving my carcass up there! Seriously, I thought I was going to pass out like the guys you see doing teh mountain stages of TDF. F*cking 2 hrs of granny gear wobbling.

Grumsta, not sure how, but next summer I am going to make it my life's work to try to top that! How was the run down? Any brake pads left?

*kev disappears to start poring over ski area maps*

Homers Double - pure class on the canal photo!

Kiblams, top thread!

xtreem

grumsta
Yours doesn't count, you took the ski lift to the top.
Although you're on the top of the other category.

So I win again. From home to peak. :twisted:

big_scot_nanny
True, good job.

LoUiS1985

here's me (on the left) and my buddy at the top of Helvellyn, Lake district



and here's me at Kirroughtree trail centre

snotty badger

ste0649 wrote:

That ain't the top! You've still got that horrible fire road to climb from there and a bit more singletrack..


Me and a mate up Skiddaw a month or so ago, I'm on the right...



Took around around 1hr15 to get up and 15mins to come back down- including stopping for gates and the walker slalom near the bottom 8)

Slighty dis-coloured my rear disc with the heat too

ste0649

snotty badger wrote:

ste0649 wrote:

That ain't the top! You've still got that horrible fire road to climb from there and a bit more singletrack..


Me and a mate up Skiddaw a month or so ago, I'm on the right...



Took around around 1hr15 to get up and 15mins to come back down- including stopping for gates and the walker slalom near the bottom 8)

Slighty dis-coloured my rear disc with the heat too

Very true, this is the only decent spot for a piccy though

grumsta

Grumsta, not sure how, but next summer I am going to make it my life's work to try to top that! How was the run down? Any brake pads left?

Run down was awesome but very knackering - from 3300m to 700m. :shock: