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The ride back up the Cedar Canyon-Black Canyon cutoff road is slow, but easier than expected

02835-cutoff.jpg This evening's clouds make for a colourful sunset at Mid Hills campground site 22 after the ride to Howe SpringThumbnailsAfter the cutoff road, I ride 1.5 miles up Black Canyon Road, then the final two hilly miles up to Mid Hills campgroundThis evening's clouds make for a colourful sunset at Mid Hills campground site 22 after the ride to Howe SpringThumbnailsAfter the cutoff road, I ride 1.5 miles up Black Canyon Road, then the final two hilly miles up to Mid Hills campgroundThis evening's clouds make for a colourful sunset at Mid Hills campground site 22 after the ride to Howe SpringThumbnailsAfter the cutoff road, I ride 1.5 miles up Black Canyon Road, then the final two hilly miles up to Mid Hills campgroundThis evening's clouds make for a colourful sunset at Mid Hills campground site 22 after the ride to Howe SpringThumbnailsAfter the cutoff road, I ride 1.5 miles up Black Canyon Road, then the final two hilly miles up to Mid Hills campgroundThis evening's clouds make for a colourful sunset at Mid Hills campground site 22 after the ride to Howe SpringThumbnailsAfter the cutoff road, I ride 1.5 miles up Black Canyon Road, then the final two hilly miles up to Mid Hills campground

The grade is not steep and my oversized Serfas Swoop tires really help maintain traction on the awkward surface. A lot of the grass-like wands growing along here are desert mallows which would have been covered with bright-orange flowers a month ago.