Nebo Loop, Take 2

One of my goals from last year that I left unfinished was to ride my bike over the Nebo loop. It's a 30 mile ride through the mountains that gains and then loses about 4500 feet of elevation.

Yesterday, I made another attempt on the loop. My ride started from home and I made it 20 miles before hitting snow on the road just before Payson Lakes. Although I covered only 1/3 the total distance of the ride*, I managed to climb 3000 of the 4500 feet of elevation gain. And I'm confident that I could have kept going if it weren't for the snow.

* The 30 miles counts from Payson to Nephi. I started my ride in Spanish Fork which adds about 8 miles before getting to the start of the loop. So, I really only rode 12 of the 30 miles... roughly 1/3 of the total distance.