STORY AND PHOTO BY KAREN BOSSICK
Say it ain’t so, Joe!
Much too soon Galena Lodge is ready to close the doors on the summer season. And what a summer it’s been with mostly pleasant temperatures and not a smoke signal in sight.
The annual Boulder Bike Tour will close out the season on Sunday, Sept. 15.
Road cyclists are invited to meet at 10 a.m. at the Ketchum Town Square and ride their bike en masse up Highway 75. Mountain bikers and gravel bikers are invited to meet at the Sawtooth National Recreation Area headquarters seven miles north of Ketchum at 9 a.m. and ride up the Harriman Trial.
Or, just drive up with your bike and ride the swoopy, jumpy singletrack surrounding the lodge.
Your efforts will be rewarded with the $15 last-day-of-the-season buffet beginning at 11 a.m.
In the meantime, start waxing those skinny skis.
You have just 69 days between the time the lodge closes until it reopens again for the winter season on Nov. 23!