Colorful Carving

Up close picture on one of the decorative carvings that make up the exterior of Peery's Egyptian Theater in Downtown Ogden.

More Xterra National Photos

Here are some pics of the top finishers and competitors from the Xterra Nationals held at Snowbasin Utah. Awesome racing by all athletes today, good job!

2nd place finisher Dan Hugo

Nico LeBrun chasing down the competition in Wheeler Creek

Melanie McQuaid 1st Place Womens

Lance Armstrong at Xterra Nationals

I was fortunate enough to capture some shots of Lance Armstrong in his return to a competitive event since the Tour de France at the Xterra Nationals. The Xterra is an offroad triathlon with the national title event held at Snowbasin Resort in Ogden Utah every year. Here are some of the photos of Lance competing at the event. Lance finished 5th after 1. Nico Lebrun 2. Dan Hugo 3. Josiah Middaugh and 4. Conrad Stoltz. Awesome racing by these guys today.

Riding up Wheeler Canyon from Pineview reservoir.

Finishing the mountain biking section.

Heading towards the finish line

Ogden

Pictures look down on Ogden from Waterfall Canyon.

Downtown Ogden

Some of the Grain Elevators in Ogden

Canyon Walls

The walls of waterfall canyon are lined by these layered cliffs showing all the different strata of rock the was created and then ultimately pushed out of the earth when the Wasatch Range was created.

Waterfall Canyon

Some pictures from Waterfall Canyon Trail in Ogden, UT.

View from Waterfall Canyon into Ogden

Busy Bee

Busy bee doing it's pollination work on some wild sunflowers that bloom in late summer in the Wasatch Front.

Tread Pattern

Picture of the new rear tire of my mountain bike. A new tire a bike always looks interesting depending on the tread pattern along with the little rubber pieces sticking out especially mountain bike tires with a pronounced tread.

Picture of the Day

Mountain Flower.