This route is a mix of a mountain bike race called Judgement Day that has you ride 10 DFW trails/ 70+ miles in one day and Loop the Lake which is a 50 miler around Lake Grapevine that connects five different trails. We needed a new summer adventure so we played with the idea of how close some of our favorite trails are. This route starts at Cedar Hill State Park then you run to Cedar Ridge Preserve, then to Big Cedar Wilderness then to Boulder and end at Oak Cliff Nature Preserve.

This route presents a stunning but possibly logistically challenging point-to-point adventure featuring a long and lengthy portion of ridge and trail above tree-line, summitting six peaks and passing by several iconic lakes.

The classic approach to the Truchas Peaks most commonly and consistently used by locals, tagging each of the five "summits" that comprise the group (North Truchas, Medio Truchas, West Truchas, South Truchas or Truchas Peak, and Little South Truchas). A steady trail leads to the scenic Trampas Lakes before a steep and challenging climb up a north-facing couloir to arrive on the ridge just east of Sheepshead Peak. From there the route follows the ridgeline to the east, summitting UN 12900, before following the ridge south toward N. Truchas and Medio Truchas. The approach to N.