I thought I would start a thread for us dirty girls.

Left the trailhead with a friend at 8:40 am. It was looking to be a hot ride. We did a 13 mile loop composed of mostly fireroad interspersed with single track. Saw a deer and one big rattlesnake. Three more gal friends caught up with us on the climb up. We totalled over 1800 ft of elevation gain. I was pushed more than ever, as I am pretty new at this off-road stuff. Did some downhill single track that was scary, but I kept it at a speed I could handle. Didn't crash this time! Once we started back down our motto was, "it's all downhill from here!" which as anyone knows is not true when you're riding XC. Four liters of water and four hours later we were back at the cars. Whipped but accomplished.