Santa wants to know if all the little GHTA boys and girls have been good little trail stewarts this year. Seems he spotted a trail elf heading in to the woods with a blower on his back. He watched this elf very closely because this particular elf was known to do naughty things in the past. Santa could only smile as miles and miles of buff singletrack suddenly appeared, Santa was pretty impressed as he knows awesome singletrack just doesn't drop down the chimney every day.
Santa decided to reach into his bag and pull out a brand spanking new "Santa Cruz Superlight" and give this trail mecca a go, but then Santa had a reality check.
"I've been eating too many cookies and skipping spin classes at the Y and there's no way I can climb "Dog Hill" (ruhf-ruhf). I need to get my fat ass off the sled and start training or I'm going to get my head handed to me at "Hills of Hell" in March." Santa was then seen running intervals with Rudolph up the "tie climb".
The trail elf had to get home to Mrs. Elf before dark or he would end up in the elf version of the "dog house". The section of trail between the gravel lot and dam will have to wait for another day and another elf.
Santa warns: Good trail elfs need to be aware of the freeze-thaw cycle and make sure they don't ride when the trail is muddy.
"Be a good trail buddy, don't ride when it's muddy!"