The GoPro archive · 2012 to 2024
Twelve years of dust, one line of road
Thirteen trips from the archive, told in order and cut to fifteen-second reels. Eastern Sierra passes, five Baja days, the Owens Valley twice, Sonora Pass with the Range of Light Rally, the dunes at Glamis, and the climbs that only an e-bike can finish.
The Line
Every trip in order, 2012 to 2024.
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Trip 01 · 2012-05-30
Eastern Sierra
Horseshoe Meadow · Whitney Portal · Randsburg · Three days with Dad: Horseshoe Meadow, Whitney Portal, Randsburg. The reels that started the archive.
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Trip 02 · 2013-04-19 to 2013-05-27
San Diego Riding
Palomar · Cousser Canyon · Pamo Grade · Black Mountain · A season of San Diego day rides, one folder per date, including the eight-clip war with the bees.
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Trip 03 · 2017-12-17 to 2017-12-31
December Cold Air
Winter rides and the first GoProFlix cuts · Four December rides, each merged to a single reel, closing out 2017.
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Trip 04 · 2018-05-12 to 2018-05-16
Baja Jaja
Five days south of the border · 150 files across five Baja days, edited at night, map flying overhead.
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Trip 05 · 2018-09-14 to 2018-09-16
Owens Valley: Chris & Pedro
Four days north, with a runway sprint at Manzanar · Four days up the Owens Valley with Chris and Pedro, plus documented speed runs on the Manzanar runway.
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Trip 06 · 2018-11-03 to 2018-11-04
Owens Valley: Chris & Ken
Two cold days in the valley · The valley again in November, with Chris and Ken. Colder and quieter.
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Trip 07 · 2019-08-29 to 2019-10-06
Range of Light Rally
Sonora Pass, the flag run, and the long way to the fairgrounds · The Range of Light Rally: the fairgrounds, the flag, and ten labeled minutes of Sonora Pass east side.
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Trip 08 · 2019-02-16
Desert Ride with Ken
All lefts, Borrego Sink Wash, and the sand · One February Saturday in Anza-Borrego with Ken. Forty-five gigabytes of wash.
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Trip 09 · 2019-10-27
Angeles Crest Highway
The crest, end to end · The Angeles Crest Highway in three files, a line drawn on the side of the San Gabriels.
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Trip 10 · 2019-11-15 to 2019-11-16
Glamis Sand Jeep
A weekend in the dunes, on four wheels · The dunes at Glamis from inside a jeep, including the cut named '2019 glamis lunatic'.
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Trip 11 · 2020-03-27 to 2020-11-05
Riding Out the Year
Anza-Borrego mornings, August heat, Cedar Creek Falls by e-bike · 179 files, all close to home, ending with the archive's first e-bike trip.
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Trip 12 · 2024
Ebike Years: Daley & Cougar Pass
Steep trails, strange persons, cougar pass · Daley Ranch in seven parts and Cougar Pass in ten reels: the electric years.
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Trip 13 · 2017-01-14 to 2017-12-31
GoProFlix — The Edits
Named cuts, finished and filed · The finished cuts, from VideoStudio experiments to the two-day Hwy 1 Fun Run.
The Map
The same thirteen trips, plotted where they happened. Pins sit at trip-level approximate spots and carry the line's numbers, so the ride order reads straight off the sheet. Each pin opens its trip, and the map chip beside each row opens the gallery's offline map centered on that pin.
- Eastern Sierra5-30 Horseshoe Meadow, Whitney Portal, Randsburg gallery map
- San Diego Riding5-27 Palomar and the North County day rides gallery map
- December Cold Air2-31 North County in December, one reel per day gallery map
- Baja Jaja5-16 Ensenada, La Rumorosa, the Colonet coast gallery map
- Owens Valley: Chris & Pedro9-16 Hwy 395 and the Manzanar runway gallery map
- Owens Valley: Chris & Ken1-04 The valley again, colder gallery map
- Range of Light Rally0-06 Sonora Pass east side and the fairgrounds gallery map
- Desert Ride with Ken2-16 Anza-Borrego washes with Ken gallery map
- Angeles Crest Highway0-27 The Angeles Crest Highway gallery map
- Glamis Sand Jeep1-16 Imperial Sand Dunes, by jeep gallery map
- Riding Out the Year1-05 Close to home: Lake Hodges and the local loops gallery map
- Ebike Years: Daley & Cougar Pass2024 Daley Ranch and Cougar Pass gallery map
- GoProFlix — The Edits2-31 Mesa Grande and the Hwy 1 Fun Run cuts gallery map