Tim Carrier wrote this.

I lived in Northern Utah for four years and used to love riding through the aspens after a fresh fall snow-it had an almost other-worldly feeling about it. IMHO the best part about mountain biking is not the gear, speed, or "big air" but the feelings of solitaryness and introspection that can be achieved on those "epic/mystic" rides. I live in Marin County now and rarly do I experience the Mountain Biking joy on the level of my days in Wasatch-I think its time to move back!

Jay