When Colorado doesn't cut it: Curt Gowdy TR (pics)

[smmokan]

Not wanting to deal with Sunday I-70 traffic, we scrapped our plans to ride the Keystone area and instead drove north to Curt Gowdy State Park. For those of you who haven't been up there, you're doing yourself a disservice. Make the drive (1.5 hrs from north Denver Metro) and have fun... the trails offer a huge range of terrain and difficulty, and there's something for everyone. Oh, and its not crowded either- when we pulled into the main parking lot, there were THREE other cars there- we saw two other groups all day long.

Here are a few pictures from the day:

http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/CurtGowdyMTB-4/1005348068_3fqug-L.jpg (http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/13745910_HtZJe#1005348068_3fqug-A-LB)


http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/CurtGowdyMTB-20/1005344605_agC8V-L.jpg (http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/13745910_HtZJe#1005344605_agC8V-A-LB)


http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/CurtGowdyMTB-18/1005343347_9JHiR-L.jpg (http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/13745910_HtZJe#1005343347_9JHiR-A-LB)


http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/CurtGowdyMTB-13/1005340330_FpEBw-L.jpg (http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/13745910_HtZJe#1005340330_FpEBw-A-LB)


http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/CurtGowdyMTB-10/1005352936_utLaB-L.jpg (http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/13745910_HtZJe#1005352936_utLaB-A-LB)


http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/CurtGowdyMTB-21/1005345625_GcrRo-L.jpg (http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/13745910_HtZJe#1005345625_GcrRo-A-LB)


http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/CurtGowdyMTB-5/1005348924_qFYDZ-L.jpg (http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/13745910_HtZJe#1005348924_qFYDZ-A-LB)


http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/CurtGowdyMTB-7/1005349846_rNES5-L.jpg (http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/13745910_HtZJe#1005349846_rNES5-A-LB)

[Edgnar]

Wow, that looks pretty fun. What kind of riding, XC type stuff mostly?

[smmokan]

Yep, mostly XC with some pretty tech features built in here and there. There's a "play area" just east of Crystal Reservoir that has a handful of decent drops (10-12'), wall rides, and step ups too.

[gunit130]

http://www.stevemokanphotography.com/Re/Curt-Gowdy-State-Park-Mountain/CurtGowdyMTB-20/1005344605_agC8V-L.jpg

Niiiiiiice.

[BushwackerinPA]

saw this on leelikesbikes.com

13590997

13842300

[montanaskier]

nice Steve....never ridden that area but camped and hiked a ton that entire area between Laramie and Cheyenne.....shhhhhhhh

[stupendous man]

agreed. great riding and lots of camping around vidawoo with more riding there.

[guest]

I'm just here to say the Snowy Range sucks and to ask if smmokan meant 10-12 inches or feet. If the latter, that's a real big play area.

[smmokan]

I meant feet. :)

[goldenboy]

That looks pretty sweet. Kind of Hartman's-esque to my eye.

[CantDog]

Oh, and its not crowded either- when we pulled into the main parking lot, there were THREE other cars there- we saw two other groups all day long.


Wait, how many cars are usually there?

Shit, if I pulled in and saw 3 cars, I'd be bummed.