Go forth and ride, then bring back pics

[springsproject]

Overnighter in the Lake District

[GeorgiaSnow]

Mrs. GeorgiaSnow and I had an amazing time at Trestle today. First time ever doing lift served. served.


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[evdog]

So I did a little ride recently, Colorado Trail race. Finished in just under 11 days. TR will come at some point but for now here's a pic from each day.


Flew from Durango to Denver then took metro to Littleton and rode bike paths to the start at Waterton Cyn. Started at 6pm on a Saturday




Nice ride up Waterton Cyn. I rode Segment 1 and did the 1800ft climb out of the river on Seg2 before calling it a night around midnight.




Day 2 was finishing Seg2/3 and most of the 70 mile road detour around the Lost Lake wilderness. As far as roads go it was pretty scenic




Day 3, got back on the CT and climbed up and over Georgia pass ending in Breck by dark




Day 4 was the climb over 10mile range to Copper and then climbed towards Searle before an incoming storm stopped progress before dark




Day 5, rolling by 430am to get up and over Searle and Kokomo before storms resumed in the morning. Rained on from Hwy 24 into Leadville and then again from Mt elbert TH for a couple hrs. Then got nice as I passed Twin Lakes.




Day 6, drop down into Buena Vista, resupply and then up to Cottonwood pass, over to and beyond Mt Princeton hot springs.




Day 7, cross Hwy 50 and up Fooses in the rain to Monarch crest, nice double rainbow the reward up top. Then drop down shitty moto trails which make up the CT in this area.




Day 8, connect over Sargents Mesa, obviously my favorite part of the route so far. 30+ miles of mostly thrashed moto trail and then onto the 70 mi La Garita wilderness detour. Ended the day with 20ish miles of cool forest road riding by moonlight




Day 9, lots of La Garita road detour left. Nicer scenery but it was a tough grind. Up to Spring Creek pass and back to CT. Made it over Jarosa Mesa before dark.




Day 10, ok 2 shots for this day. Started 430am, up to high ridge for sunset and then up and over high point on the CT at 13,278ft.




Day 10, continued over high point to Cataract lake and onwards to Stony Pass before dropping down to Silverton for dinner. Up Hwy 550 to Molas pass and a few miles beyond before finding camp




Day 11, got hammered by a brutal electrical storm near Celebration Lake. Things cleared up and I continued past Blackhawk pass, camping at top of Corral Draw




Day 12 (race is based on 24 hr clock so race day 11 ends at 6pm on calendar day 12), up and over Indian Trail ridge. Got hit by another bad storm just cresting Kennebec pass. Rain down to the start of the climb to High Pt.




Finished just before 6pm for sub 11 day time. Beer me!

[meter-man]

Holy crap. We're not worthy!! Thanks for sharing.

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[Shredhead]

No shit!

So much different than my ride from home circuit.

[Supermoon]

Holy shit. Well done

[Peruvian]

Super cool, evdog.

Fuckin’ roadies.

[iriponsnow]

Just about rode into this big ol boy in NH today.

[alpinevibes]

After a pretty clear summer the smoke finally got to us... I had a window to ride yesterday afternoon and AQI hit 150 while I was out...



But I did get to see this gem with $10-20k of bikes “artfully” attached. It must suck when “your dads suburban at the Aspen house ‘only’ has a hang-style rack”

[Vt-Freeheel]

CVT

[JayPowHound]

EV, was that trip solo? FKNA, so jealous!

[Dantheman]

Sub-11 days for the CTR is bananas. Nice work.

Lots of verdant alpine smashy smashy yesterday with perfect tacky dirt.

[The SnowShow]

North Trail in Vail...so lush and tacky.

EV...amazing report and trip

[NW_SKIER]

Holy stemzilla

[bonewrenched]

But I did get to see this gem with $10-20k of bikes “artfully” attached. It must suck when “your dads suburban at the Aspen house ‘only’ has a hang-style rack”

Artfully done indeed! I'd crap my pants if I saw that driving down the road

[Phall]

Real nice sunset lap in sun valley. East fork to Osberg to Alden is a great little loop.

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Did the opposite end of Osberg to Alden yesterday, great ride. I want to go back and climb east fork after descending Alden and hit Curlys to the highway.


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[hick]

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[evdog]

EV, was that trip solo? FKNA, so jealous!

Yup, solo ITT (individual time trial) of the Colorado trail race. The grand depart for the race started this morning. Fastest guys are already hitting Silverton, which took me 2 full days going the "easy" way. They'll finish in under 4 days if things go well. That is really impressive.

FWIW, there is one couple doing the race on a tandem. They are already at the point where I camped the final night. Follow them on trackleaders, their dot is labelled "The Parent Trap"

I did cross paths with about 80,000 thru hikers most of whom were super cool and fun to talk to. Also run into a few people I knew, friend Liz started same day but going the opposite direction. Found a couple other randoms I knew along the way.


Hick, that trail looks rad. Much smoke up there? I may be passing thru MT in the next 10 days. Thinking of Whitefish/Kalispell area and Alpine 7 and 10-Lakes specifically, but would hit other stuff the way up and back.

[grinch]

Sale Mt/martha creek 5000ft+ descent to lake revelstoke

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[toast2266]

Got my annual-ish napa to wire ride in, in honor of eluder's birthday. It was hot. And smokey. But at least a little less hot and less smokey up high.

[hick]

Nice Toast! All clear I assume… thinking of hitting that one soon.


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[buttahflake]

That’s me in the white helmet, orange mitts, from yesterday in SoVT. Pouring rain!
G3 Guilford Gravel Grinder. 40 miles with 5,200 vert. Nice lunch afterwards, fun day.

[buttahflake]

Couple more from yesterday in SoVT

[VTskibum]

Her new bike day ride w some great weather and trails


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[toast2266]

Nice Toast! All clear I assume… thinking of hitting that one soon.


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Yup, all clear, and the wire descent is running pretty good. For the most part, not too brushy.