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Road trip to CO suggestions needed

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trailbrain

Discussion Starter · Jun 30, 2009

I'm going to be up for Yeti Tribe Gathering in Winter Park at the end of July for a weekend. After that we have the whole week so I want to find out what rides we shouldn't miss.

Hear sort of a tentative plan we have so far:

Golden area - Any suggestions?
Winter Park and surrounding - 3 or 4 days
Colorado trail from Kenosha to Breck - I have no idea on this so any suggestions are appreciated.
Crested Butte for a few days

Thanks everyone!

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SkaredShtles

· #2 · Jun 30, 2009

Do a search. TONS of trail suggestions just in the last couple weeks on all those destinations.

trailbrain

Discussion Starter · #3 · Jul 1, 2009

Thanks for the awesome suggestion.

kidding

smmokan

· #4 · Jul 1, 2009

If you're already going to be in WP for the weekend, you don't need to spend more days there.... get out and see some other areas.

I'd do Crested Butte for 3-4 days and then head down to Durango, or maybe ride around Summit County to keep it closer. There are plenty of rides to keep you busy in all three of those places.

Oh, and maybe do Monarch Crest during the week? You should have it mostly to yourself.

SkaredShtles

· #5 · Jul 1, 2009

joltz said:
Thanks for the awesome suggestion. kidding

Ummm... I was trying to save you some time - there are TONS of suggestions on EVERY ONE of your destinations in the first 5 pages of threads. Seriously.

I guess we could go over it all again.

Nickle

· #6 · Jul 1, 2009 (Edited)

joltz said:
Thanks for the awesome suggestion. kidding

I love how SS can elicit almost the same response from a CO-FR newbie within the first four posts of a thread. That's talent.

SkaredShtles

· #7 · Jul 1, 2009

Nickle said:
I love how SS have elicit almost the same response from a CO-FR newbie within the first four posts of a thread. That's talent.

Your retarded.

Nickle

· #8 · Jul 1, 2009

SkaredShtles said:
Your retarded.

Ok, thanks for all your help.

SkaredShtles

· #9 · Jul 1, 2009

Nickle said:
Ok, thanks for all your help.

Kenosha -> Vail.

:lol:

batty

· #10 · Jul 1, 2009

+1 to the Crest (ride it before they close it down) and you can't go wrong in CB!

SkaredShtles

· #11 · Jul 1, 2009

batty said:
+1 to the Crest (ride it before they close it down) and you can't go wrong in CB!

Close it down?

batty

· #12 · Jul 1, 2009

There's been an effort over the past couple of years to designate the area as Wilderness .. which = no bikes. According to some of the folks actively involved it's still moving in the wrong direction ... lots of equestrians and hard core tree huggers don't want bikes in there, :-( If it goes down, it will be a HUGE loss to one of the best trails in CO (IMHO).

SkaredShtles

· #13 · Jul 1, 2009

I thought the whole Monarch Crest/Wilderness thing had died?

singletrack

· #14 · Jul 1, 2009

joltz said:
Colorado trail from Kenosha to Breck - I have no idea on this so any suggestions are appreciated.

That's a really confusing route. See, you get on the Colorado Trail at Kenosha, and you follow it to Breck.

Want me to draw a map? Here you go!

[Breck] <------------------------- [Kenosha]

OK sorry I'm an ass.

batty

· #15 · Jul 1, 2009

Still alive ... an progressing

Nope, in fact there was an article in the CB paper on this just ~4 weeks ago. It is very much alive, just moving slower than the backers has originally pushed for. Dave Wiens is involved, so maybe someone going to see him speak at REI can get his first hand perspective ... I'll be busy riding the Butte!

Nickle

· #16 · Jul 1, 2009

singletrack said:
That's a really confusing route. See, you get on the Colorado Trail at Kenosha, and you follow it to Breck.

Want me to draw a map? Here you go!

[Breck] <------------------------- [Kenosha]

He's going to get lost. Details, man, details. Kenosha to Breck. Like this...

[Kenosha] -------------------------> [Breck]

SkaredShtles

· #17 · Jul 1, 2009

singletrack said:
That's a really confusing route. See, you get on the Colorado Trail at Kenosha, and you follow it to Breck.

Want me to draw a map? Here you go!

[Breck] <------------------------- [Kenosha]

OK sorry I'm an ass.

You don't have to be sorry.

singletrack

· #18 · Jul 1, 2009

Nickle said:
He's going to get lost. Details, man, details. Kenosha to Breck. Like this...

[Kenosha] -------------------------> [Breck]

Um, duh. The trail trends to the WEST. If he follows your map he'll end up in Denver.

Nickle

· #19 · Jul 1, 2009

singletrack said:
Um, duh. The trail trends to the WEST. If he follows your map he'll end up in Denver.

Well, the way my monitor is turned my map does point west. Duh.

SkaredShtles

· #20 · Jul 1, 2009

Don't you have some documentation to do?

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