Our initial plan to hike up to Como Lake were foiled by heavy looking dark grey, almost black clouds that hovered around Blanca Peak. So, we decided to hike around Great Sand Dunes National Park for a couple hours....
Medano Pass Ride
While in the area, we decided to ride Medano Pass Primitive Road. This road is passable only in the warmer months with a high clearance 4X4 vehicle, crosses areas of deep sand and traverses Medano Creek nine times. We...
Mosca Pass Hike
We finally left Salida and are hanging out by Great Sand Dunes National Park and Preserve. With thunderstorms forecast for early in the day, we decided to do a quickish hike in the area. Mosca Pass Trail starts just...
Leftover Rides – Salida
It seems a few days of riding slipped through over the past week without us doing a post so here they are. Cottonwood Loop Just on the other side of the river from downtown Salida is a tremendous trail...
Happy Anniversary to us! Fooses Loop
For our 21st wedding anniversary we rode Monarch Crest/Fooses, made pizza for dinner, brownies for dessert, and a special beer to celebrate. What a day! Fooses is yet another trail off the Monarch Crest in Salida, CO. We rode...
Colorado Trail/Silver Creek/Rainbow Loop
We rode a Colorado Trail/Silver Creek/Rainbow Loop that really has my heart. Our loop was 30.5 miles with 4371′ of climbing. Not a small ride. The loop starts with a ride out Marshall Pass Road and then we turned...
Buena Vista Trails
Buena Vista, CO has a very fun mountain bike trail system. We rode out here last year and did so again the other day. Our ride was 22 miles with 2177′ of climbing so almost a day off for...
Gravel Rides – Salida, CO
Exploring Ride Salida hosts a gravel bike race, well, it was canceled due to the pandemic, but I downloaded the map from the website and we attempted the ride. Our ride was 29.7 miles with 3584′ of climbing all...
Monarch Crest/Agate Loop
Last year when we were in Salida these trails were still under snow in July and we didn’t get to ride them. This year they are open! This loop is a beast at 36 miles with 4635’ of climbing....
Alpine Tunnel Trail
Derek and I rode the Alpine Trail Loop outside of St. Elmo, Colorado about 16 years ago and remembered how cool it was so we decided to ride it again. Our loop was 20.5 miles with 2890′ of climbing...