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Dinosaur National Monument East

Heidi Faller Posted onMay 13, 2021May 13, 2021 Colorado, Dinosaur National Monument, hiking 1 Comment 477 Views

We put our National Park Pass to use again and visited the Colorado side of Dinosaur National Monument. Dinosaur National Monument is definitely one of the lesser visited Monuments. We started by driving out Harpers Canyon. There are multiple...

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Sand Duning

Heidi Faller Posted onJuly 26, 2020July 26, 2020 Colorado, Great Sand Dunes National Park, hiking Leave a Comment 339 Views

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....

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Medano Pass Ride

Heidi Faller Posted onJuly 24, 2020July 24, 2020 Colorado, Great Sand Dunes National Park, Mountain Biking Leave a Comment 816 Views

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...

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Mosca Pass Hike

Heidi Faller Posted onJuly 23, 2020July 23, 2020 Colorado, Great Sand Dunes National Park, hiking Leave a Comment 502 Views

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...

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Leftover Rides – Salida

Heidi Faller Posted onJuly 22, 2020July 22, 2020 Colorado, Mountain Biking, Salida Leave a Comment 289 Views

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...

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Happy Anniversary to us! Fooses Loop

Heidi Faller Posted onJuly 19, 2020July 19, 2020 Colorado, Mountain Biking, Salida Leave a Comment 401 Views

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...

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Colorado Trail/Silver Creek/Rainbow Loop

Heidi Faller Posted onJuly 16, 2020July 16, 2020 Colorado, Mountain Biking, Salida Leave a Comment 226 Views

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...

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Buena Vista Trails

Heidi Faller Posted onJuly 15, 2020July 15, 2020 Colorado, Mountain Biking Leave a Comment 544 Views

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...

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Gravel Rides – Salida, CO

Heidi Faller Posted onJuly 13, 2020July 13, 2020 Colorado, Gravel biking, Salida 2 Comments 1709 Views

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...

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Monarch Crest/Agate Loop

Heidi Faller Posted onJuly 12, 2020July 12, 2020 Colorado, Mountain Biking, Salida 1 Comment 583 Views

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....

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