Starvation Creek Trail is fantastically primitive and challenging. We looped it by climbing up Marshall Pass, riding the Colorado Trail for a bit, and then hanging a left to descend Starvation Creek. What a beautiful loop! 24.5 miles with 3,206′ of climbing. Marshall Pass is a fairly easy climb up a good gravel road. We …
Month: July 2020
We like mountain lakes and on the map, this ride had a couple. Plus, it passes through yet more beautiful mountain scapes via high alpine riding. Our ride to Hancock Lake wasn’t very far but it was very challenging. 11.4 miles with 2468′ of climbing. We started up by Monarch Pass and climbed FS 230 …
Last year when we were in Salida for July we rode some of the trails on Methodist Mountain. These trails are purpose built for mountain biking and very close to town. The other day we rode out there again and put together trails amounting to 21 miles and 2657′ of climbing. We started by riding …
Our new boondocking home for the next couple weeks in Poncha Springs, Colorado is coincidentally the exact same spot we stayed in last year. It’s nice and quiet with good views of the mountains. We wasted no time in picking our first ride in the area. Last year there was way more snow and a …