Alderfer/Three Sisters Today we drove to Evergreen, CO to ride all the trails at Alderfer/Three Sisters. The loop was 16 miles and 2800′ climbing. Most of the riding is through forest so we never really got big views. It...
Staunton & North Fork
Staunton State Park Staunton State Park consists of land donated by Frances Staunton upon her death. It’s about 3,908 acres of grasslands, rocky foothills, high granite cliffs and streams. The trails there are quite fun! We rode a 20 mile loop...
Webster Pass, CO
Today we decided to be adventurous and ride up to Webster Pass. It’s a really rough dirt “road” that goes up to 12,103 feet and crossed the Continental Divide. The last mile or so has a sign that says full...
Boreas Pass & Gold Dust – Como, CO
Just down the highway from where we’re camped is Como, CO. The place was named by Italian immigrants thinking of Lake Como at home. This was a railroad town back in the late 1800’s and the start of our...
Sheep Creek – Fairplay, CO
Sheep Creek Loop took a bit of a drive but seemed worth it. This was a very remote loop that, at 14 miles, was short enough to count as an easy day after the 4000 feet of climbing the day...
Kenosha Pass
I never lose the itch to explore and ride new stuff. This week we’re camped by Kenosha Pass at 9950′ elevation in a really pretty dispersed spot in the forest. A sign is posted that warns we’re in an active...
Colorado Trail
When we were in Durango last month we rode part of the Colorado Trail there. This past week we spent three days riding sections of it around Salida and Buena Vista. They were all black diamond sections and since...
Pomeroy Lake
Well we thought today would be an easy day. Wrong. We rode from St Elmo ghost town up to Pomeroy Lake at 12,035 feet. This ride starts on a nice wide gravel road for the first few miles and then turns off...
An Avalanche, a Baby Goat and a Moose.
Today we rode to two high alpine lakes outside Poncha Springs. First we came to North Fork Reservoir at around 11,000 feet and then Billings Lake sits at 11,791 feet!!!! We rode 7 miles up a rocky jeep road with 2800′ of climbing…at...
Buena Vista, Colorado
Buena Vista, pronounced Byoona like beautiful, is just North of Salida. It has grown since we were last here and has a cute touristy downtown. River rafting is the huge draw here, but there is also a good little trail...