This 12-hour epic ride started in Keystone, joined the Colorado Trail to Gold Hill, then Miner's Creek over the Ten Mile range to Wheeler Trail, back over the range to Burro Trail, to the Peaks Trail, to end up in Frisco. Whew!
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Yah, they're smiling now! Just wait. This is near Keystone where we needed to take access trails over to the Colorado Trail - waiting for the sun - and warmth. |
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Mike blasting some of the great single-track on the Colorado Trail. |
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Me riding the wrong way for the camera. We are heading towards the Ten Mile range in the background to cross it. Twice. |
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The Miner's Creek trail had some good riding and plenty of pushing, too. |
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Mike leads on some more good Miner's Creek riding. |
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Coming up the saddle near Peak 3 or so above timerline looking back towards Dilon reservoir. |
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I had a bit of a problem getting through some scree and got a boo-boo. Mike (in green) is bandaging me up. Jack photo. |
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Jack shows how much fun pushing your bike can be as he tops the pass at about Peak 5. |
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After lunch, we headed south along the top of the range before it drops down below timberline behind Peak 6. You can see that were successfully doging some weather here and there. |
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Seth descending on the backside of Peak 6. This was cooool. Jack photo. |
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Climbing back up the range on the Wheeler trail. |
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View from the second pass between Peaks 8 and 9 looking west to Copper Mtn. |
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Approaching the second pass. Some portage was needed due to loose steep conditions. |
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Snack at the pass, 12, 400 feet above sea level. |
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Wheeler Trail looking south before we finally descended south of Peak 10. |
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Jack on the Wheeler. |
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Jack descending. |
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Jack doing more descending on the Wheeler. |
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This is me on the Wheeler descent below timberline in some fun technical stuff. Jack photo. |
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