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May 31, 2019
Friday's Ride
So, today I started out by riding up Trail Creek Road (Clear Creek County Road 136) outside of Idaho Springs. Took Trail Creek Road up past the Phoenix Mine, and then turned left onto South Spring Gulch Road (County Road 130) and follow County Road 22 uphill until it's snowed in and I can't go any further.
At this point, I turned around and headed back downhill, and followed South Spring Gulch Road (County Road 130) straight downhill all the way out to Colorado State Highway 103 (the road to Mount Evans). I should point out that this hill is very steep, and would be difficult to climb. I had a hard enough time just going down it.
Then, into Idaho Springs for lunch at Carl's Jr.
After that, I rode up Hidden Wilderness Road. There was much less snow, and I made it further this time than last time, but the road dead ends into someone's private property. There's a gate that basically stop you from going any further.
My Garmin Montana is basically as useless as tit's on a bull, as I'd just upload the GPS tracks to map them out, but the Garmin is not functioning properly at this time. I have ordered a new battery pack for it.
So, in any event, I came back down from the dead end that I ran into, somewhere near the summit of Santa Fe Mountain.
Then, up Fall River Road to York Gulch (County Road 277). Up York Gulch to Bald Mountain Road. Then down to King Flats Road, to Columbine Campground Road, to Forest Service Road 739.1, and back up in a big loop back to York Gulch on Forest Service Road 739.1.
Then, north towards Yankee Hill, until I came to a big washed out/flooded section of the road that I didn't feel like trying to go through. Turned back and headed out York Gulch. On the way back, though, I took another big loop up Old Stage Road, to Alpine Way. I don't believe I'd ever been on this loop before.
Today's Ride: Part 1
Today's Ride: Part 2
Posted by Rob Kiser on May 31, 2019 at 6:40 PM
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