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July 12, 2022
Today's Ride (Fire in the Mountains)
So, today (Tue 7/12/22) I figured I'd get up and go for a little ride. I got up and rode up the Coal Creek Canyon to Gross Reservoir and down into Boulder on Flagstaff Road. Then turned back up into the mountains on Highway 119 to Nederland where I stopped for lunch.
Then, south on Hwy 119 to Rollinsville, and west on Highway 16 to Tolland, and then the Moffat Tunnel.
From there, I took 117 up to Yankee Doodle Lake. Above Yankee Doodle Lake, it was still snowed in, so I turned back. Was not able to make it to the Needle Eye Tunnel. From the West, the road is called Corona Pass. From the East, it's called the Rollins Pass. I always forget how rough the road is up to Yankee Doodle Lake. It's about 10 miles from the Moffat Tunnel to Yankee Doodle Lake, but it takes about an hour each way.
Then, I came back down to Highway 16, and went east to County Road 4N at Tolland. Then up County Road 4N and east down into Apex. Then down Apex Valley Road to 119. South on 119 to Black Hawk. Then up to Central City to the Central City Parkway.
Stopped for peaches at the squatch store. Then home through Evergreen.
Looks like my ride today was 126 miles over 6 hours.
Then, I get home and learn that there's reportedly a fire burning out of control down at Mount Lindo. So, I ride down to check it out. Access to Mount Lindo is blocked, so I go down US 285 and see smoke from a fire burning up on Mount Lindo. Helicopters are dropping water on it steadily and refilling at a lake nearby. So I roll down the hill to see where the helicopters are getting their water. As it turns out, they're refilling at a very close lake down at Fox Hills Road and Belleview. Fortunately, they have the fire under control, so I ride home.
Posted by Rob Kiser on July 12, 2022 at 10:02 PM
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