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September 18, 2022
NFSR 211 - Matukat Road (aka Goose Creek Road) - 3rd Time's a Charm
So today, Robert came up and we fed Mark's goats. After they were well fed, I put up the goats and decided to go check out Matukat Road (aka Goose Creek Road). My thought is that we don't have a whole lot of summer left, and I need to get out and get some rides in before the snows come.
It looks like I've ridden (or attempted) this route at least three times before today.
My first attempt at Matukat Road was on April 2nd of last year (4/2/2021), but I turned back as the road was still snowed in.
My first successful attempt at Matukat Road was about a month later on April 30th of last year (4/30/2021).
My second successful attempt at Matukat Road was earlier this year on April 22nd (4/22/2022). This was the time that Cody and I both rode the same route on the same day on the same year-make-model motorcycles (2017 Honda Africa Twins), but somehow we were both unaware of this and only discovered it after the fact.
My third successful attempt at Matukat Road was today on September 18th (9/18/2022).
Today, I didn't have a whole lot of time before dark and I took a slightly different route. This time, I took Pleasant Park Road to Foxton Road to Foxton, CO, then up the Southwest Platte River to Buffalo Creek. Then down Deckers Road to National Forest System Road 211, also known as the Matukat road. My route looked pretty much like this.
This map/route shows my ride would be about 132 miles and 3 hours 49 minutes.
My notes say 136 miles - 4:00 pm - 7:15 pm so about 3 hours 15 minutes.
I'm always shocked at the damage from the Hayman Fire when I ride down Matukat Road. Terry Barton deliberately torched 138,114 acres, resulting in the deaths of 6 people, and in the 20 years since then, nothing has grown back. Not a single tree. And they released her from prison. They released from prison the woman that deliberately started the largest fire in the state's history resulting in the deaths of 6 people. Perfect.
Posted by Rob Kiser on September 18, 2022 at 8:34 PM
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