Ride-A-Lot said:GeeDubb said:
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Quoted message said:I am starting to plan an extension to my yearly work trip to Vail.
It calls for staying on an extra week and driving to different
locations throughout CO and maybe UT. I'll have a buddy coming up to
join me on the vacation segment. I suspect we'll stay two days at
Vail, since it'll be free and then move on for seven full days.
Beginning plans call for a drive to Fruita and a day or two there and
maybe a day on slickrock or more advanced in Moab (unless it's too
brutally hot to do anything there at the end of July, which I think
it may). Then move on and hit Gunnison or Telluride and Durango.
Any other suggestions/changes? If your local and want to join the
ride, that would be great.
TIA
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Like Shawn said, stay high. I thing the Monarch Crest will be a
little too much of a climb for you as it peaks above 12000' though I
didn't get to do it (stupid back problems). I'd suggest Hartman's
Rocks for the Gunnison area though it would need to be done early in
the a.m. to beat the heat. You'd really like it. Theres also some
other stuff Matt has suggested but my brain hurts and I can't remember
the exact trail numbers but something like the 4xx trail near
Monarch. Telluride.....Wilson Mesa or Dallas Creek (I'd join you for
either or both and you could stay at my place). Durango...I'll let
Craig chime in for rides there but up the Colorado Trail is good.
Wimps shuttle!
I may be up there building my cabin/cottage/??? (haven't decided yet)
and have the white trash mobILE home to keep rain off though you have
to share with critters. Pepe' doesn't stink too much......
Gary
Wow. I just might take you up on that.
I'm getting great advice here and I appreciate it. I've been to CO so
many times but have never been out of Vail/Breck or Fruita. This should
be cool (at altitude).
You can ride almost anything in the Durango that time of year, even the
lower elevation stuff if you avoid mid-day riding or don't mind temps
near 90. Lower elevation is considered 6500 to 9000 in our book.
You could easily spend every day of 7 riding here and not run out of
great rides. I don't see a lot of reason to do all sorts of advanced
planning for the Durango area other than hotel/motel, other than
training, lots and lots of training. But that would be true for
Telluride and Gunnison and any other place with lots of elevation.
If you would like, email me and I can get you a copy of THE local trail
map, which includes stuff in town as well as alpine rides. It is a
forest service map, not necessarily a mtn. biking map, so you won't get
trail descriptions or stuff like that. But it is what most of the locals
use for putting together rides.
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Craig Brossman, Durango Colorado
Owner/Operator of the Pekingnese Ranch.
