In the summer of 2006 I rode the Colorado Trail with my buddies from the Over the Bars Mountain Bike Club. The Trail is 500 miles long and runs through the rugged Rocky Mountains in Colorado.
Colorado Trail MTB Bike Tour
We kept these pages updated on-the-fly, as we did the ride. Hopefully, all the internet riders can enjoy the ride as well!
- The Plan
- Day 1 – The Drive
- Day 2 – More of the drive, Thunderstorms
- Day 3 – First Day of Riding
- Day 4 – Kenosha Pass
- Day 5 – Georgia Pass
- Day 6 – Off the Bike
- Day 7 – Ten Mile Pass
- Day 8 – Searle and Kokomo Pass
- Day 9 – Tennessee Pass, Leadville
- Day 10 – Turqoise Lake
- Day 11 – Day off the Bikes
- Day 12 – Browns Creek and Chalk Creek Trails
- Day 13 – Angel of Shavano to O’Haver Lake
- Day 14 – Marshall Pass to North Pass
- Day 15 – Day off… Gunnison
- Day 16 – North Pass to Coachatope Creek
- Day 17 – Spring Creek Pass, Coney Summit to Rio Grande Reservoir
- Day 18 – Day Off – Cinnamon Pass and Silverton
- Day 19 – Molas Pass to Sig Creek Campground
- Day 20 – Kennebec Pass to Durango
- Day 21 – Epilogue, the drive back