For cyclists, mountains are more than just roads carved into rock; they’re tests of grit, beauty, and sometimes survival. Two climbs that capture very different…
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Merry Christmas from Mount Evans – Summit Lake
Merry Christmas greetings from Mount Evans – Summit Lake – not quite the very top of the Rocky Mountains, Colorado, but at just under 13,000…
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Into Thin Air
For fifteen years, I lived just below St. Mary’s Glacier, Colorado, at 11,000 feet (3,360 meters) above sea level. There were about fifty permanent residents…
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A ride to Red Rocks Park Amphitheater
A staple ride in Denver Metro for the avid cyclist crowd. Cycling up to the Red Rock Park Amphitheater offers impressive natural beauty and sweeping…
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Cycling Colorado 2020
A quick look back at my cycling Colorado in the pandemic year of 2020. No recap, just a collage of a few pictures. I had…
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Golden Gate Canyon
On the outskirts west of Denver, Golden Gate Canyon ride is another rewarding Front Range outing popular with cyclists seeking a climb on a lesser…
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Cycling U.S. 550, aka the Million Dollar Highway
U.S. 550, aka the Million Dollar Highway, is a spectacular mountain highway route through the San Juan Mountains in the southwest of Colorado and a…
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Deer Creek Canyon
Deer Creek Canyon is one of Denver’s popular cycling climbs of 700 meters elevation gain into the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains. The canyon…
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Postcard from Telluride
Telluride, a wonderful slice of a bygone era of Colorado’s illustrious gold and silver mining boom, offers scores of MTB outings into the pristine and…
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Cyclist-friendly Mt. Evans Bighorn Sheep and Mountain Goats
At least during the summer of 2020, they were cyclist-friendly. To ride up here without cars was an amazing experience. But another benefit of the…
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