Postcard from Telluride

adminFTG — Fri, 16 Oct 2020 22:52:08 +0000

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 remote San Juan mountains. The town features some impressive folk-style Victorian architecture, from mini-size dwellings of the miners to those of a more grandiose scale. The town has a character, although prices can be rather steep, especially lodging. A nice place to hang out for a few days, eat and drink, alas not an ideal time to do it during the pandemic. There is a bike path that runs parallel to the main road into town for the last few miles. A dedicated bike path, it offers a bike ride. Not of that kind you may seek on a road bike, though. I passed through on my road bike setup a bit like a bikepacking gravel bike but with 23C tires. Let’s face it, the highway 145 into town is narrow and the traffic dangerous and never-ending. I was disappointed. The traffic was definitely a turnoff for a touring road bike cyclist.

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Into San Juan Mountains

adminFTG — Sun, 11 Oct 2020 14:27:16 +0000

This early Fall outing to the San Juan Mountains in southwestern Colorado is amazing at the peak of the Indian Summer, early to mid-October. At 70F on the average, the daytime temperatures are perfect at elevations around 10,000 feet above sea level. At night and early morning they may dip near freezing point, especially camping at 11,500 feet as I did past Trout Lake, but it’s all part of the fun cycling during this colorful season.

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