Ride Plan : Best of the COBDR - August 2020
A group ride of the more difficult sections of the Colorado Backcountry Discovery Route - Steamboat Springs to Telluride. Home base is Denver.
Schedule:
8/3 - Monday - Day 1 - Denver to Steamboat Springs
8/4 - Tuesday - Day 2 - Steamboat Springs to Eagle
8/5- Wednesday - Day 3 - Eagle to Buena Vista
8/6 - Thursday - Day 4 - Buena Vista to Lake City
8/7 - Friday - Day 5 - Lake City to Telluride
8/8 - Saturday - Day 6 - Telluride to Denver
Yermo4 years agoThis is looking pretty serious. I saw one track near Telluride and had to zoom in. <whew> I remember the jeep trail near the double waterfall on the far end got pretty gnarly higher up. I took my K100RS up as high as I could before it became one way in the opposite direction.
America.Rides.Maps4 years agoYes. Ash just sent over his .GPX tracks, all the new pink lines on the map. The classic route is hiding beneath them right now. I'll go through it and break it up into segments as we'll need to have options available. He'll call a week before we get there as the trails open and close based on current conditions. The last time we rode through one of the biggest challenges was crossing a mudslide that had just happened. I had to jump several trees on the GSA and the mud and rocks were a handful. We also had to make route changes getting there due to extensive forest fires at the time. Then we had to time the riding to avoid the highest elevations with afternoon thunderstorms moving through. It will be a real adventure. I have not added the POI's on the routes yet, just the lodging for early planning. I'll get to it now that the MABDR and New England Ride Plans are about done.- Yermo4 years ago
And we do this for fun.
I've got not to no experience jumping trees on the DR and I've never traversed a mud slide, the remnants of a rock slide yes, but never a mud slide. This should prove to be "interesting". - America.Rides.Maps4 years ago
When you go up into the high country adventure happens. It's a very dynamic environment. You and I have been through some tricky stuff and you've never faltered, we'll do fine. You have the skills. While we have most of the arrangements set, I'm still faced with a decision - which bike? Currently I'm set to do it on a tricked out Honda 450. It will be a blast on the trails, but a bitch on the commutes. There's still the chance I can snag the GSA I've taken up there a couple times before. I've already done much of the hard stuff on a GSA, but not the legendary descent into Telluride. I've seen videos of Jeeps and 4 wheelers getting into trouble on that stretch. It's steep loose scree so brakes are of marginal effect. I think the challenge is "can you maintain your line on the way down". It doesn't suffer errors well. There are also a couple big rock ledges to bump over. I'm mulling over the options.
- Yermo4 years ago
Wait. What? I didn't see the descent into Telluride on the tracks?!?
Umm. Ok. I've lived long enough. I'm ok with my fate. Me and my trusty DR Mule will face the inevitable. - America.Rides.Maps4 years ago
If conditions are ideal I'm going to look to do Black Bear Pass instead of Ophir Pass into Telluride. It's a convenient option.
- America.Rides.Maps4 years ago
Most recent GPS tracks. 7-30-2020
COBDR GPS Tracks Ver 3 7-30-2020
Final version GPS tracks
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