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Tarantula

07-18-02, 12:52 AM

I'm going to be in the Steamboat Springs area for 9 days in early August. I am having problems finding road cycling info for that area. Any ideas?

I'll probably get a road map, ask some locals about road conditions and ride. However, if there is a club or shop in the area, I would be better off.

DnvrFox

07-18-02, 05:44 AM

Originally posted by Tarantula
I'm going to be in the Steamboat Springs area for 9 days in early August. I am having problems finding road cycling info for that area. Any ideas?

I'll probably get a road map, ask some locals about road conditions and ride. However, if there is a club or shop in the area, I would be better off.

Rabbit Ears Pass up and down (wonderful 8 miles downhill), Granby and return, up to Walden, Gore Pass,

http://www.cycleamerica.com/!rockymt.htm

Trail Ridge Road

Lots and lots of highways.

Right now, bring a smoke mask.

The road from Granby to Steamboat (about 80 miles) is great. Take a back pack, ride from Steamboat to Granby, stay overnight in a motel, ride back the next day to Steamboat (or rest one day :) then ride back)

Pat

07-18-02, 09:26 AM

I was out there last year. There is a ride to the base of a mountain - you go north of town on the road that goes by the airport and along a trout steam - ah I remember now Hahn's Peak. It is a 50 mile out and back. It is a very pretty ride. The terrain keeps changing so that is fun and it is a downhill most of the way back.

You can do a ride out to Walden CO in Northpark by way of Rabbit Ears Pass and Muddy Pass and stay there for a night and come back or not.

Tarantula

07-18-02, 04:40 PM

Thanks for the encouraging info.
It used to be easy to pack equipment when all I did was fly fish. Now that the bike is involved, which kid should I leave at home?
Of course, I'm spoiled by my bike and would hate any rental, as well as feeling extremely unfaithful. Maybe I can strap some luggage and the smallest child to the roof rack. Now the question is, bungee cords or duct tape on the kid? I guess if I used bungees it would be easier at the bathroom breaks. Such fatherly dilemmas.