Originally Posted by
Sekhem
I have my sights on Cascade so it will be an early spring SR.
StephenH (Last Chance potential rider) and Cheg (Colorado High Country rider): welcome to Colorado! Last Chance is a great ride for a first 1200K- only about 18k of climbing total (but you've gotta love rollers!).The challenge for Last Chance will be the logistics in a deep rural area....For folks coming to Colorado from sea level be sure you plan to spend a few days relaxing in Denver before the ride- a few folks had issues w/ altitude sickness last year.
good luck and happy riding everybody!
We lived in Fort Collins for five years, so a lot of the issues I'm familiar with. I suspected the biggest issue on Last Chance would be wind. I'm not too interested in climbing (and descending!) mountain passes at this point. We had some pretty decent riders that DNF'ed High Country due to the cold, the rain, and the climbing. But Last Chance sounds like it would be similar to the Stampeded that I did this last spring.