Originally Posted by
02Giant
Thanks!
It was a bit different, was ^^^this^^^ earlier this year?
This type of ride was a first for me, the hardest thing I had to deal with was the breathing, not being in the higher altitude conditions for much time was a challenge.
I believe the ascent from Estes Park with the snow was June of 2011 when we were doing Bike Tour Colorado. An incredible day for sure. We waited at one of the gates for over an hour for the Park Service to decide if they should let us through. Only about 150 of 1500 made it all the way across. Most either stopped up top at the visitors center or turned around and rode back to Estes Park. It was very, very cold....you couldn't see after a few hundred more yards up the road. Wind was blowing sleet and snow sideways at 30 mph. The descent down towards Granby was extremely chilling as everything was pretty wet and temps were in the low 30's with wind.
I can relate to the breathing. I've found you just have to go slower. Did you descend back down into Estes Park?