Multi Shots from the trail.

Smittyp · Aug 21, 2024

Nemo tunnel

Neohio

TripleB · Aug 21, 2024

Smittyp said:
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Adam sent me that yesterday. I'm glad I got to go a few times before they closed it.

CID · Aug 23, 2024

So Tuesday was take the Talon to the high country, mid 90's scheduled in Denver and Imma tired of the fookin' heat (Ideehoe 'bout kilt me).

Since Red Elephant Hill never gets out of the trees (altitude), I headed for Montezuma. REH is a 9/10ths ride, the first 2 miles are straight up, rocks the size of beeg block Chebby motors.

Montezuma is further than my usual day rides but I got an early start ... to no avail, crash on C-470 west of Sante Fe cost me 30 minutes.

Doing the time management numbers in my head and it still seemed to work, so I stuck with it.

I picked a giant figure 8 and headed out but when I got to the bottom of Garibaldi Gulch (waypoint in photo below) I was ahead of 'schedule'. So I added Georgia Pass to my itinerary as an extra bonus loop. The advantage to that is - the escape route from GP is Glacier Ridge. GR is a 6/10ths ride until it isn't.

The last 1/2 mile is pretty much straight down over the roughest, loosest, biggest boulder field I've ridden. Since I know that I'm almost out ... yeah, well that doesn't help. 🫣 It's pretty much sliding on yer ass, tryin' to miss the ones that bend things. 🥲

Ok, back up for a minit - before dropping off the ginormous rock slide, there's a side trail that's not on the map. I went about 1/2 mile on it before but was time crunched and had to bail early.

Today, I decided to run that unknown spur to the end.

The End - :-| The track log shows that I made it to this exact spot before but I have no recollection of this tree -

The turn around was narrower than usual. I try to back up the bank so I can see what the front end is doing and that end has steering, a good thing. And, I got it wrong - that large boulder got in my face and I had to make a second try, getting the butt further to the left so I could complete the turn before the boulder interfered with the turn.

I'll be on that road in an hour or two. Taken from the red arrow below -

I was on the ridge at the red arrow and exited on the right, blue line.

The above photo was taken from the very top of this road -

There's still snow at 12,xxx feet on 8-20-24 - 🥶

The drop off of Radical Hill; I didn't highlight this photo in any way. The Red Cone descent and approach to Webster Pass from the NNW.

My path toward the red strike, to the left of it is one way, down hill only. I'll take a right there and come back at it from the top; an hour and a half later.

That's Radical Hill at the red strike, I just came down that ... and it's steep, narrow and off camber.

Yesterday's ride was 44.8 miles of rocks, lots of rocks. I didn't feel it while driving but when I got home, I was one whipped puppy.

Red Cone Peak, elevation 12,801 feet. I've pulled off the road, it's behind me. The road up to Red Cone is torn to sh!t because of internet exposure. 😡

Since I can't see behind me from the driver's seat, I walked back to check out my 'backup' plan. This guy was ~40' behind me and did not GAF that I was there even though I walked toward him to get the photo. He did get pissy when I had to drive right by him to leave though and scampered off. 😄

On the descent from Red Cone Peak, trying to show the cliff right next to the road.

That's the south side of Webster Pass that I just drove down to access Red Cone.

Hanging from the seat belt on the final Red Cone descent. This is steep and why it's one-way, down only -

The SPOT log, I can't post the GAIA track because there are so many previous rides in that area as to be impossible to differentiate.

Critter bed 20' from the parking lot.

Rayger143 · Aug 23, 2024

CID said:
So Tuesday was take the Talon to the high country, mid 90's scheduled in Denver and Imma tired of the fookin' heat (Ideehoe 'bout kilt me).

Since Red Elephant Hill never gets out of the trees (altitude), I headed for Montezuma. REH is a 9/10ths ride, the first 2 miles are straight up, rocks the size of beeg block Chebby motors. Montezuma is further than my usual day rides but I got an early start ... to no avail, crash on C-470 west of Sante Fe cost me 30 minutes. Doing the time management numbers in my head and it still seemed to work, so I stuck with it.

I picked a giant figure 8 and headed out but when I got to the bottom of Garibaldi Gulch (waypoint in photo below) I was ahead of 'schedule'. So I added Georgia Pass to my itinerary as an extra bonus loop. The advantage to that is - the escape route from GP is Glacier Ridge. GR is a 6/10ths ride until it isn't. The last 1/2 mile is pretty much straight down over the roughest, loosest, biggest boulder field I've ridden. Since I know that I'm almost out ... yeah, well that doesn't help. 🫣 It's pretty much sliding on yer ass, tryin' to miss the ones that bend things. 🥲

Ok, back up for a minit - before dropping off the ginormous rock slide, there's a side trail that's not on the map. I went about 1/2 mile on it before but was time crunched and had to bail early. Today, I decided to run that unknown spur to the end.

The End - :-| The track log shows that I made it to this exact spot before but I have no recollection of this tree -
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The turn around was narrower than usual. I try to back up the bank so I can see what the front end is doing and that end has steering, a good thing. And, I got it wrong - that large boulder got in my face and I had to make a second try, getting the butt further to the left so I could complete the turn before the boulder interfered with the turn.
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I'll be on that road in an hour or two. Taken from the red arrow below -
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I was on the ridge at the red arrow and exited on the right, blue line.
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The above photo was taken from the very top of this road -
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There's still snow at 12,xxx feet on 8-20-24 - 🥶
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The drop off of Radical Hill; I didn't highlight this photo in any way. The Red Cone descent and approach to Webster Pass from the NNW.
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My path toward the red strike, to the left of it is one way, down hill only. I'll take a right there and come back at it from the top; an hour and a half later.
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That's Radical Hill at the red strike, I just came down that ... and it's steep, narrow and off camber.
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Yesterday's ride was 44.8 miles of rocks, lots of rocks. I didn't feel it while driving but when I got home, I was one whipped puppy.

Red Cone Peak, elevation 12,801 feet. I've pulled off the road, it's behind me. The road up to Red Cone is torn to sh!t because of internet exposure. 😡
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Since I can't see behind me from the driver's seat, I walked back to check out my 'backup' plan. This guy was ~40' behind me and did not GAF that I was there even though I walked toward him to get the photo. He did get pissy when I had to drive right by him to leave though and scampered off. 😄
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On the descent from Red Cone Peak, trying to show the cliff right next to the road. That's the south side of Webster Pass that I just drove down to access Red Cone.
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Hanging from the seat belt on the final Red Cone descent. This is steep and why it's one-way, down only -
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The SPOT log, I can't post the GAIA track because there are so many previous rides in that area as to be impossible to differentiate.
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Critter bed 20' from the parking lot.
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Very nice. Great read too. Thanks for taking the time to share.