Friday, 20 September 2013

Re: [emrat:2885] Fall Colors Ride?

Is anybody interested in a short ride this Sunday, 9/22?  I was thinking of riding down to Palmer Lake for coffee at the Speed Trap cafe, probably late morning.  Wayne E.

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Good idea, the roads and colors should be better by the 29th.

Bret
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I wonder if we should delay a week and maybe the roads will be better and the colors will be peaking?

On Sep 18, 2013, at 4:46 PM, Sean Donnelly <sean1881@gmail.com> wrote:

We went to Palisade / Colorado National Monument last weekend.

There were a couple of *very* tiny pocket patches on McClure Pass and on the Grand Mesa scenic byway, but really didn't see any elsewhere.

- Sean

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On Sep 18, 2013, at 4:27 PM, Jay Clawson <jayclawson@att.net> wrote:

I'm on a quick trip to the Sand Dunes.  Left on Tuesday and will return on Thursday.  Surprisingly, all along 285 the fall colors are almost non-existent.  The aspens are really late this year.  It may be better on a northern route.  Will provide an update when I get home.  I suspect the aspens won't be colorful for another week or two, in case you want to factor this into your planning.
Jay
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I agree, I think we may hit road closures in many places and debris on the roads. Anyone have a MC Butler map to choose another area? I have one, but I am not the best judge of the roads and I am still tentative for Sunday. 

Doc

On Wednesday, September 18, 2013 11:07:15 AM UTC-6, Marvin Larson wrote:
The weather is looking better for this weekend, but not sure about the roads. Surely Lyons and Estes Park will be a bit of a mess still by this weekend. I'm wondering if we should think about another route if we still want to do this on Sunday. I'm not as familiar with some of the mountain roads south of I-70...but that might be a better direction to head. 

Anyone have any ideas?



On Tuesday, September 10, 2013 7:52:49 AM UTC-6, Marvin Larson wrote:
After the great ride on Sunday, I thought I would throw out a suggestion for a ride to see some of the fall colors up in the mountains and also hit up Trail Ridge Road (hopefully) before it closes for the season.

Possible route 


Meet in Golden, head up US-6 to US-40 to Winter Park (B), then on to Granby (C) past Grand Lake then up through Rocky Mountain National Park and over Trail Ridge Road ($10 entrance fee for motorcycles), Estes Park (D) (lunch/gas?), then down the Peak to Peak Highway CO-7, CO-72, CO-119, US-6 back to Golden.

Duration

GoogleMaps shows as 217mi, 5:20 driving time. Bit of a long one, but a good chance to hit up some beautiful country before the fall/winter is fully upon us. If we are kickstands up at 8:00am we can be still be home at a decent time in the afternoon. I've done this route (in the reverse direction) and it was just about 6 hours including stop for breakfast in Winter Park.

Dates

9news is forecasting peak fall colors in that area Sep 18-Sep 29. How about Saturday Sep 21 or Sunday Sep 22?

So what do you all think?

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