4/30/08 - Mt Herman @ 5:30

This week we will be riding Raspberry Chautauqua Mountain Trail / Limbaugh Canyon Loop on Mt. Herman in Monument.

It is a 9 mile loop and should take between 1.5 and 2 hours.

http://www.singletracks.com/php/trail.php?id=20

http://www.trails.com/tcatalog_trail.asp?trailid=BGR069-045

The weather forecast is 73 and breezy.

http://forecast.weather.gov/MapClick.php?CityName=Monument&state=CO&site=PUB&textField1=39.0701&textField2=-104.857&e=1

We will park in the parking lot on Red Rocks Dr just off of NF-320.

http://maps.google.com/maps?daddr=Red+Rocks+Dr+%26+NF-320,+Monument,+CO+80132&geocode=&dirflg=&saddr=monument,+co&f=d&hl=en&sll=39.089102,-104.910722&sspn=0.017887,0.033817&ie=UTF8&t=p&z=14

Hope to see you out there.

4/25/08 - Some like it sloppy... A Red Rocks update

Some rides you remember and some rides you never forget.

Red Rocks this week is a ride that will never be forgotten.

Scott, Jeremy, Jake and I rode on Wednesday despite the freak snowstorm and it was amazing.

We left the parking lot by 6 and cruised up the east side of Red Rocks to Section 16. The last 0.75 miles Section 16 was covered in 4 inches of snow and the bike tires would no longer roll so we had to carry and push the bikes. Once on Section 16 we rode over to Intemann trail and tried our best to stay on top of our bikes as we slipped back to the parking lot.

The total ride was about 4.5 miles and took us almost two hours because the conditions were so tough.

I am also working on a website and Jeremy is helping me with a mailing list that people will be able to subscribe to.

Hope to see you next week.