Mountain Bike Bill, Get the Dirt on the Dirt

Winter Park, Colorado

Winter Park, COThis was Day Three of what I'm calling my Chasing Aspens Tour done in the fall of 2015

After ridng in the Good Water Rim Trail in the San Rafael Swell of Utah on day two I did a long drive to Winter Park Colorado which is less than a two hours from Denver. I met up with my old friends Kevin and JD and made new friends Greg and Barb who were gracious enough to put me up at thier place. Greg is the ownder and founder of Singletrack Trails, a trail design and construction that does a kinds of trail goodness. The next day I was treated to some of the local goods that he played a major part in bringing to life.  This was also my welcome to high-country Colorado riding day and boy was the top elevation of around 10,000 feet a wake up call to my sea-level lungs.  The aspens were awesome!

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Featured routes in this area (See Description Below):
As Ridden Route. 13 miles 1,600': GPX Long Trailforks Long Ride
Sundog, Akima's Way, WTB, Leap Frog, D4 and more
Trailhead Directions:
  • Hideaway Park Brewing: There are lots of trailheads in the area but we started across the street from where we were going to have post-ride refreshments.drections
Planning: My planning was simple, follow Greg. If you were going to be figure your own route, it is hard to go wrong with trail forks but here are some others depending wither you are into MTB parks or local trails.

Ride Notes: This will mostly be a photo spread. When you go through the slide show, I have commentary attach with the photos.

Winter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, CO

Winter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, CO

Winter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, CO

Winter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, COWinter Park, CO

Winter Park, CO It was pretty awesome to have the ride end at the best microbrewery in town. Andy is doing good stuff with this place. Mucho tastiness!

After some post-ride tastiness we kicked by Greg's and worked on making sure all the San Diego goodness I had in the growlers did not go flat. While dead critters were being cooked up on the grill, we made plans for the following day and everyone was giving me killer recommendations for what to do on the rest of my trip. Trying to absorb all that trail information was like trying to take a sip of water from a fire hydrant. Good Times!

Day Four of the Trip - The Two Elks Trail