Riding Commando

Riding “The Commando Run” that is, you  Dirty  Minded Bastards!  On day four of my Chasing Aspens vacation was a ride that goes from Vail Pass Summit down into the town of Minturn.  The route we rode was used by the Army’s 10th Mountain Division during WWII  as training for alpine skiing combat and commando raids for the war effort.  We rode a series of forest roads to the Bowman Shortcut trail to the Two Elk trail.   We did a total of 17.7 miles with 1,870 feet of climbing and 5,200 feet of descent.  This was one fantastic trail that pretty much kept all of your trail riding skills on their toes.   Check out the write up, pictures, map and GPS files I have added to the site.

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The Good Water Rim Trail

Man, I got back from vacation and found a mountain of work had piled up while I was gone so it has been a bit slow getting my pictures and thoughts together on that last trip.  But I have managed to get a page put together on the first stop on my most excellent jaunt through Utah and Colorado.

The Good Water Rim Trail in “The Wedge” area of the San Rafael Swell was an awesome opener.

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