{"id":1334,"date":"2015-10-11T20:13:31","date_gmt":"2015-10-12T04:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1334"},"modified":"2018-09-09T20:15:06","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T04:15:06","slug":"riding-commando","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1334","title":{"rendered":"Riding Commando"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Riding \u201cThe Commando Run\u201d that is, you \u00a0Dirty\u00a0 Minded Bastards!\u00a0 On day four of my Chasing Aspens vacation was a ride that goes from Vail Pass Summit down into the town of Minturn.\u00a0\u00a0The\u00a0route\u00a0we rode\u00a0was used by the Army\u2019s 10th Mountain Division during WWII\u00a0 as training for alpine skiing combat and commando raids for the war effort.\u00a0\u00a0We rode a series of forest roads to the Bowman Shortcut trail to the Two Elk trail.\u00a0\u00a0 We did a total of 17.7 miles with 1,870 feet of climbing and\u00a05,200 feet of descent.\u00a0 This was one fantastic trail that pretty much kept all of your trail riding skills on their toes.\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/CO-TwoElk.htm\">Check out the write up, pictures, map and GPS files I have added to the site<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/10\/CO-TwoElks-21SEP15-40.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2264\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/1719613dead85a9211b34e0085941949.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"CO-TwoElks-21SEP15-40\" width=\"607\" height=\"911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<!-- Begin Yuzo --><div class='yuzo_related_post style-1'  data-version='5.12.81'><!-- without result --><div class='yuzo_clearfixed yuzo__title yuzo__title'><h3>More Stuff Like This<\/h3><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"relatedthumb \" style=\"width:165px;float:left;overflow:hidden;\">  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  \n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <a  href=\"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=2523\"  >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t  <div class=\"yuzo-img-wrap \" style=\"width: 165px;height:130px;\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"yuzo-img\" style=\"background:url('https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/wp-1613493909908-scaled.jpg?resize=150%2C150&ssl=1') 50% 50% no-repeat;width: 165px;height:130px;margin-bottom: 5px;background-size: cover; 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