{"id":1338,"date":"2015-11-21T20:17:08","date_gmt":"2015-11-22T04:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1338"},"modified":"2018-09-09T20:19:05","modified_gmt":"2018-09-10T04:19:05","slug":"the-monarch-crest-epic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/?p=1338","title":{"rendered":"The Monarch Crest Epic"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have spent the last month working out of the country and pretty much had no-time and less mental energy to finish up my pictures and thoughts from my Colorado trip.\u00a0 The Monarch Crest trail was my day six excursion and it did not disappoint.\u00a0\u00a0 Much of the route is part of the both Continental Divide and Colorado Trails. \u00a0This is certainly a bucket list quality trail that I\u2019m super stoked to have ridden.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CO-MonarchCrest-23SEP15-03.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2276\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/4896ac1d70d60d6d4d780f690482d5c4.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"CO-MonarchCrest-23SEP15-03\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>View from along the trail<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CO-MonarchCrest-23SEP15-37.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2273\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/d0ac1ea8917f7bdf4e628e1b6b4391e2.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"CO-MonarchCrest-23SEP15-37\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Nudging up close to 12,000 feet of elevation.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CO-MonarchCrest-23SEP15-50.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2274\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/1931e1c64faadb9524bb29f3469c8a6c.jpg?resize=840%2C560\" alt=\"CO-MonarchCrest-23SEP15-50\" width=\"840\" height=\"560\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking down into the Silver Creek drainage that I would soon be riding through.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/CO-MonarchCrest-23SEP15-59.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-2275\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/blog\/wp-content\/imagescaler\/c3aba73f0a6a26a37684132584cb0a94.jpg?resize=607%2C911\" alt=\"CO-MonarchCrest-23SEP15-59\" width=\"607\" height=\"911\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Near the bottom of the Silver Creek Trail.<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Check out the rest of the pictures and ride description <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mountainbikebill.com\/CO-MonarchCrest.htm\">here<\/a>.<\/strong><\/h3>\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=2944\"  >\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\/2022\/06\/20220221_110907-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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