![]() I stopped and noticed that my back wheel was seriously out of true. ![]() Once on a smoother section of road, I heard an odd creaking when I pedaled. (Both Dave and I agreed that this was the first time that we’d suggest just taking a route alternative-a dirt road through Columbine.) I made it to the bottom … with a cracked rim. World travelers, Daniel and Simonaĭescending on the other side was a mess-large rocks were scattered all along the road, and despite our best efforts we and our bikes took a beating on the way down. Rough uphill ridingįinally, we made it to the top of the pass, where we met Daniel and Simona-an Italian couple two years into an around the world bike tour ( ). We rode what we could but had to hike several sections. Soon, however, the trail was littered large stones and rose more steeply. The first couple of miles were relatively easy, since the the trail was smooth and well-maintained. From the lodge, we continued to climb the well-graded dirt road, which, with a tail wind, felt like a walk in the park.Įventually, after passing through an open valley with majestic mountains on either side and into a grove of aspen trees, we turned left onto Forest Road 42-a narrow multi-use trail that began to climb more steeply. ![]() Soon after leaving Moffat County and entering Routt County, we arrived at the Brush Mountain Lodge-a lovely place tucked on the hillside, where you can grab a meal or a drink while chatting with the owner, Kirsten-and ate our lunches. Slowly but surely we gained elevation, and we made fairly good time thanks to the smooth dirt road. We’d follow that stream for the nest 30 miles to our day’s only pass. Cruising downhill to SlaterĪt Slater, which supposedly has a post office but didn’t seem to be much more than a point on the map, we turned south and entered Colorado on County Road 1, following Slater Creek upstream. With the exception of a short climb from the work camp, the road to Slater was almost entirely downhill for the next 17 miles. We packed up, thanked the work camp hosts, and got off to a relatively early start (for us) riding on Wyoming Highway 70. Day 23: USFS Work Camp to Steamboat Springs (79.3 miles, 4,764ft)
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