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08-02-19, 02:56 PM

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Originally Posted by spinnaker

Here is the basic route.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Denv...76!3e1!5m1!1e3

Bike Jedi makes a good point. Looks like the route gets above 11K feet. Never been that high. I reached 5K on Mt Hood but the Rockies are over twice that.

Your route looks good enough. I would suggest a slight change and turn it around so that you start in Glenwood and ride towards Denver. You get about 2000 more feet of downhill that way. You can ride the Bustang from Denver to Glenwood. Bikes just go under the bus in the luggage compartment.

Notes on the route (Glenwood to Denver). Vail is steep in spots but it is overall fairly rideable. The west side of Loveland is steep and long and a hard ride but it is easier than coming up from Denver. I wouldn’t necessarily take what happens on the Triple Bypass as indicative of what may happen. That is a very long ride that crosses over 3 high passes in a single ride. If you broke the ride up into smaller chunks...Glenwood to Eagle, Eagle to Vail, Vail to Frisco, Frisco to Idaho Springs, Idaho Springs to Denver...the mileage is shorter and you aren’t trying to climb as much per day. Those are only about 30 mile days but they would be easier in terms of climbing.

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