ChucksKLRST
Team Colorado
- Joined
- Dec 10, 2004
- Messages
- 2,670
- Age
- 74
- Location
- Aurora, Colorado
- Bike
- 2019 Versys 1K SE LT
- STOC #
- 086
Recently there was a rockslide up in ST. Vrain Canyon. This is one of the best canyons to ride along the front range. Highway 7 out of Lyons, Colorado climbs about 28 miles up to the intersection of Highway 7 and 72, Peak to Peak Highway. It is a great ride up the canyon. So today I decided to go ride up there and check out to see if the canyon was open to traffic. I left the house today about 7:45 and jumped on the freeway headed to Boulder and then Highway 36 to Lyons. Rode through Lyons and then up Highway 7 for about a mile. Road was closed. No riding the canyon today. Turned around and then headed up to Estes Park via highway 36.
This early morning, it was beautiful….blue sky, lush green fields and meadows, crisp clean air. We have had a lot of rain lately so the vegetation is full, green and glistened in the early morning sun.
Once I arrived in Estes I decided to ride down Devils Gulch to Glenn Haven to check out the Glenn Haven Country Store. Lots of people there enjoying the fantastic sweet rolls that they sell. Too crowed for me to partake in the Sweet Rolls, besides I really don’t need all those calories. Headed back up to Estes Park and the up Highway 7 to Peak to Peak Highway. Beautiful ride with some great sweepers. The pavement from Estes to Nederland was excellent. Smooth with no sand or gravel and very little traffic. Once in Nederland I stopped for coffee at the “The Train Cars” for a riding break and a cup of normal coffee. The folks in Nederland are some interesting people. From there I rode on to the turn off to Golden Gate Canyon and descended down the canyon to Golden and across town to home. 206 miles total ride. The only negative was the wind was quite blusterous today, however the FJR handled it just fine.
https://goo.gl/maps/URkgYGbFD5zfvUBZ6
On Highway 7 descending into Estes Park, around the bend
On the Devil's Gulch Rd. on the way to Glenn Haven
Dropping down into Devil's Gulch. The road is steeper than it looks in the photo
The best sweat rolls can be bought here.
A view from Devil's Gulch Rd. looking west at the Continental Divide
Another view
riding along Devil's Gulch Rd
Another shot further down the road.
Saint Malo's Chapel on the Rock in Allenspark, Colorado
Another view with Long's Peak in the background
This early morning, it was beautiful….blue sky, lush green fields and meadows, crisp clean air. We have had a lot of rain lately so the vegetation is full, green and glistened in the early morning sun.
Once I arrived in Estes I decided to ride down Devils Gulch to Glenn Haven to check out the Glenn Haven Country Store. Lots of people there enjoying the fantastic sweet rolls that they sell. Too crowed for me to partake in the Sweet Rolls, besides I really don’t need all those calories. Headed back up to Estes Park and the up Highway 7 to Peak to Peak Highway. Beautiful ride with some great sweepers. The pavement from Estes to Nederland was excellent. Smooth with no sand or gravel and very little traffic. Once in Nederland I stopped for coffee at the “The Train Cars” for a riding break and a cup of normal coffee. The folks in Nederland are some interesting people. From there I rode on to the turn off to Golden Gate Canyon and descended down the canyon to Golden and across town to home. 206 miles total ride. The only negative was the wind was quite blusterous today, however the FJR handled it just fine.
https://goo.gl/maps/URkgYGbFD5zfvUBZ6
On Highway 7 descending into Estes Park, around the bend
On the Devil's Gulch Rd. on the way to Glenn Haven
Dropping down into Devil's Gulch. The road is steeper than it looks in the photo
The best sweat rolls can be bought here.
A view from Devil's Gulch Rd. looking west at the Continental Divide
Another view
riding along Devil's Gulch Rd
Another shot further down the road.
Saint Malo's Chapel on the Rock in Allenspark, Colorado
Another view with Long's Peak in the background
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