OK, getting antsy for MTB riding in CO and UT. While we will be on station in April we are thinking also about next September. Instead of Katya flying in and out of Moab I would like to pick her up at the Denver airport and do the following road trip through CO back to the familiar terrain of the Grand Valley.

We would have riding at Yeti’s HQ in Golden, maybe Vail and Aspen, LEADVILLE!, Crested Butte, and maybe try the wild trails of Ouray and Montrose before our favorite trails at Lunch Loops, 18 Road, and Kokopelli in the Grand Valley then on to Moab.

Here is the link with the trip on Google Maps. The only issue is that Hwy 82 between Aspen and Leadville is closed now so it re-routes back to I-70. We won’t do it that way.

https://www.google.com/maps/dir/Denver+International+Airport+(DEN),+8500+Peña+Blvd,+Denver,+CO+80249/Golden,+CO/Boulder,+CO/Rocky+Mountain+National+Park,+Colorado/39.2039124,-106.8552346/Leadville,+CO/Crested+Butte,+CO/Ouray,+CO/Fruita,+CO/@39.2812378,-106.4105181,8.15z/data=!4m51!4m50!1m5!1m1!1s0x876c7f2a98ff44ff:0x49583bb435b59c6a!2m2!1d-104.6737376!2d39.8560963!1m5!1m1!1s0x876b981287686cf7:0x14c64654208055dc!2m2!1d-105.2210997!2d39.755543!1m5!1m1!1s0x876b8d4e278dafd3:0xc8393b7ca01b8058!2m2!1d-105.2705456!2d40.0149856!1m5!1m1!1s0x876979e4455903e9:0xfa27ee43a78e8217!2m2!1d-105.6836389!2d40.3427932!1m0!1m5!1m1!1s0x876a91243b08979d:0x45a43089dfe8ed21!2m2!1d-106.2925238!2d39.2508229!1m5!1m1!1s0x8740723e8a38d3e3:0x37006e19d5e7f39f!2m2!1d-106.9878231!2d38.8697146!1m5!1m1!1s0x873f1f7caf7386f3:0x9003c80400295bdd!2m2!1d-107.6714487!2d38.0227716!1m5!1m1!1s0x8746fdb8a3115881:0x3772e7019fc1fe0b!2m2!1d-108.7289882!2d39.1588696!3e0