Dayrides with Gap Road summit(u) as
highest point
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Gap Rd s(u) -9460ft
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Peak to
Peak Highway m15.3 s(u) -9350ft
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Central City Pkwy s(u)
-8930ft
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Golden
Gate Drive(sh) -8800ft
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Golden
Gate Canyon s(u) -8730ft
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Douglas Mountain Dr -8240ft
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Crawford
Gulch s(u) -8210ft
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Genesee Park s(u) -8360ft
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Crescent Dr - Gross Dam Rd
s(u) -8010ft
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Floyd Hill s(u) -7930ft
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Flagstaff Rd s(u) -7880ft
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Golden
Gate Pass -7750ft
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Gross Dam Rd s(u) -7540ft
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Lookout Mtn Rd(sh) -7500ft
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Co9 - I70 Morrison exit
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Co72 - Co93: mouth of Coal
Creek Canyon -6240ft
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Co128 near jct Co93 -5990ft
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date first ridden: year/
month
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PARTIALLY PAVED - UNPAVED
5000ft-5999ft
| C1: Gap Road s(u) ,
Golden Gate Canyon s(u) , Golden Gate
Pass: Arvada (apr. jct I70, Wadsworth)
> Clear Creek bike trail > Golden >
Golden Gate Pass > Golden Gate Canyon
s(u) > up Mountain Base Rd > Gap Road
s(u) > Coal Creek Canyon east to Alkire
Ave. > Little Dry Creek east > Clear
Creek Trail west > back to starting
point: 66miles with 5400ft of climbing in
5:3 hours (VDO MC1.0 m3:9.9.17). |
C8:
Gap Road s(u) , Golden Gate Canyon s(u) ,
Golden Gate Dr(sh): Arvada (apr. jct:
Wadsworth - I70) > Ralston Creek bike
path north west > short trail in Arvada
Reservoir area north > 77th Dr north >
Quaker Ave north > 82nd Ave west >
Co93 north > up Coal Creek Canyon > up
Twin Elks Rd > Gap Rd s(u) > down Mtn
Base Rd > Golden Gate Park visitor center
> Golden Gate Dr(sh) > Golden Gate
Pass > Golden > Clear Creek bike path
east back to starting point: 62.4miles with
5780ft of climbing in 5:39hrs (Garmin
etrex30 m3:16.9.25).
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6000ft-6999ft
C5:
Gap Road s(u) , Peak to Peak Highway m15.3
s(u) , Douglas Mtn Dr (sh) , Golden Gate
Pass : Arvada (apr. jct: Wadsworth -
I70) > Ralston Creek bike path north west
> short trail in Arvada Reservoir area
north > 77th Dr north > Quaker Ave
north > 82nd Ave west > Co93 north
> up Coal Creek Canyon > up Twin Elks
Rd > Gap Rd s(u) > Peak to Pak Highway
south > Peak to Peak Highway m15.3 s(u)
> Blackhawk > up Douglas Mtn Dr >
Douglas Mtn Dr(sh) > Golden Gate Pass
> Golden > Clear Creek path back to
starting point: 74.7miles with 6530ft of
climbing in 6:16hrs (VDO MC1.0 m3:14.5.3)
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| C2: Gap Road s(u) ,
Peak to Peak Highway: m15.3 s(u) ,
Crawford Gulch s(u): Arvada (apr.
jct: Wadsworth - I70) > Clear Creek bike
path > Crawford Gulch summit(u) >
Golden Gate Park visitor center > Peak to
Peak Hiway summit(u):m15.3 > Peak to Peak
Highway north > Gap Road s(u) > Doodle
Drive > Stanton Drive back to Gap Road
<> out and back Standing Pines Rd >
down Coal Creek Canyon > Leyden >
south on Easley Rd or parallel > back to
starting point on Clear Creek bike path:
74miles with 6600ft of climbing in 6:1 hours
(VDO MC1.0 m2:10.5.9). |
C4: Gap Road s(u) ,
Peak to Peak Highway: m15.3 s(u) x2 ,
Golden Gate Drive s(u) , Golden Gate Pass
, additional out and back: Arvada (apr
jct I70 - Wadsworth Ave) > Ralston Creek
bike path north west > Quaker Ave north
> 82nd Ave west > Co93 north > up
Coal Creek Canyon > up Skyline Dr >
Ranch Elsie Rd east > Burland Rd > up
Twin Elks Rd > Gap Rd s(u) > Peak to
Peak Highway m15.3 s(u) <> out and
back Peak to Peak Highway south >
Paradise Valley Pkwy >> Peak to Peak
Highway m15.3 s(u) > Golden Gate Visitor
Center > Golden Gate Drive s(u) >
Golden > Clear Creek bikepath back to
starting point: 70.8miles with 6950ft of
climbing in 5:58hours (VDO MC1.0
m3:12.3.17).
Notes: day of record warmth by 1 degree
in March, almost completely dry road
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| C3: Gap Road s(u) ,
Peak to Peak Highway:m15.3 s(u) , Golden
Gate Drive s(u) , Golden Gate Pass ,
additional out and back: Arvada (apr.
jct I70, Wadsworth) > Clear Creek bike
trail and city streets > Golden > Co93
north > up Coal Creek Canyon > up Twin
Spruce Rd <> out and back on Nadm
Drive and others > Gap Road s(u) >
Peak to Peak Highway s(u):m15.3 > Golden
Gate Park visitor center > Golden Gate
Drive s(u) > Golden Gate Pass > Golden
> Clear Creek bike path back to starting
point: 73.2miles with 6960ft of climbing in
6:20 hours (VDO MC1.0 m3:11.3.21). |
7000ft-7999ft
C6:
Gap Road s(u) , Peak to Peak Highway m15.3
s(u) , Crawford Gulch s(u) , Co9 - I70
Morrison exit(sh) : Arvada (apr. jct:
Wadsworth - I70) > Ralston Creek bike
path north west > short trail in Arvada
Reservoir area north > 77th Dr north >
Quaker Ave north > 82nd Ave west >
Co93 north > up Coal Creek Canyon > up
Twin Elks Rd > Gap Rd s(u) > Peak to
Peak Highway south > Peak to Peak Highway
m15.3 s(u) > down Golden Gate Canyon Rd
> Golden Gate Visitor Center >
Crawford Gulch s(u) > Co93 south >
Co93 bike trail south > Heritage Rd south
> Co9 - I 70 Morrison exit(sh) >
Dinosaur Ridge west to east > C470 bike
path north > C470 bike path - US6(shp)
> Applewood area > Clear Creek bike
path back to starting point: 77.8miles with
7060ft of climbing in 6:45hrs (VDO MC1.0
m3:15.4.1).
Notes: strongly falling temperatures
during day, with very windy finish
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8000ft-8999ft
C7: Gap
Road s(u) , Peak to Peak Highway m15.3
s(u) , Central City Pkwy s(u) . Genesee
Park s(u) , Floyd Hill s(u) , Lookout Mtn
Rd(sh) : Arvada (apr. jct: Wadsworth
- I70) > city streets/ Clear Creek bike
path west > Easley Rd north > Virgil
St north > Quaker St north > 82nd Ave
west > Co93 north > up Coal Creek
Canyon > up Twin Spruce Rd > Gap Rd
s(u) > Peak to Peak Highway south >
Peak to Peak Highway m15.3 s(u) >
Blackhawk > up Gregory St > up Roworth
St > Central City Pkwy s(u) > I70 bike
path east > Kermits > Floyd Hill s(u)
> US40 east > Genesee Park s(u) >
down Mt Vernon Canyon > up Paradise Dr
> Lookout Mtn Rd(sh) Golden > 13th St
east > McIntire St north > Clear Creek
bike path east back to starting point:
90.5miles with 8240ft of climbing in 7:12hrs
(VDO MC1.0 r4:16.4.7).
Notes: not a spec of snow on bike path
along I70, but Genesee Park(sh) was full
of mud, sand or snow (ever since it was
closed).
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9000ft-9999ft
C9:
Gap Road s(u) , Crescent Dr - Gross Dam
Rd s(u) , Flagstaff Rd s(u) , Golden Gate
Pass , Gross Dam Rd s(u) , Co72 - Co93
mouth of Coal Creek Canyon(sh) , Co128
near jct Co93(sh): Arvada (apr. jct
I70, Wadsworth) > city streets/ Clear
Creek bike trail west > Golden >
Kinney Run Trail north > Golden Gate Pass
> Golden Gate Canyon s(u) > up
Mountain Base Rd <> short out and back
west on Gap Rd; turnaround due to "dust
supression efforts" ie. flooding the road
with chemicals >> Gap Road s(u) >
up Coal Creek Canyon > up Crescent Dr
> Crescent Dr - Gross Dam Rd s(u) >
Gross Dam Rd s(u( > Flagstaff Rd s(u)
> Boulder > Broadway south > Co93
south > Co128 near jct Co93(sh) >
Co128 east > Simms St south > around
west side of Standley Reservoir on pavement
> 87th Pkwy north > up Candelas Dr
> Co72 west > Co72 - Co93 mouth of
Coal Creek Canyon(sh) > Co93 south >
82nd Ave east > Leyden > Quaker St
south > residential streets to 60th Ave
> 60th Ave west > Easley Rd south >
Clear Creek bike path east back to starting
point: 95.7miles with 9220ft of climbing in
8:13hrs (garmin etrex30: r4:16.11..4)
Notes: slow last miles in the dark; last
weekend of so-called "daylight savings
time".
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PARTIALLY PAVED - UNPAVED - SINGLE TRACK
| S1: Gap Road s(u)
, Golden Gate Canyon s(u) , Crawford
Gulch s(u) , Golden Gate Pass: Arvada
(apr. jct: Wadsworth - I70) > Clear Creek
bike path west > Crawford Gulch s(u) >
south side of Mountain Lion Trail in Golden
Gate Park > Gap Road s(u) > Golden
Gate Canyon s(u) > Golden Gate
Pass back to starting point measured
58 miles with 6100ft of climbing in 5:3
hours (VDO MC1.0 m3:8.10.6). |
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