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Dayrides with Mount Vernon Canyon - Genesee
Trail Rd(sh) as highest point:
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Mount Vernon Canyon -
Genesee Trail Rd(sh)
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Dix Saddle aka Parmalee
Gulch Rd -7470ft
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Grapevine Rd s(u) -7279ft
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Lookout Mtn Nature
Center(sh) -7540ft
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Lookout Mtn Rd(sh) -7500ft
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Co9 - I70 Morrison exit
~6400ft
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Willow Springs Drive(sh)
-6250
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Rooney Rd(sh) ~6205
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Co8 - Turkey Creek Dr(sh)
-6180
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Pine Ridge Rd(sh) ~6100
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South Valley Rd(sh) -6060ft
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C470 - Bowles Ave(sh)
-5950ft
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date of first ride: year/
month
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COMPLETELY PAVED:
3000ft-3999ft
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Vernon Canyon - Genesee Trail Rd(sh): Arvada
(apr. jct Wadsworth - I70) > south on
Garrison Ave bike route > west on Bear
Creek Trail > around north side of Bear
Creek Res. > north on C470 bike path
> Dinosaur Ridge > up Co9 > up
lower Mt Vernon Canyon > up Genesee
Ridge Road and Genesee Trail Rd > Mt
Vernon Canyon - Genesee Trail Rd(sh) >
down Lookout Mtn Rd > back to starting
point on Clear Creek bike path: 51.5miles
with 3620ft of climbing in 3:51hours: (VDO
MC1.0 m3:11.3.14) |
4000ft-4999ft
P4-1:
Mount Vernon Canyon - Genesee Trail
Rd(sh) , Lookout Mtn Nature Center(sh) ,
Pine Ridge Rd(sh): Arvada >
Crown Hill Park > DBTC Sunday northern
loop > Leyden > Pine Ridge Rd(sh)
> Golden > up Mt Vernon Canyon >
Mount Vernon Canyon - Genesee Trail Rd(sh)
> down Genesee Trail Rd > up
Paradise Dr > Lookout Mtn Nature
Center(sh) > down Lookout Mtn Rd >
Golden > Clear Creek bike path back to
starting point: 64.7miles with 4490ft of
climbing in 4:53hrs (VDO MC1.0 r3:13.1.27)
Notes: DBTC Sunday loop ride from
Crownhill Park to Golden
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P3:
Mount Vernon Canyon - Genesee Trail
Rd(sh) , C470 - Bowles Ave(sh) : Arvada
(apr. jct Wadsworth - I70) > city
streets/ Clear Creek bike path west >
Golden > Kinney Run Trail > up Mt
Vernon Canyon > Mount Vernon Canyon -
Genesee Trail Rd(sh) <> short out
and backs with midway turnaround point due
to wind >> down Genesee Trail Rd
> down Mt Vernon Canyon > Morrison
> C470 bike path south > C470
Bowles Ave(sh) > Coal Mine Rd east >
Kippling Ave north > Hampden Ave east
> Garrsion Ave bike route back to
starting point: 59.2miles with 4570ft of
climbing in 4:48hours (VDO MC1.0
m3:12.2.22).
Notes: elevation gain probably a bit
high due to a passing front
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P5:
Mount Vernon Canyon - Genesee Trail
Rd(sh) , South Valley Rd(sh) : Arvada
(apr jct Wadsworth - I70) > city
streets/ Clear Creek bike path west >
Golden > Johnson Rd south > up Mount
Vernon Canyon Rd > Mount Vernon Canyon
- Genesee Trail Rd(sh) <> very short
out and back on I70 west >>
down Genesee Trail Rd > down Mount
Vernon Canyon Rd > Morrison > C470
trail south > South Valley Rd(sh) >
down lower Deer Creek Canyon Rd >
Chatfield Res. > Platte River bike path
north > Clear Creek bike path west back
to starting point: 84.0miles with 4790ft
of climbing in 6:17hrs (VDO MC1.0
r4:13.12.24).
Notes: turnaround on I70 due to a
surprising snow squall. The rest of the
day: windy and cold; elevation
gain may be a bit high due to passing
front
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4000ft-4999ft
P6: Mount Vernon
Canyon - Genesee Trail Rd(sh) , Lookout
Mtn Nature Center(sh)x2 , Pine Ridge
Rd(sh) : Arvada (apr jct Wadsworth
- I70) > city streets/ Clear Creek bike
path west > Golden > up Lookout Mtn
Rd > Lookout Mtn Rd(sh) > down
Charros Dr, Paradise Dr > up Mt Vernon
Canyon Rd > Mount Vernon Canyon -
Genesee Trail Rd(sh)> down Genesee
Trail Rd > up Paradise Dr > Lookout
Mtn Nature Center(sh) > down Lookout
Mtn Rd > Golden > Clear Creek bike
path/ Ridge Rd back to starting point:
53.7miles with 4580ft of climbing in
4:43hrs (VDO MC1.0 r4:16.1.13).
Notes: elevation gain may be a little
high; cold and cloudy
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5000ft-5999ft
P7: Mount Vernon
Canyon - Genesee Trail Rd(sh) , Willow
Springs Dr(sh) , Co8 - Turkey Creek
Dr(sh) , additional out and back:
Arvada (apr jct Wadsworth - I70) >
Crown Hill Park > 26th Ave west >
Colorado Mills Pkwy west > 7th Ave west
> Alameda Pkwy west > up Mt Vernon
Canyon Rd > Mount Vernon Canyon -
Genesee Trail rd(sh) <> out and back
to end of pavement on Genesee Dr >>
down Genesee Trail Rd <> out and
back towards Grapevine Rd s(u) with
turnaround point before summit at
beginning of wet dirt >> down
Genesee Mtn Rd > Co9 south >
Morrison > Co8 - Turkey Creek Dr(sh)
> down Turkey Creek Dr > Dinosaur
Ridge Rd south > Belleview Ave east
> C470 bike trail south > Ken Karyl
Ranch rd west > North Ranch Rd north
with park lunck stop detour on Valley Pkwy
> up Golden Eagle Ln > Catamount Ln
> Willow Springs Dr(sh) > Belleview
Ave east again > C470 Trail north >
along north side of Bear Creek Reservoir
on pavment > Morrison Rd east > Yale
Ave east > Garrison bike route north
back to starting point: 70.5miles with
5320ft of climbing in 6:01hrs (garmin
etrex30 r4:22.2.20).
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6000ft-6999ft
P2: Mount Vernon
Canyon - Genesee Trail Rd(sh) , Lookout
Mtn Rd(sh) , Willow Springs Dr(sh) ,
Rooney Rd(sh), additional out and backs
: Arvada (apr jct Wadsworth - I70)
> city streets/ Clear Creek bike path
west > Golden > up Lookout Mtn Rd
> Lookout Mtn Rd(sh) > down Charros
Dr, Paradise Dr > up Mt Vernon Canyon
Rd > Mount Vernon Canyon - Genesee
Trail Rd(sh) <> out and back to
Bergen Park Walmart > Rainbow Hill Rd
> end of Rainbow Hill Tr <>
separate out and back loop > end
of Cold Springs Gulch Rd > Meadow Lark
Loop clockwise >> down Genesee Tr Rd
> down Mt Vernon Canyon Rd >
Morrison > Co8 south > Willow
Springs Rd south > Willow Spring Dr
south <> out and back to end of Wild
Plum Circle, Wild Boy Rd >> Willow
Springs Dr(sh) > Golden Circle Lane
south > North Ranch Rd south > South
Valley Rd(shp) > South Valley Rd north
> C470 bike path north > Rooney
Rd(sh) > city streets to starting
point: 76.6miles with 6330ft of climbing
in 6:14hours (Vetta 100A r2:12.2.18).
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PARTIALLY PAVED / UNPAVED:
C3: Mount Vernon
Canyon - Genesee Trail Rd(sh) , Co9-I70
exit(sh) , additional out and back: Arvada
(apr. jct Wadsworth - I70) > west on
Clear Creek bike path > Golden >
Kinney Run Trail > Co9-I70 exit(sh)
> Morrison > up Bear Creek Canyon
> up east Grapevine Rd > Grapevine
Road (shp) > Forest Hills Dr into
Genesee > Willobe Way <> out and
back on Eastwood Drive and others > up
Genesee Village Rd > up Genesee Trail
Rd > Mount Vernon Canyon - Genesee
Trail Rd(sh) > down Mount Vernon Canyon
> Lookout Mtn Nature Center > down
Lookout Mtn Rd > Clear Creek bike path
back to starting point: 55.6miles with
4340ft of climbing in 4:35hours (VDO MC1.0
m3:11.3.20).
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C2:
Mount Vernon Canyon - Genesee Trail
Rd(sh) , Dix Saddle(aka Ptarmigan Gulch
Rd) , Grapevine Road s(u): Arvada
(apr. jct Wadsworth - I70) > west on
Ralston Creek Trail > Arvada Res. >
Golden > up Kinney Run Trail > up Mt
Vernon Canyon Rd > Mount Vernon Canyon
- Gennesee Tr Rd(sh) > down Genesee
Trail Rd > Grapevine Rd s(u) > Dix
Saddle > down US285 (Turkey Creek
Canyon) > around south side of Bear
Creek Res. > Bear Creek Trail east >
Garrison bike route north to starting
point: 71miles with 5400ft of climbing in
5:46hours (VDO MC1.0 m3:10.12.28) .
Notes: Altitude measurement is probably
a little high due to a climatic change
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C1:
Mount Vernon Canyon - Genesee Trail
Rd(sh) , Grapevine Road s(u) , Rooney
Road(sh) , additional out and back:
Arvada (apr. jct Wadsworth - I70) >
west on 44th Ave > west on Clear Creek
bike path > north on McEntire rd >
west on 64th Ave > south on Indiana Ave
> west on Clear Creek bike path >
Golden <> out and back up Golden
Gate Canyon to Crawford Gulch rd as far as
turnoff on Belcher Hill Road > Kinney
Run Trail > up Mount Vernon Canyon >
Mount Vernon Canyon shoulder summit >
down Genesee Trail Road > Grapvine Road
summit > Morrison > Rooney Road(sh)
> back to starting point, with a few
short detours: 74 miles with 6400ft of
climbing in 6:0 hours (VDO MC1.0
m2:10.2.17).
Notes: The turnaround on Crawford Gulch
is the highest point on this ride, but
Mount Vernon Canyon - Genesee Trail
Rd(sh) is the highest 2 way summit. |
Rides with this point as intermediate summit
are on pages
Montane Drive s(u) -7790ft
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