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Day Rides with this point as highest
summit:
COMPLETELY PAVED
| R1:
US285 - Co74: Conifer(sh) , Co74: Bergen Park(sh), Rooney
Road(sh): Arvada(apr
jct Wadsworth Blvd.-I70) >
C470 bike path > Rooney Road
shoulder summit > Morisson
> Co9 south > following
US285 all the way to the
US285-CO74 shoulder summit:
Connifer > north on Co74
> Evergreen >
Co74:Bergen Park(sh) > El
Rancho > down Mt Vernon
Canyon > Arvada with a few
additonal exploratory miles
measured 73 miles in 5:3 hours
with 5000ft of climbing (Vetta
100A, r2:8.11.28) |
R3:
US285 - Co74: Conifer(sh) ,
Rooney Rd(sh) :
Arvada(apr jct Wadsworth Blvd
-I70) > Clear Creek bike path
east > Platte River bike path
south > Confluence Park >
Chatfield Reservoir > up Deer
Creek Canyon > Deer Creek
Canyon(shp) > up South Turkey
Creek Canyon > Evergreen >
US285 - Co74: Conifer(sh) >
Co74 north > down North
Turkey Creek Canyon >
Tinytown > down US285 >
Co9 north > Morrison >
C470 bike path north > Rooney
Rd(sh) > city streets back to
starting point: 90.4miles with
4360ft of climbing in 6:21hours
(VDO MC1.0 r3:12.9.7).
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R2:
US285 - Co74: Conifer(sh) , Dix Saddle(aka Parmalee Guch) , Rooney
Rd(sh) x 2 , additional
out and backs: Arvada(apr
jct Wadsworth Blvd.-I70) >
C470 bike path south > Rooney
Road(sh) > up Bear Creek
Canyon > Evergreen > up
Brook Forest Rd > Blue Creek
Rd (shp) > Co74 south >
US285 - Co74: Conifer (sh) >
down US285<> out and back
loop over Mariposa Dr and Ault
Lane <> out and back to
end of Iowa Gulch Rd >>
futher down US185 > Dix
Saddle (aka Parmallee Guch Rd)
> down Bear Creek Canyon >
Rooney Rd > city streets back
to starting point: 78.2miles
with 5290ft of climbing in
6:08hours (Vetta 100A,
r2:11.12.30)
notes: includes late
afternoon flat in lower Bear
Creek Canyon and return in the
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PARTIALLY PAVED/ UNPAVED:
C1:
US285 - Co74: Conifer
(sh) , Dix
Saddle(aka Parmalee Guch)
, Grapevine
Rd s(u) , Rooney
Rd(sh): Arvada(apr
jct Wadsworth Blvd.-I70) >
C470 bike path south >
Rooney Road (sh) > Bear Creek
Canyon > Evergreen >
Co74 south <> short out
and back to the end of unpaved
Kinney Creek Road > Skyline
Drive > Horzman Drive
> back onto Co74 south >
US285 - Co74 shoulder summit:
Conifer > east on US285 to
upper jct with South Turkey
Creek Rd > down South Turkey
Creek Rd > Tinytown
> Dix Saddle(aka Parmalee
Gulch) > down Bear Creek
Canyon > Kitridge >
Grapevine Road summit(u)
> down Mt Vernon Canyon
> back to starting point
measured 80 miles with 5800ft of
climbing in 6:1 hours (VDO
MC1.0, m2:9.11.9).
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