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High Drive s(u) -8020ft
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Sugarbush Dr(sh) -7860ft



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Co74 - Bergen Park(sh) -7840ft


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Co74 - Kerr Gulch(sh) -7810ft







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I70 - El Rancho exit(sh) -7770ft










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Buchanan Dr(sh) -7680ft




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Hiwan Dr - Interlocken Dr -7640ft









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Lookout Mtn Nature Center(sh) -7540ft







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Dix Saddle -7470ft







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Deer Creek Canyon(sh) -7280ft
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Grapevine Rd s(u) -7270ft





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Co9 - I70 Morrison exit(sh) -6400ft

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Stove Parie Tr - Ptarmingan Ln(sh) ~6340ft












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Red Rocks Park: Trading Post Rd(sh) -6290ft




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Willow Springs Dr(sh) -6250ft











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W Bayaud Dr. - S Rogers Way(sh) -6250ft











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C470 bike path - US6(sh) -6220ft










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Rooney Rd(sh) ~6205ft
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Alameda Pkwy - Florida Av(sh) -6120ft













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Valley Pkwy(sh) -6120ft






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Alameda Pkwy - Indiana St(sh) -6110ft








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C470 Bike Path - Bowles Ave(sh) -5950ft














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COMPLETELY PAVED:

4000ft->4999ft

P2: High Drive s(u) , Deer Creek Canyon(sh) , Co9 - I70 Morrison exit(sh) : Arvada (apr jct I70 - Wadsworth Ave) > city streets/ Clear Creek bike path west > Golden > Co6 bike path south > Kinney Run Trail south > Co9 - I70(sh) > Morrison > up Bear Creek Canyon > Evergreen > up Little Cub Rd > Stanley Park Rd > High Drive s(u) > down North Turkey Creek Canyon > Deer Creek Canyon(sh) > Chatfield Reservoir > Platte River bike path north > Confluence Park > city streets back to starting point: 82.6miles with 4760ft of climbing in 6:19hrs (VDO MC1.0 m3:13.1.16)

P6-1: High Drive s(u) , Deer Creek Canyon(sh) , Grapevine Rd s(u) : Arvada (apr jctI70 - Wadsworth Ave) > Clear Creek bike path east > Platte River bike path south > around south side of South Platte Reservoir on pavement > C470 bike path west > Ute St west > up Deer Creek Canyon > Deer Creek Canyon(sh) > Tinytown > up North Turkey Creek Canyon > up High dr > High Dr s(u) > Stanley Rd > Evergreen > down Bear Creek Canyon > up south Grapevine Rd > Grapevine Rd s(u) > down Mt Vernon Canyon > Applewood area > city streets and Clear Creek bike path back to starting point: 86.1miles with 4870ft of climbing in 6:35hrs (Garmin etrex30 r4:16.9.2)

P1: High Drive s(u) , Deer Creek Canyon(sh) , Rooney Rd(sh) , short additional out and backs: Arvada (apr jctI70 - Wadsworth Ave) > Garrison bike route north > Dartmouth, Yale Aves east > Bear Creek Trail east > Platte River bike path south > Chatfield Reservoir with short detours > Wadsworth Ave north > city streets west to jct with Kipling Ave > Ute Drive west > up Deer Creek Canyon > Deer Creek Canyon(sh) > Tinytown > up North Turkey Creek Canyon > up Starlight Dr <> out and back to end of Northway Drive <> closed loop over Valley Circuit > down Valley Drive > up High Drive > High Drive s(u) > Stanley Park Rd > Little Cub Rd > Evergreen > down Bear Creek Canyon > Morrison > Rooney Rd(sh) > city streets back to starting point: 79.6miles with 4980ft of climbing in 5:42hours (VDO MC1.0 r3:12.4.21).

5000ft -> 5999ft
P4-1: High Drive s(u) , Sugarbush Dr(sh) , Rooney Rd(sh) , additional out and backs: Arvada (apr jct I70 - Wadsworth Ave) > city streets/ Clear Creek bike path west > Golden > Co6 bike path south > Kinney Run Trail south > up Mt Vernon Canyon Rd > Co74 - Bergen Pkwy. Evergreen Pkwy(shp) > Sugarbush Dr(sh) > Keystone Dr east <> out and back to end of Baldy Ln <> out and back to end of Targhee Ln >> Telemark Dr > Pebble Beach Dr > Wingfoot Dr > Interlocken Dr > Hiwan Dr > Lewis Ridge Rd west > Co74 south > Evergreen > Little Cub Creek Dr <> out and back to end of Little Cub Creek Rd >> High Dr s(u) > down North Turkey Creek Cny > Tinytown > down US285 > Co9 north > Morrison > C470 bike path north > Rooney Rd(sh) > city streets back to starting point: 68.2miles with 5670ft of climbing in 5:33hrs (VDO MC1.0 r4:15.3.9).
Notes: flat on Colfax stretch home

P5-1: High Drive s(u) , Buchanan Dr(sh) , Red Rocks Park: Trading Post Rd(sh) : Arvada (apr jct I70 - Wadsworth Ave) > Clear Creek bike path east > jct Lowell Ave > city streets with detours > Confluence Park[1] > Platte River bike path south > Bear Creek bike path west > around north side of Bear Creek Reservoir > Morrison > up Bear Creek Canyon > just below Evergreen[2] > Fireweed Dr > Alpine Dr > Valley Dr > Buchanan Dr[sh] > Co74 south > Evergreen > up Little Cub Creek Rd > High Dr(sh) > down North Turkey Creek Canyon > up Myers Gulch Rd > Dix Saddle > down Bear Creek Canyon > up Red Rocks Park Rd > Shiprock Rd > Red Rocks Park Trading Post Rd(sh) > Dinsaur Ridge(shp) > Rooney Rd(shp) > Golden > Clear Creek bike path east back to starting point: 93.5miles with 5720ft of climbing in 6:34hrs (VDO MC1.0 r4:15.4.28).
Notes : from Confluence Park[1] to just below Evergreen[2] with a Tuesday DCC group ride.

6000ft -> 6999ft
P8-1: High Drive s(u) , Co74 - Kerr Gulch(sh) , Lookout Mtn Nature Center(sh) , Dix Saddle , Rooney Rd(sh) : Arvada (apr jct I70 - Wadsworth Ave) > Clear Creek bike path west > Golden > Johnson Rd south > Rooney Rd(sh) > up Bear Creek Canyon > Dix Saddle > up North Turkey Creek Canyon > up HIgh Drive > High Drive s(u) > Evergreen > down Bear Creek Canyon Rd > up Kerr Gulch Rd > Co74 - Kerr Gulch(sh) > I70 east > down Mt Vernon Canyon Rd > up Paradise Dr > Lookout Mtn Nature Center(sh) > Golden with detour > Clear Creek bike path east > couple of miles of detour north of Ridge Rd back to starting point: 81.0miles with 6490ft of climbing in 6:57hrs (garmin etrex30 r4:20.3.26).
Notes: another sunny Corona ride; little traffic on roads. pandomonium on the bike paths

P3-1: High Drive s(u) , Co74 Bergen Park(sh) , Deer Creek Canyon(sh) , Co9 - I70 Morrison exit(sh) : Arvada (apr jctI70 - Wadsworth Ave) > Anderson Park[1] > Clear Creek bike path west > Indiana Ave south > 13th St into Golden > up Kinney Run Trail > Co9 - I70 exit(sh) > Dinosaur Ridge (shp)[2] east > C470 bike path south > C470 bike path - Bowles Ave(shp) > down Ute Dr > up Deer Creek Canyon > Deer Creek Canyon(sh) > up North Turkey Creek Canyon Rd > up High Drive > High Drive s(u) > Pioneer Trail north > Co74 north > Co74 Bergen Park(sh) > Lookout Mtn Rd(shp) > Golden > Clear Creek bike path east back to starting point: 82.4miles with 6687ft of climbing in 6:56hrs (Garmin Etrex30 r3:14.4.20)
Notes: from Anderson Park[1] to Dinosaur Ridge(shp)[2] social ride with DFC people. Elevation calculation of etrex30 seems to have increased after firmware update

P7: High Drive s(u) , Buchanan Dr(sh) , Deer Creek Canyon(sh) , Co9-I70 Morrison exit(sh) , Rooney Rd(sh): Arvada (apr jctI70 - Wadsworth Ave) > I70 frontage rd west > Applewood area > Rooney Rd(sh) with short detour > Morrison[1] > up Bear Creek Canyon > up Meadow Dr > Lupine Dr > Alpine Dr > Buchanan Dr(sh) > Pioneer Tr north > jct with Lewis Ridge Rd[2] > Co74 south > Evergreen > up Little Cub Creek Rd > High Drive s(u) > down North Turkey Creek Canyon > Tinytown > Deer Creek Canyon(sh) > up South ValleyRd > Valley Pkwy(sh) > C470 bike trail north > Rooney Rd(sh) > Heritage Rd north with detour > Johnson Rd > Golden > Clear Creek Trail east back to starting point: 86.3miles with 6770ft of climbing in 7:02hrs (garmin etrex30 r3:18.3.31).
Notes from Morrison[1] to Lewis Ridge Rd[2] with Donald's THCG without Donald. Buchanan Dr was my idea.

P9: High Drive s(u) , Co74 Bergen Park(sh) , Lookout Mtn Nature Center(sh) , Dix Saddle , Alameda Pkwy - Indiana St(sh) , additional out and back: Arvada (apr jct I70 - Wadsworth Ave) > Garrison bike route south > Florida Ave west > Union Blvd south > Jewell Ave west > Alameda Pkwy Indiana St(sh) > Rooney Rd south > Morrison > up Bear Creek Canyon Rd > up Parmallee Gulch Rd > Dix Saddle > Tinytown > up North Turkey Creek Rd > up High Dr > High Dr s(u) <> out and back to end of Pine Land >> High Dr north <> out and back to end of Bear Mtn Dr > Stanley Park Rd north > Evergreen > Pioneer Trail north > co74 north > Co74 Bergen Park(sh) > I70 Bergen Park - Genesee Trail west > down Mt Vernon Canyon Rd > up Paradise Rd > Lookout Mtn Nature Center(sh) > Golden > Clear Creek Trail east back to starting point: 79.8miles with 6800ft of climbing in 6:55hrs (komoot app on Google Pixel6a r3:25.11.02)
Notes: I think this was the first time up to the end of Bear Mtn Dr.

PARTIALLY PAVED/ UNPAVED

C3: High Drive s(u) , Deer Creek Canyon(sh) , Willow Springs Dr , Red Rocks Park: Trading Post Rd(sh) , W Bayaud Dr. - S Rogers Way(sh): Arvada (apr jct I70 - Wadsworth Ave) > Clear Creek bike path west > 6th Ave service Rd west > residential streets and park paths south west > W Bayaud Dr. - S Rogers Way(sh) > C470 bike path south > Morrison > up Bear Creek Canyon > Evergreen > up Little Cub Rd > High Drive s(u) > down North Turkey Creek Canyon > Deer Creek Canyon(sh) > up South Valley Rd > Valley Pkwy(sh) > down High Dr with detours > up South Turkey Creek Canyon > Deer Creek Canyon(sh) > down Deer Creek Canyon Rd > South Valley Rd(shp) > Valley Pkwy(shp) > Golden Eagle Ln > Willow Springs Dr(sh) > Co8 north > Morrison > up Red Rocks Park Rd > Trading Post Rd west > Red Rocks Park: Trading Post Rd(sh) > Dinosaur Ridge west to East > Rooney Rd(shp) > city streets back to starting point: 73.9miles with 5900ft of climbing in 6:01hrs (garmin etrex30 r4:17.2.9)
Notes: warm February day; only unpaved part is the south side of Bayaud Dr - S Rogers Way(sh).

C2: High Drive s(u) , C74 Bergen Park(sh) , I70 El Ranch exit(sh) , Deer Creek Canyon(sh) , C470 bike path - US6(sh) , Valley Pkwy(sh) : Arvada (apr jct I70 - Wadsworth Ave) > city streets/ Clear Creek bike path west > Golden > Illinois St > Kinney Run Trail south > up Mt Vernon Canyon Rd > I70 El Rancho exit(sh) > US40 west > up Soda Creek Dr [short portion unpaved] > C74 Bergen Park(sh) > C74 south > Evergreen > up Little Cub Rd > Stanley Park Rd > High Drive s(u) > down North Turkey Creek Canyon > Deer Creek Canyon(sh) > up South Valley Rd > Valley Pkwy(sh) > C470 bike path north > C470 bike path - US6(sh) > Colorado Mills Pkwy > Applwood area > residential streets/ Clear Creek bike path back to starting point: 79.1miles with 6180ft of climbing in 6:09hrs (VDO MC1.0 r4:15.11.8)

C4: High Drive s(u) , Co74 Bergen Park(sh) , Lookout Mtn Nature Center(sh) : Arvada (apr jct I70 - Wadsworth Ave) > Van  Bibber Park Trails west > 55th Dr west > 52nd Ave west > Clear Creek Trail west > Golden > up Lookout Mtn Rd > Lookout Mtn Nature Center(sh) > down Paradise Dr > up Mt Vernon Canyon Rd > Co74 Bergen Park(sh) > Evergreen > up Independence Tr > down Mountain Park Rd > down S Rd a[unp] > Little Cub Creek Rd south > High Dr s(u) > down High Dr > down North Turkey Creek Canyon > Tinytown > down US285 > down Turkey Dr > Dinosaur Ridge Rd south > Belleview Ave east > C470 Trail north > around east side of Bear Creek Reservoir, west of dam on paved trails > Kipling Ave south > Yale Ave east > Garrison Ave north back to starting point: 72.6miles with 6180ft of climbing 6:04hrs (garmin etrex30 r4:18.4.22).

C1-1: High Drive s(u) , Hiwan Dr - Interlocken Dr(sh) , Co74 - Kerr Gulch(sh) x2 , Dix Saddle , additional out and back: Arvada (apr jct I70 - Wadsworth Ave) > Clear Creek bike path west > Applewood area > up Mount Vernon Canyon Rd > Bergen Park > Co74 - Kerr Gulch(sh) > down Kerr Gulch > up Wieler Dr > connect to Keystone Dr > Telemark Dr > Pebble Beach Dr > Interlocken Dr > Hiwan Dr - Interlocken Dr(sh) > Lewis Ridge Rd west > Co74 south > Evergreen > up LIttle Cub Creek Rd <> closed loop over Edelweiss Cir > potential summit point on Standley Park Rd > N Mountain Peak Rd <> out and back to end of Lone Peak Dr > end of Loggers Trl >> High Dr south > High Dr s(u) > down North Turkey Creek Canyon > Tinytown > Dix Saddle > up Kerr Gulch > Kerr Gulch(sh) > down Mt Vernon Canyon Rd > Alameda Ave and residential streets back to starting point: 81.2miles with 7240ft of climbing in 6:31hrs (VDO MC1.0 r4:15.5.27).
Notes: Another potential summit point is located on Standley Park Rd, if there would be a way to connect from Lone Peak Trl to Kilimanjaro Dr cross country. The ridden drop/climb is 300ft, but less than 500ft before end of road.

PARTIALLY PAVED/ UNPAVED/ SINGLE TRACK TRAIL

S-1: High Drive s(u) , Co74 - Bergen Park(sh) , Stove Prarie Tr - Ptarmigan Lane(sh) , Alameda Ave - Florida Ave(sh) : Arvada (apr jct I70 - Wadsworth Ave) > city streets/ Clear Creek bike path west > Golden > Kinney Run Trail south > up Mount Vernon Canyon Rd > Co74 - Bergen Park(sh) > Evergreen > up Forest Hill Rd > up Little Cub Creek Rd > up Standley Park Rd > High Drive s(u) > down North Turkey Creek Canyon > Deer Creek Canyon(sh) > down Deer Creek Canyon Rd > South Valley Rd north > up Valley Pkwy <> closed loop over White Oak Dr(shp) > Amanranth Rd(shp) > Mountain Willow Dr > Deerwood Dr(shp) > down Mountain Laurel Dr > up Manor House Rd > Manor House Tr > Stove Prarie Tr - Ptarmigan Lane(sh) > Golden Eagle Ln > North Valley Rd north > Private Rd north > Belleview Ave east > C470 bike trail north > Bear Creek Trail east > Morrison Rd west > up Bear Creek Dr > Alameda Ave - Florida Ave(sh) > Alkire Ave north > Zinnia Ave north > Arbutus Ave north > 8th Ave west > Applewood Area > Clear Creek bike path back to starting point: 82.1miles with 7010ft of climbing in 6:25hrs (VDO MC1.0 r4:14.2.19).

Rides with this summit as shoulder point are on pages:
Bear Mtn Dr/ Independence Trail s(u)

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