Royal President's Gorge Run

 

 

 
Captain: Steve Inouye Phone: (303) 274-2472
     
Date: July 8 Sunday
 

 

 
Meet: 8:45 am at I-25 & Aparahoe Road (Target parking lot)
     

Ride leaves at 9:00 AM. Eat & fuel before meeting.

     
Depart south on I-25 through Colorado Springs to Co 115 (57). Take Co 115  
south to US 50 (32), then west to Canon City (12) where we will gas up and  
proceed west to the Royal Gorge (25). 126 mi
 
 If I get up enough nerve, we may even ride across the bridge & back. We also intend
to ride the "inclinator tram" down to the bottom of the Gorge. There are many park &
picnic areas at the Gorge and we may elect to have a picnic lunch there.
 

 

 
We will leave the Royal Gorge area @ 2:00 PM and head north west on Co 9  
through Hartsel (41) to Fairplay (19) turning northeast on US 285 back to  
Denver (68) around 5:30 to 6:00 PM. 128 mi
     
  Ride Total 254 mi
     
Additional gas stops will be determined by the types of bikes that attend the ride.
     

Also, anyone interested may join us at Gunther Toodies for breakfast at 7:00 AM next to the Target parking lot.