Ok, I'll go first...
Posted: Wed Jun 21, 2017 9:14
I see we have no posts in this section, so I'll add a couple good roads that we like to hit up from time to time.
67 and 126 between Woodland Park and 285 west of Conifer. This one is getting more and more traffic it seems though, so Andy says it's much better early in the morning. I also like the little stretch of 24 between Manitou Springs and the turn for Pike's Peak, but there are SO many cops out there now at different times.
165 from Rye and then east on 96 to Greenwood. The added benefit of this drive is stopping at Bishop Castle. Turning east onto 78 off of 165 looks awesome too, but I've never taken this route so I don't know the condition of the road. Maybe next time. It's been several years since I've done this one.
Years ago I went with some buddies from Canon City to Monarch, and we took 50 but we may have gone a little past Monarch because the road just on the other side looks really good.
Several years ago Dave McLarty and I took Rist Canyon rd out of Bellvue (Northwest side of Ft Collins) and then went North on 27 to 14, then went East on 14 back to Ft Collins.
When I first moved here, Mike B lead a drive up Mt Evans. And last year sometime I met up with some guys and did a drive starting in Deer Creek Canyon park if I remember right and going to Mt Evans and into Idaho Springs, but looking at the map now I couldn't tell which roads we took exactly.
There are SO many good roads west of Denver, or so it looks on Google Maps anyway.
67 and 126 between Woodland Park and 285 west of Conifer. This one is getting more and more traffic it seems though, so Andy says it's much better early in the morning. I also like the little stretch of 24 between Manitou Springs and the turn for Pike's Peak, but there are SO many cops out there now at different times.
165 from Rye and then east on 96 to Greenwood. The added benefit of this drive is stopping at Bishop Castle. Turning east onto 78 off of 165 looks awesome too, but I've never taken this route so I don't know the condition of the road. Maybe next time. It's been several years since I've done this one.
Years ago I went with some buddies from Canon City to Monarch, and we took 50 but we may have gone a little past Monarch because the road just on the other side looks really good.
Several years ago Dave McLarty and I took Rist Canyon rd out of Bellvue (Northwest side of Ft Collins) and then went North on 27 to 14, then went East on 14 back to Ft Collins.
When I first moved here, Mike B lead a drive up Mt Evans. And last year sometime I met up with some guys and did a drive starting in Deer Creek Canyon park if I remember right and going to Mt Evans and into Idaho Springs, but looking at the map now I couldn't tell which roads we took exactly.
There are SO many good roads west of Denver, or so it looks on Google Maps anyway.