Colorado BDR anyone rode it?
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Just did parts of the CO BDR in July. Spent about a month in the high elevation passes along the Continental Divide as well as Silverton/Ouray area.
The summer season is very short and accommodations are very expensive. Camping takes the edge of the cost.
I've done a couple of BDRs now and unless you are hell-bent on traveling border-to-border north-to-south (or vice versa), it's actually better riding picking out passes and trails you want to hit and focus on that. For example, the COBDR covers Cinnamon Pass, but misses out on Engineer Pass directly north of it:
If you are trailering to do a BDR, then you will have to do a loop back to the originating border again. That's not the end of the world, but I find it better to trailer to a central area (like Telluride or Ouray), set up a homebase and do passes and trails in that area sans luggage. Then pack up and move on and set up a different homebase elsewhere in the state. YMMV.
For trails/passes, my recommendation is pick off this list instead:
Has trail ratings for difficulty level. Pick 2.5 or above for max fun!
Some must-dos: Engineer, Cinnamon, Ophir, Yankee Boy, Imogene, Black Bear.
The summer season is very short and accommodations are very expensive. Camping takes the edge of the cost.
I've done a couple of BDRs now and unless you are hell-bent on traveling border-to-border north-to-south (or vice versa), it's actually better riding picking out passes and trails you want to hit and focus on that. For example, the COBDR covers Cinnamon Pass, but misses out on Engineer Pass directly north of it:
If you are trailering to do a BDR, then you will have to do a loop back to the originating border again. That's not the end of the world, but I find it better to trailer to a central area (like Telluride or Ouray), set up a homebase and do passes and trails in that area sans luggage. Then pack up and move on and set up a different homebase elsewhere in the state. YMMV.
For trails/passes, my recommendation is pick off this list instead:
Silverton and Ouray Jeep trails. - Jeep the USA
Discover high alpine Jeep and ATV trails near Silverton & Ouray, Colorado. All trails have maps, photos and GPS - gpx tracks.
www.jeeptheusa.com
Has trail ratings for difficulty level. Pick 2.5 or above for max fun!
Some must-dos: Engineer, Cinnamon, Ophir, Yankee Boy, Imogene, Black Bear.
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I82l8
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Done a few BDRs.
We like to ride them from start to finish and find a storage place near the middle.
In Colorado we store the truck & trailer here: Alma and Fairplay Storage
We did it Colorado early September in 2018 ->
In June there still can be snow in the higher altitudes.
We like to ride them from start to finish and find a storage place near the middle.
In Colorado we store the truck & trailer here: Alma and Fairplay Storage
We did it Colorado early September in 2018 ->
In June there still can be snow in the higher altitudes.
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As much as I like rough camping, I like the idea of doing this ride w/o all the gear strapped on. Any issues riding fully loaded?
I82l8
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No.
When we do these rides we don't really have a set schedule or plan.
Al we have is a start/end date and a place to store the truck & trailer.
So we don't know where we'll be at the end of each day...hence the camping
To me and my buddies that's part of the adventure
Looks like this trip is shelved for now. Original plan was to take in the Pike's Peak race but then there was disagreement over it's high cost to camp/party up on the top of the mountain along with the huge crowds that not everyone was keen to engage with. Back to the drawing board.....
Always the downside of group travel. Every new body is another opinion that can trip things up.
