Durango, Colorado

Day 1:
We started our trip flying into Durango, Colorado at 7am.
First had to disassemble my bike to get it into the hard travel case:

We arrived in Durango early, rented vans, checked into hotel, assembled bikes, then did a quick ride at Horse Gulch.


Day 2:
Took a shuttle to the top of Hermosa Creek Trail, elevation of 9,770'.

We had our first mechanical....flat tire because Sam let his Stan's sealant dry up in the tire...oops. Put a tube in and we were good to go, until he flatted again....and a third time. Tubeless is the way to go, as long as you have fresh sealant in them.

Nice big trees out here.

Day 3:
We rode part of the famous Colorado trail. It goes all the way up to Denver, so we rode about 18 miles of it this day.

This was interesting:
Much of the trail was along the mountainside:

Sam's friend showed up later, so we did a quick ride at Ned Overend MTB Park since it was a few blocks away. This trail was pretty wild, it had some steep climbs, then descending down loose rock ridge-lines. Edges of the trail dropped off into oblivion....

Day 4:

Mike & I did a short ride Monday morning, since we had to check out of our hotel by noon.
We rode the Animas City trail, which was 1 block behind our hotel. We biked right from the hotel to the trailhead. This trail started with a 4 mile climb, and all of it was loose sharp rocks, very tough. The views above Durango were awesome: