Come join us for a fantastic ride in the Colorado Rockies. The trip starts on Sunday Sept 11th, to give those a chance to make their way from Chicago to the starting point in Morrison Colorado. We'll be making a clockwise loop west and south thru Gunnison, Pagosa Springs, Durango, Ouray and Grand Junction. There will be a couple of free days to make day loops out to ride some additional roads. For those riding dual sport motorcycles, there will be some easy but stellar mountain passes like engineer pass and cinnamon pass to explore. For those shy of the gravel, there are alternate paved routes for you to ride.
For those that can only spend one week on the trip, Grand Junction Colorado will be your departure or entrance into the ride The second week we'll be making a counter clockwise loop thru Moab, Zion, Bryce, north rim of the Grand Canyon and Monument Valley. Again the plan is to have a couple of free days where dual sport bikes can explore some of the more interesting sites on well-graded gravel roads, while those on road bikes can take to the pavement.
This is going to be a great trip. Contact Greg below for trip specifics or questions.
Here is a PDF File with trip details.
Here is a PDF File with all maps below.
Map | Day | From -To | Distance | Pavement | Duration | Description |
1 | 1 | Lakewood - Gunnison | 280 | Offroad | 7h 54m | Dual Sport Route |
2 | 1 | Lakewood - Gunnison | 270 | Some Off | 7h 51m | Guanella Pass Adventure |
3 | 1 | Lakewood - Gunnison | 262 | Road | 6h 28m | Guanella Pass Paved |
4 | 1 | Lakewood - Gunnison | 251 | Offroad | Dual Sport Route Without Mt Evans | |
5 | 1 | Lakewood - Gunnison | 277 | Road | All Road | |
6 | 2 | Gunnison - Durango | 143 | Offroad | 5h 29m | Cinnamon Pass shortcut |
7 | 2 | Gunnison - Durango | 230 | Road | 4h 49m | Road Route |
8 | 2 | Gunnison - Durango | 149 | Offroad | 5h 29m | Engineer Pass shortcut |
9 | 3 | Durango - Ouray | 96 | Offroad | 4h 41m | Adventure Route |
10 | 3 | Durango - Ouray | 70 | Road | 1h 41m | Fast Short Route |
11 | 3 | Durango - Ouray | 161 | Road | 3h 16m | Long Road Route |
12 | 4 | Ouray Free Day | 260 | Offroad | 7h 58m | Free Day Scenic Ride (Offroad) |
13 | 4 | Ouray Free Day | 255 | Road | 5h 30m | Free Day Scenic Ride (Road) |
14 | 5 | Ouray - Grand Junction | 175 | Road | 3h 38m | Gateway Auto Museum Tour |
15 | 5 | Grand Junction | 45 | Road | 1h 29m | National Monument Loop (optional) |
16 | 5 | Ouray - Grand Junction | 310 | Road | 6h 4m | Long Road Ride |
17 | 6 | Grand Junction - Mexican Hat | 208 | Offroad | Adventure Route | |
18 | 6 | Grand Junction - Mexican Hat | 264 | Road | 5h | Scenic Route |
19 | 6 | Grand Junction - Mexican Hat | 238 | Road | 3h 45m | Fast Slab |
20 | 7 | Free Day Mexican Hat | 58 | 2h 12m | Scenic Tour | |
21 | 8 | Mexican Hat - Page | 142 | Road | 2h 20m | Short Route |
22 | 9 | Page-Hurricane | 251 | Road | 4h 46m | North Rim |
23 | 10 | Hurricane - Torrey | 215 | Road | 4h 36m | Scenic Route |
24 | 10 | Hurrican - Torrey | 264 | Road | 5h 46m | Long Scenic Route |
25 | 11 | Torrey - Moab | 156 | Road | 2h 34m | Fast Route |
26 | 11 | Torrey - Moab | 248 | Road | 4h 20m | Long Scenic Route |
27 | 12 | Moab - Glenwood Springs | 232 | Offroad | 5h 38m | Offroad Shortcut |
28 | 12 | Moab - Glenwood Springs | 275 | Road | 5h 37m | Long Scenic Route |
29 | 12 | Moab - Glenwood Springs | 189 | Road | 3h 14m | Fast Slab Route |
30 | 12 | Moab - Glenwood Springs | 243 | Road | 4h 55m | Medium Route |
31 | 12 | Moab - Glenwood Springs | 266 | Offroad | 7h 8m | Long Offroad |
32 | 13 | Glenwood Springs - Estes Park | 174 | Road | 5h 8m | Scenic Road Route |