Sunday July 6th, 4:AM, IOOF Park, Downtown Gunny.

Self supported, self paced, fun ride from town and back. A bit of pavement, some gravel, a bit of jeep road, plenty of epic moto singletrack and a sprinkle of ghost trail. A solid 60 miles, and 9000′ plus of up and down and starting at 7700′ in town all the way up to 11,900′ at the high point. Be ready for a long hard day with plenty of hike a bike. Bring lots of calories, water(filter?), a jacket and whatever you need to get thru 7.5-12 hours of pedaling and pushing.

GPX: https://www.plotaroute.com/routeplayer/3020310

Route description: IOOF Park start of second block main street, Gunnison. Ride North about 1.5 miles, veer right onto 135 frontage road for about .3 mile, to CR 10 for another 3 miles, as pavement goes left, continue straight on Lost Canyon Rd, good dirt (unless soaked!) Stay on road and climb steadily for about 8 miles. At mile 13.5 from town Lost Canyon Rd hits One Mile Rd at a pleasant saddle area, One Mile goes down to the Right, Lost Canyon goes up to the left. Look for a trail dropping to the N/E, this is Fast Cow, a ghost trail that plunges! Be aware of steep and loose sections!

Fast Cow drops to One Mie Rd, turn right and begin a rough bit of jeep trail-ish for about 1.5 miles. Take a narrow 2 track, Beaver/McIntyre on the Left at stream crossing! Up B/M to 3 way intersection with Fossil Ridge going left and McIntyre going Straight. Drop down McIntyre, watch the rocks! At about mile 20 turn Left and Up Alder Creek Trl #577, steep and hike a bike at times. Top out onto Willow Creek Rd, drop down only .3 of a mile and look for Bear Gulch Trail #610 on left at water bar, begin up and down many times then drop to Gold Creek Rd, turn left and climb good dirt road.

At roughly mile 31 go straight onto Fossil Ridge Trail, trail is rough, rocky and starts with a big climb up to treeline. Pace yourself! From there for about 5 miles, Fossil traverses many times between 11,000′ and 11,800′, it is beautiful, rough and rugged. Plenty of hike a bike and tricky riding. At about mile 38 begin the rowdy and wicked queen stage descent down Fossil back to Beaver/McIntyre. Lollipop on B/M back to One Mile, Up a steep and rocky climb back to Lost Canyon Rd for just a tiny bit more.3 mile lollipop, then look for grey gate on left and sometimes faint old CT Spur Trail paralleling the road but slowly drifting towards fast riding Signal Mesa roads to Signal Singletrack, (Northwoods, Shoelace, Ridge, Rasta, Contour) back into town!

Hell Yay! Go get yourself a cold beverage!