CDTbike photos – Leadville to Winter Park

We’re gearing up for the next leg out of Winter Park. Familiarity is running out. Wyoming is coming.

It’s been great to watch it rain from indoors, and great to rest some, too. Days off end up being pretty chaotic, too, trying to catch up with emails, trackers and whatever else is going on in the non-trail world.

Looks like I’m going to stay ahead of the game photo wise. Here are some images from the last few days on the trail.

But I like unknown objects!

Thanks, Wild Bill! We didn’t need any diet cokes, though.

Baaah! Time for some visitors on the trail.

The illustrious Cjell Money! Selling it on a snow drift.

Pushing his big tires (this was a rare sight).

Flower power pushing.

Flower power riding.

Snow drifts were welcome… it meant we spent more time up there.

Score.

Curious marmot. Did not get skewered by the Georgia boy CT hiker, despite threats.

Cjell go boom. Wait for the adrenaline to subside a little.

Dan on the bike path. Have fun on 10 mile, CTR racers. The storm up there made it even easier to skip.

Building mud cakes on our shoes. Logging reroute, ugh. Look out, CTR racers…

Bike paths and rainbows in Summit.

Old mining trails and hike-a-bike in Summit.

The reds are coming out! Flowers in full swing.

Dance par-tay! I stepped through the stones, Ez chose a faster and more fun mode of travel.

Push par-tay!

With haste. Dark clouds are strategizing.

Yep, those ones.

Argentine was a rare descent that had almost no detectable climbing. Good for running for the trees!

Don’t let the following photos of alpine bliss (completely) fool you. Herman Gulch on up to Jones Pass… full of roots, and we got spanked by a number of day hikers.