July 2007 - Diary of Scott Morris

CT/C.A.R. tour volume 1

Last year’s fun on the CT:

Vol. 1 Vol. 2

Time for Chapter 2, Volume 1.

This year I reside in Manitou Springs, not Golden. We decided that rather than shuttle a car to Denver, we’d ride right from my house in Manitou. The CT is not far, but a question remained – where exactly …. [Continue reading]

It wasn’t all blue skies and dry trails…

CT

Gone biking

I’m off to ride across Colorado with Mike Curiak… again.

We ran into plenty of trouble last year, and never made it to Durango. This year we’ve got a different route (Mike has dubbed it the Colorado Alpine Route) that only uses portions of the Colorado Trail.

There are plenty of variables and possible roadblocks …. [Continue reading]

Ring the Peak

My first ride in Manitou Springs (after moving here this summer) was on the Intemann Trail. I was in a totally new place and the signs were confusing. But occasionally I’d see a carsonite with the words “Ring the Peak” on them. There’s only one peak they could be talking about!

My curiosity …. [Continue reading]

Barr

I should be taken out into the street and pistol whipped. I’ve been in Manitou Springs for, what, months now? And I’ve only made it to ~8000 feet on the Barr Trail.

Barr starts 0.25 miles from my house, and ends at 14,000+ on Pikes Peak. How can I call myself a mountain …. [Continue reading]

Steep Salt Lake

I always get a kick out of how comically steep the riding in Salt Lake City is. Well, at least the riding I spent my ‘formative’ years on.

After driving across Wyoming, hitting Rawlins to check for GDR racers (Matt Lee rolled in 2 hours after we left), we left the house I …. [Continue reading]

Scott
Digital Nomad, nowhere, USA

Lifelong mountain biker, trail mapper and programmer. Sometimes bikepacker, sometimes runner, sometimes packrafter. I love to ride my bike, get out, and explore this beautiful planet we find ourselves on.

I live in a 20 foot GeoPro Trailer, traveling about the west. Main author of TopoFusion GPS Software, co-founder of Trackleaders.com.

More...