I agree, a long and winding trip on Saturday...followed by a relaxing day on Sunday. As for Mount Evans VS Pikes Peak VS Trail Ridge Road...I dont care..colorado is beautiful....
Pikes Peak would be 1 1/2 hours south of my house. (on I-25 with good traffic--which it is often not--easily gridlocked from CastleRock/Parker all the way to C-470) My first choice would be TrailRidge. (havent been up there for 3 years) Trail Ridge Road requires a park fee..i believe 5-6 dollars for motorcycles, slow beautiful ride. (but who wants to speed in such a wonderful place) You will eventually hit Estes Park to Lyons/Boulder HWY 93 will take you right to my house in Golden. Mount Evans/ Echo Lake/Evergreen/Conifer is a beautiful ride, That will eventually drop you down somewhere on HWY 285, 285 to C470 North to I-70 E to Ward Rd. is the way to my house. Or you can follow the route from Georgetown up to EchoLake into Golden, Into the backroads of Bergen Park, Pick up the Frontage road on I-70 follow that to the HWY 6 junction...that takes you to the HWY 58/HWY93/HWY6 junction....2 miles from my house. I dont mind hosting the BBQ....but it will be expensive for 30-40 people..I will by the main course(brats and chicken or fish) and my homebrew beer, but if you guys could chip in for chips, potato salad, paper plates etc...that would help out my budget. I have ample parking for the bikes...a nice asphalt pad on the south...enough for twenty well parked bikes. Or we can just line them up on the road. The choice of the ride depends on when you want to have the BBQ....5pm? still 4 hours of sunlight? or earlier? And those of you who may be staying in the denver metro area that night...there are alot of affordable motels located on 44th Ave/I-70 within 2 miles of my house. --Bet im going to need a new set of tires soon. THOR
