I think you mostly remember correctly, though it's clearly a two lane dirt road for around here (though given the terrain, folks are often uncomfortable near the edges, so drive near the middle, making it one lane). It's as wide as it appears in old photos from just after it was converted to road from narrow gauge railroad track. It is 3-4% grade most of the way, so takes it sweet time going up or down with lots of switchbacks winding and twisting it's way through the landscape, as all those types of former railroad roads do. It is likely more known and trafficked now than what you remember, but still fairly low traffic if you hit is at the right time of the season (May or June, September, October). A great country bike road. still has that old wooden bridge with a turn in it too. Grin. http://www.goldbeltbyway.com/phantom-canyon-road.
With abandon, Patrick On Thursday, June 19, 2014 12:33:08 PM UTC-6, Chris Lampe 2 wrote: > > When I was a kid we used to take a trip to the Colorado Springs area > pretty much every year and my memory of Phantom Canyon is that it might as > well be singletrack. Is it still a one-lane, rock and gravel road with > straight stretchs no more than a few feet at a time? > > On Friday, June 6, 2014 6:47:58 PM UTC-5, Deacon Patrick wrote: >> >> My goal for this summer had been to ride a 200+K ride, and I no doubt >> will but it may well be broken into several days as a Meandonee. >> >> One of the basic routes would go from Woodland Park (well Green Mountain >> Falls, 5 miles down the Pass, but whose counting?), and use the R2G2 route >> as a general guide, meandoneering off it as desired, likely camping in the >> Lost Creek area in the middle(ish), possibly adding a day to ride Boreas >> Pass. >> >> Another route would cobble together various of the old narrow gauge train >> routes, including Phantom Canyon and possibly Gold Camp Road out of Cripple >> Creek, connecting in with Salida, then heading North into South Park >> (figure that out!). >> >> My rib needs a few more weeks to heal before I head out for this, so >> looking at late June-September as a timeframe if you are interested in a >> 2-3 day adventure with who knows what outcome (brain injury adds extra >> fun). If you are interested, let me know and I’ll discuss what I need in >> terms of scent elimination from soaps, shampoos, etc. >> >> With abandon, >> Patrick >> >> *www.MindYourHeadCoop.org <http://www.MindYourHeadCoop.org>* >> *www.OurHolyConception.org <http://www.OurHolyConception.org>* >> >> -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "RBW Owners Bunch" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
