For this Horse for the Course feature, the menu called for 150 miles, 15,000ft of vertical, a few long stretches of dirt, and world-class scenery. To celebrate a friend who is leaving town, a group of us concocted a big ride from Boulder, Colorado, way up to Rocky Mountain National Park, which tops out over 12,000ft.
We were planning on an all-day adventure, but I got a little more than I bargained for when my rear Shimano 785 hydraulic brake went out completely at mile 88 – with about 60 miles and 5,000 feet of descending still to go.
We didn’t know what was in store when the day began, of course…
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Our departing friend Jason Sumner is the author of 75 Classic Rides - Colorado, and the guy loves to ride dirt. Therefore, our route pieced together a few of these Classic Rides, plus the day’s true highlight, Old Fall River Road, an 11-mile stretch of one-way dirt that snakes up to what feels like the top of the world inside Rocky Mountain National Park.
Old Fall River Road in Rocky Mountain National Park takes you up to nearly 12,000ft. From there, we descended Trail Ridge Road, the highest continuous highway in the US
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