Start
6am Indian Creek Trailhead. ~75 riders.
Kenosha Pass
Georgia Pass
Gold Hill Trailhead
Camped just past Breckenridge/Hwy 9. There was a section of trail that was closed and all racers had to detour around, but I might have almost made up for the lost miles with my little excursion up Green Mountain...
Tenmile Breakfast
Tenmile
Kokomo Pass
Leadville
Stopped at a grocery store and got some fried chicken, which I took with me down the road to the next trailhead. I stopped to eat it under some trees by a stream as it started to rain. As I moved on I couldn't stop worrying about what I was going to do with the leftover chicken bones so the smell wouldn't attrack animals while I slept. Luckily There was a campground with a dumpster near the trailhead. I've never been so relieved to throw something away in my life!
Twin Lakes
Buena Vista Detour
Mt. Princeton
Mt. Princeton Hotsprings
Highway 50
Fooses Creek
Sargent's Mesa
Cochetopa Hills
Top of descent to Highway 114
photo via Los Pinos Pass
Cebolla Creek
Spring Creek Pass
Jarosa Mesa
Coney Summit ascent
Coney Summit
Carson Saddle, Lost Trail Creek
Cataract Lake
Cataract Ridge
Stoney Pass
Almost to Silverton finally. Flock grazing on the Colorado trail, seen from the trail above before it drops down to Stoney Pass. That creek is actually the headwaters of the Rio Grande.
Molas Pass
Bolam Pass
As I cross a tributary of Cascade Creek a bit after 9pm I start hearing voices mixed in with the water fall sound. Approaching 11pm I almost crash off the trail. I've been up for 19 hours at this point. I finally make it to the top of the last hill I can stand to climb and meet Jeremy Noble who is camped next to the lake at Bolam Pass. It seems relatively cold down by the lake, and I've had enough of being cold after last night, so I decide to move on in search of the first warmer air pocket I can find. I decide on a spot in the trees about 1/4 mile further on.
Breakfast at the base of Hermosa Peak
Blackhawk Pass
Indian Trail Ridge
Durango
