Cherry Creek Trail/Reservoir & Colo Front Range Trail Extravaganza with Peter R.
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11:00 AM INT H2-35 (1116 ft elevation) SE
Cherry Creek Trail/Reservoir and Colorado Front Range Trail Extravaganza. Meet Peter Rudy (303-406-3709) for his second ride as a leader! This ride is geared at longer distance, maintaining a consistent (not blistering) pace (15+-). Yes, it will still be a very fun and scenic ride but focused on improving your endurance for longer rides, such as for bike tours. It's not a race. The ride is limited to 12 people - you will need to sign up and RSVP on Meet-up. Text with questions.
We will meet at the little known, Cook Park Recreation Center, 7100 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver. It borders Monaco. Park in the northwest Corner of the lot. The lower part of Cherry Creek Trail is far less crowded with walkers and mostly competent, faster road cyclists.
From Cook Rec Center, we go south on the Cherry Creek Trail (CCT) to Kennedy Park, under C270 to Cherry Crk Res, then around the east side of the Res into the State Park. We will take the little known EAST SIDE Cherry Creek State Park trail. We will continue south to C470 trail, then we bike west a bit to Happy Canyon Trail, then north to CCT, and back to where the CCT enters CC State Park. But we now will be going around the Res on the west side. We will then take the CCT back to Kennedy Park, and to our point of beginning.
We will have a refueling point at the 21 mile mark, and other stops as needed. I suggest bringing something to nibble. BRING WATER: Most if not all the trail rest stops will have water turned off.
As many of you know, the entire second half is a slight (but lovely) downhill!
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Here is my attempt at mapping on Ride with GPS.
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