Another popular riding spot in Durango is the Hermosa Creek area. We headed up there for our 3rd ride in Durango. The trail is 21 miles, and is usually ridden via a shuttle. Well, we didn’t have a shuttle, so we decided to try and ride the whole thing out and back. As it turns out, the creeks and rivers were flowing above maximum capacity, so parts of the trail were flooded out. So we made it roughly 16 miles in. It was a loooooong ride, as the terrain is not flat either way, even though it mostly follows the creek drainage. The trail is pretty wide singletrack, and pretty fun, but not necessarily the most fun ever. But it was great to have a big mountain challenge early in the season.
So after this point in the trip, I didn’t take any more pictures of the trails. Yeah, whatever, photographers need vacations too! For our last ride we rode the Horse Gulch area of trails that is right at the edge of town near the Ft. Lewis College side to the east. What an awesome trail network to have right in town! The trails are buff, twisty, desert type trails that were clearly made for bicycles. The kind of trails that make you realize how much riding we don’t have here in Boulder. Oh well, we have way more cute girls here, take that Durango!
by stevez
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