An early-bonus bicycle ride at noon on Friday September 20th, from Storm Peak Brewing, 1885 Elk River Plaza, Steamboat Springs, 80487; to Steamboat Lake State Park; and, back.
54-miler with 3200-vertical-feet. Map: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31086536?beta=false
[Note: a park pass purchased at Steamboat Lake State Park is also honored at Stagecoach State Park.]
Stagecoach State Park is about seventeen-miles south of Steamboat Springs, Colorado; and, is where we are to be camping Friday and Saturday nights, on site Juniper Group Camping.
Cost for this reserved site is nominally set at $25-per-person.
In-addition, park pass/entrance fees
- Daily Pass: $8-per-day, expiring at noon; or,
- Annual Pass: $80-per-year affixed, or $120-per-year hang tag; or,
- Aspen Leaf Annual Pass for 64-year-old-or-older: $70-per-year.
Saturday at 11:00 AM,
Coal Mine Loop routes:
78-miler with 4300-vertical-feet via Hayden (business), https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29218440;
or,
68-miler with 4440-vertical-feet, https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30667210;
or,
52-miler with 3790-vertical-feet, https://ridewithgps.com/routes/30667251.
or,
Counterclockwise alternative Coal Mine Loop route: 53-miler with 3690-vertical-feet, https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29218984.
Sunday at 10:30 AM,
Out-and-back routes:
Rabbit Ears Pass route: 63-miler with 5630-vertical-feet, https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29218443; (mostly out-and-back; so, it may be simply shortened);
or,
If you would drive to (Old Town Hot Springs,) Steamboat Springs after packing your camping equipment; you may like to ride this Rabbit Ears Pass 49-miler with 4790-vertical-feet: https://ridewithgps.com/routes/31132516; or, shorten it to about 28 miles with 2730-vertical-feet by U-turning at the western summit.
or,
Steamboat Springs hot spring route: 34-miler with 1400-vertical-feet via Old Town Hot Springs; https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29220220;
or,
Steamboat Springs hot spring route: 48-miler with 3000-vertical-feet via Strawberry Park Hot Springs, https://ridewithgps.com/routes/29218775.
FCCC has a paid-reservation at Stagecoach State Park for the Juniper Group Camping Area (Sites 54 through 57) for Friday-through-Sunday-noon. It offers facilities for up to eighteen people: two RV sites (featuring 30-amp electric hookups, which require an adapter for directly plugging-in a household {2- or 3-prong} plug); parking for at least four additional vehicles; and, three developed tent pads (though up to ten tents are allowed on it, just do not pitch one on the vegetation). Its facilities include picnic tables, flush restrooms, grills, and a central group fire ring/gathering area.
A coin-operated shower is available at the marina, which is close-by. It may be a good parking place for your loaded vehicle, Sunday morning(?)
