Why this ride
Out of Denver and back again: 49 km, roughly 50 min in the saddle. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 2,450 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available.
CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Golden Gate Canyon Dawn · part 2
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 49 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 50 min
- Journey
- Loop
Distance and timing basis
Ordered leg totals agree within rounding. Stop distances are approximate sums of rounded legs. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
Reading history stays on this device. My road watch requires a separate selection; opening it does not subscribe this ride.
Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
Waypoint introductions and full write-ups
1. Denver
Denver earns its nickname honestly: one of the steps of the State Capitol is marked as exactly one mile above sea level, and from the city the Front Range of the Rocky Mountains fills the western horizon like a jagged wall. The city spreads across the high plains at the foot of the mountains, a big, sunny, sprawling place where the snowy peaks are visible from almost every street on a clear day.
2. Golden
Golden is where Denver's western edge hits the mountains. The town sits at the mouth of Clear Creek Canyon, squeezed between the twin flat-topped bulks of North and South Table Mountain, and its main street still looks like a western town that grew up respectable. Golden was the territorial capital of Colorado in the 1860s before Denver took over, and it has kept a few reminders, including the banner that arches over Washington Avenue welcoming visitors, and the Colorado School of Mines, the college that trains mining and petroleum engineers. Coors Brewing has made beer here since 1873, and the brewery still dominates one end of town, with a tour that finishes at a tasting room.
3. Denver
Return visit. Read the place description above.