CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
Pikes Peak and Deckers · part 3
Plan this ride
- Recorded distance
- 202 km
- Riding-time estimate
- 2 h 55
- Journey
- One way; return travel is separate
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 / Colorado Rockies
The ride's name points to Pikes Peak, which is far to the south; the country here is Weld County, a vast plain of wheat, cattle and oil derricks stretching away north-east of Denver. Weld County is among the largest agricultural counties in the United States, and the roads here carry grain trucks, tanker lorries and the occasional horse trailer.
Read the complete Denver / Colorado Rockies write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Denver / Colorado Rockies is where the day begins. Next is Pikes Peak and Deckers checkpoint 8.
2. Near Lakewood
Lakewood is where Denver's suburbs press right up against the mountains. A large city of more than 150,000 people, it spreads west from Denver toward the foothills, and from almost anywhere in it you can see the first ridges of the Rockies rising abruptly from the plains, often with snow on the peaks behind. This finishing point lies just east of the foothills, in a district of houses, malls and office parks, with Green Mountain, a flat-topped grassy hill, standing just to the west.
Read the complete Near Lakewood write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
Finish at Pikes Peak and Deckers checkpoint 8. That is the ride. Next is Back to Pikes.
3. Back to Pikes
It is easy to miss, because it looks like gently rolling ranchland, but it is a real watershed, sending creeks north toward the South Platte and south toward the Arkansas. The elevation is around 6,000 feet and above, the soil is sandy, and the ponderosa pine forest that covers part of it is called Black Forest, a name that comes from the dark colour of the trees from a distance.
Read the complete Pikes write-up.
Recorded stop-planning note
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Planning note
The route ends here after 202 km.