CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
The recorded total and the leg detail need reconciliation. Inspect the leg notes before using this record for timing or navigation. Stops, delays, approach and any separate return travel add time. Basis: producer-declared routed record.
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Distance and riding time are measured on the routed road. Check local closures and conditions before you ride.
National Scenic Byway. high alpine, aspen forest, mountain views. A one-way ride of 39 km, Georgetown to the finish - roughly 50 min in the saddle. The highest point is about 3,550 m. Guanella Pass is subject to seasonal closure - check it is open before you set off. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Expect company on a summer weekend. Early is better than fast. For 12 km this is Mount Blue Sky Scenic Byway, a road with a name of its own and a reason for it.
Check the pass is open before you commit to it.
Silver built Georgetown. In the 1860s, prospectors working up Clear Creek found rich silver ore in the mountains above this narrow valley west of Denver, and within a few years the town became one of the most important mining centres in Colorado, nicknamed the Silver Queen of the Rockies. When silver prices crashed in 1893, the boom ended, but the town survived, and today its streets of Victorian houses, brick storefronts and wooden churches form one of the best-preserved historic mining districts in the American West.
Read the complete Georgetown write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Guanella Pass Scenic Byway point 1 sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Guanella Pass Scenic Byway point 2.
Silver built Georgetown. In the 1860s, prospectors working up Clear Creek found rich silver ore in the mountains above this narrow valley west of Denver, and within a few years the town became one of the most important mining centres in Colorado, nicknamed the Silver Queen of the Rockies. When silver prices crashed in 1893, the boom ended, but the town survived, and today its streets of Victorian houses, brick storefronts and wooden churches form one of the best-preserved historic mining districts in the American West.
Read the complete Georgetown write-up.
May refer to an earlier itinerary; verify against your selected route before riding.
Guanella Pass Scenic Byway point 2 comes up 14 km in. Next is Guanella Pass Scenic Byway point 3.
39 km in you reach Guanella Pass Scenic Byway point 3.