CURVESCOUT / MOTORCYCLE RIDE
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National Scenic Byway. red canyon, plateau, historic ranches. 338 km from Grand Junction to Mountain Village, about 6 h 42 of riding. The stored terrain estimate reaches about 3,100 m; a measured road-elevation profile is not available. It was put together for the scenery rather than the shortest line.
Grand Junction sits where the Gunnison River flows into the Colorado, in the high desert of western Colorado, and it takes its name from that meeting of waters. Red sandstone mesas close it in on one side, the Book Cliffs on the other, and in between is a fertile valley full of orchards and vineyards. Peaches from nearby Palisade are famous in Colorado, and the town of Palisade has become a small wine region, with tasting rooms among the fruit farms. Orchard Mesa, a short way south, is part of the same agricultural belt.
Read the complete Grand Junction write-up.
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Unaweep Tabeguache Scenic Byway point 1 sits at 0 km, early in the day. Next is Unaweep Tabeguache Scenic Byway point 2.
Unaweep Tabeguache Scenic Byway point 2 comes up 67 km in. Next is Unaweep Tabeguache Scenic Byway point 3.
133 km in you reach Unaweep Tabeguache Scenic Byway point 3. Next is Unaweep Tabeguache Scenic Byway point 4.
Unaweep Tabeguache Scenic Byway point 4, late in the day.