Okay… They have been up for some time. But now it’s official: You can find pictures from my rides at the Gallery.

Also, I have started somewhat formally documenting my rides. The idea is to catalogue as much information about every significant ride so that others may find it a useful resource. It’s called the Outdoors.

On a related note, I recently had three great rides. First, during the Memorial Day weekend, Subbu and I rode from La Veta, Colorado to Trinidad, Colorado over the Cuchara Pass. The pass is above 9900 feet and the ride, a total of 60+ miles is fairly difficult. But the scenery, especially the ‘dikes’, are spectacular. There’s a little town called Stonewall, which seemed to be named after the natural wall formation (another ‘dike’) just outside the ‘town!’ I have posted some pictures from this ride.

Then, Subbu and I rode up the Frying Pan Road near Basalt, Colorado. This is another of those less known, but beautiful rides. It is a climb from Basalt to the end of the pavement. My only disappoint was this: towards the end of the pavement, we saw the road climbing pretty steep into the right. So, both of us were mentally preparing for that ‘brutal’ climb, only to find that the pavement ended well before that! The pictures are here and the route details are here. Subbu has made a post on this ride.
Finally, last Saturday (June 16th), we rode up Mt. Evans from Echo Lake. The 14.5 miles (one way), 3600+ feet climb was hard because of the elevation. My goal was to ride up under 2 hours and I made it in 1 hour 59 minutes (still nearly 30 seconds slower than the winner of the Mt. Evans Ascent run!!!). Some pictures are here. The route details can be found at my Outdoors portal.