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Where to Ride in Co right now.

I have a work trip and will be going to Grand Junction. What are some great places to ride that have snow?
Grand Mesa?
Crested Butte?
We are looking for a new place to ride, being from Denver we generally ride the snowies as no traffic.
 
If you are headed to GJ - your best bet would be to hit Grand Mesa.
 
Depends on the kind of riding you like to do. To me, the mesa is just that, a FLAT top mountain. The snow should be pretty good, but it gets a lot of traffic. I talked to my buddy in CB and he said Kebler was great. I have never ridden with him, or on Kebler, so take that for what it may be worth.

A little further south and you can ride Owl Creek Pass, Red Mountain Pass, and even Molas Pass if you know where to go. The snow is great down south. Owl Creek you can probably find the good stuff on your own. There is a pretty good trail beat into the West Fork, lots of good riding back there. Red Mountin is probably best with someone who has ridden it, there is a LOT of extreme avalanche terrain. Molas had a lot of traffic this past weekend. With a fresh dump it will be nice again and it was snowing up there hard last night.

If all goes well for me, I will be buying a sled Fri/Sat and riding Sunday. If you want to try something new, let me know.
 
Grand Mesa without a doubt if you are going to be in Junction.


Grand Mesa is so big, I wouldn't worry about the traffic. When we rode up there two weekends ago, there were not that many people up there when compared to Vail Pass or Rabbit Ears, and the area is MUCH bigger.

It a flat top mountain but that doesn't mean it is exactly FLAT. It has lots of rolling hills, and it has plenty of mountain pulls as well.
 
If you think the Grand Mesa is flat you haven't seen much of it. It has the best of everything, you just need to know where to look. There are steeper areas in CO but not any that give you every type of riding imaginable, plus it is only 45 mins. from Grand Junction.




Depends on the kind of riding you like to do. To me, the mesa is just that, a FLAT top mountain. The snow should be pretty good, but it gets a lot of traffic. I talked to my buddy in CB and he said Kebler was great. I have never ridden with him, or on Kebler, so take that for what it may be worth.

A little further south and you can ride Owl Creek Pass, Red Mountain Pass, and even Molas Pass if you know where to go. The snow is great down south. Owl Creek you can probably find the good stuff on your own. There is a pretty good trail beat into the West Fork, lots of good riding back there. Red Mountin is probably best with someone who has ridden it, there is a LOT of extreme avalanche terrain. Molas had a lot of traffic this past weekend. With a fresh dump it will be nice again and it was snowing up there hard last night.

If all goes well for me, I will be buying a sled Fri/Sat and riding Sunday. If you want to try something new, let me know.
 
If your going to be in GJ then you owe yourself at least a few days on the GM. You won't be disappointed.
 
No traffic in the Snowies? I guess you like parking in that 4 mile long line of trucks/trailers that line both sides of the road from Green Rock and on down.:face-icon-small-sho:p
 
If you think the Grand Mesa is flat you haven't seen much of it. It has the best of everything, you just need to know where to look. There are steeper areas in CO but not any that give you every type of riding imaginable, plus it is only 45 mins. from Grand Junction.

Come on now...I can see it from where I am sitting. I have ridden it hundreds of times. I have heard all the stories about the great hillclimbing up there. I stopped hearing those stories when I brought some of the story tellers south to the San Juans. There is simply no comparison. I might suggest that if you think GM is the sh1t, you might want to branch out a little. I have ridden all of these areas extensively, for years. I am just trying to offer an alternative.

I'm not sure why though. If you guys think GM is the place to be, great, even fewer sleds where I prefer to ride.
 
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No traffic in the Snowies? I guess you like parking in that 4 mile long line of trucks/trailers that line both sides of the road from Green Rock and on down.:face-icon-small-sho:p


I believe he is referring to not having to deal with the ski traffic on I-70.
 
Come on now...I can see it from where I am sitting. I have ridden it hundreds of times. I have heard all the stories about the great hillclimbing up there. I stopped hearing those stories when I brought some of the story tellers south to the San Juans. There is simply no comparison. I might suggest that if you think GM is the sh1t, you might want to branch out a little. I have ridden all of these areas extensively, for years. I am just trying to offer an alternative.

I'm not sure why though. If you guys think GM is the place to be, great, even fewer sleds where I prefer to ride.

The point is that he is going to be in Junction. I am sure the San Juans are great but you are making the GM sound like it is flat land riding. It is anything but that. There are also VERY few people up there. I went on one of the busiest weekends when they got dumped on and there were still not that many people up there.

Personally I think we are blessed with a lot of great riding in this state, as long as there is snow it is hard to have a bad minus a breakdown.
 
I might suggest that if you think GM is the sh1t, you might want to branch out a little.

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Ahhahhhahahaha!

I've branched out to Cumbres/Chama, Wolf Creek/South Fork, Lake City, Rabbit Ears, Flat Tops, Kebler/Crested Butte, and a couple others that I won't mention here. Is that branched out enough? Grand Mesa is still my favorite. Sucks when you have to narrow it down between all those places eh? We are truly blessed to live/ride in Colorado.

If only Grand Mesa wasn't so flat........
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I hate to say it, that pic makes my point. Come on down sometime, I'll take you on Red Mtn. Or in the spring we can ride the front of Whitehouse and look down on Ridgway from 13,000 ft.

Looks like I will have to swing home, grab my laptop and post some pics...

I agree that GM is a great place to ride. I was just offering some alternatives. It is only a little over an hours drive to try something a little more extreme. Not for everybody, just different.
 
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Ahhahhhahahaha!

I've branched out to Cumbres/Chama, Wolf Creek/South Fork, Lake City, Rabbit Ears, Flat Tops, Kebler/Crested Butte, and a couple others that I won't mention here. Is that branched out enough? Grand Mesa is still my favorite. Sucks when you have to narrow it down between all those places eh? We are truly blessed to live/ride in Colorado.

If only Grand Mesa wasn't so flat........
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Dang that looks flat!!!!
 
Yup. Worlds largest flat-topped mountain. Right on the edge of the desert. Nothing to see here. Just keep moving south to the San Juans. Everyone knows that you can sled to the top of all those big pretty peaks. And no avy danger there either.
Just gentle rolling hills and no snow here on the mesa.
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Remember........Mesa flat.......San Juans BIG...........mesa flat............San Juans.BIG............mesa flat..............San Juans...........BIG........
 
Thanks for all of your help. I didn't mean to start a fight between the south and the north!! I ride the snowies for no I-70 traffic, the parking may be a little difficult but once you get back there, we never see anyone, people do not want to leave the trail too far!!! We are thinking either Grand Mesa or Kebler Pass. Thanks again for all the input.
-If we go to Grand Mesa, where is a good spot to park, and ride from? I like to boondock, I love the trees.

Thanks again
 
I hate to say it, that pic makes my point. Come on down sometime, I'll take you on Red Mtn. Or in the spring we can ride the front of Whitehouse and look down on Ridgway from 13,000 ft.

Looks like I will have to swing home, grab my laptop and post some pics...

I agree that GM is a great place to ride. I was just offering some alternatives. It is only a little over an hours drive to try something a little more extreme. Not for everybody, just different.

There is more to riding than just kicking on the turbo to see who can climb the biggest hill! :face-icon-small-dis
 
Thanks for all of your help. I didn't mean to start a fight between the south and the north!! I ride the snowies for no I-70 traffic, the parking may be a little difficult but once you get back there, we never see anyone, people do not want to leave the trail too far!!! We are thinking either Grand Mesa or Kebler Pass. Thanks again for all the input.
-If we go to Grand Mesa, where is a good spot to park, and ride from? I like to boondock, I love the trees.

Thanks again

Drive up to the visitor center, you can park there. There are heated bathrooms there too. From there, you really need to print some maps to take with. There are many directions you can go. Google earth it!
 
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