Day 2 - Pikes Peak and Shelf Road

Second day out riding and I reached my first peak!

I summited Pikes from the Crags Trailhead, which is on the opposite side of the mountain from the train and the road. It made it easier to bike towards the Sangres.

There were so few people back there when I started out in the morning.

After Pikes, I road some stressful two lane mountain highways and then some steep dirt roads. It’s been a while since I’ve been touring on stressful roads like that. By the end of my National Parks tour I was numb to that stress.

After getting lunch (and dinner to go) in Cripple Creek, I rode Shelf Road. Shelf is a fantastic ride from Cripple Creek (all down hill). And at golden hour it was gorgeous.

The goal of tomorrow is to resupply and get myself in a good spot to get after the Crestone group in the morning.