Route 0

Dist: 20.16 mi	Points: 214	Calories: none
Time: none	Speed: 0.0 mph	Pace: 0:00 / mi

Ride Begins

Location: 38.538307°, -105.992790°
Starting at Absolute Bikes, ride southeast along Sackett Street to B Street.

Turn 1

Location: 38.535027°, -105.987709°
Turn right on B Street and go one block.

Turn 2

Location: 38.534370°, -105.988686°
Turn left onto 1st Street (Hwy 291).

Intersection

Location: 38.523186°, -105.986595°
Turn left onto County Road (CR) 105, just before reaching the Hwy 50 intersection.

Intersection

Location: 38.523880°, -105.984756°
Turn left onto County Road (CR) 105, just before reaching the Hwy 50 intersection.

Intersection

Location: 38.510925°, -105.975082°
Turn left onto Highway 50.

Intersection

Location: 38.509727°, -105.975876°
Turn left onto Highway 50.

Intersection

Location: 38.505489°, -105.951454°
Turn right onto CR 101 (Bear Creek Road). This begins the maintained dirt road climb.

Intersection

Location: 38.503994°, -105.955444°
Turn right onto CR 101 (Bear Creek Road). This begins the maintained dirt road climb.

Starting the Climb

Location: 38.492046°, -105.947647°
Super smooth fire road climb--at first.

Enter National Forest

Location: 38.463379°, -105.961311°
The maintained portion of Bear Creek road ends here at the cattle guard as you pass into National Forest land. The road becomes steeper and rockier from here.

Bear Creek

Location: 38.447670°, -105.956940°

Intersection

Location: 38.443703°, -105.959999°
There is a side road branching left here. Keep going straight.

Streamcrossing

Location: 38.437145°, -105.954750°
Ford Bear Creek here. Almost to the top now!

Intersection/Trailhead Register

Location: 38.437145°, -105.956223°
Bear Creek road dead-ends at the Rainbow Trail. Head north on the Rainbow Trail (past the trailhead register book).

First Viewpoint

Location: 38.444523°, -105.970657°
A typical stretch of Rainbow Trail.

Overlook

Location: 38.471249°, -105.989838°
One of many great views of the upper Arkansas Valley and Salida.

Intersection

Location: 38.476166°, -106.000168°
The Rainbow Trail merges with a fire road here (CR 108). Turn right and downhill. Following the road will take you all the way down to Highway 50.

Intersection

Location: 38.478462°, -106.003609°
Rainbow Trail diverges from CR108 here; keep going down the fire road to town. It's usually loose and rocky, and easy to pick up a truckload of speed--watch out for the big waterbar rollers, and have fun launching them!

Pavement

Location: 38.494858°, -106.005577°
CR 108 turns to chipseal here; keep going straight downhill.

Intersection

Location: 38.514042°, -105.996719°
Bear left and keep going downhill.

Intersection

Location: 38.523880°, -105.996887°
Go straight across Hwy 50 at the red blinker. Careful, traffic can be heavy.

Intersection

Location: 38.527485°, -105.996887°
Bear right onto "D" Street at the Salida Middle School. Continue straight until "D" tees into Sackett Street. Turn left and return to starting point.