Peaks Trail

We all slept well and Griz, again the most gracious of hosts cooked up a breakfast of eggs, bacon, pancakes, cinnamon rolls, and fruit. We decided we really wanted an "easier" ride, maybe in the 20 mile range. Griz had a ride in mind that he's been wanting to do, head up the Peaks trail from right there in Frisco up to Breckenridge, drop down into town, eat lunch at a brew pub with outdoor seating, then head back. Easy as pie, for him. Actually it was not too bad, the trail climbed up along miner's creek at a pretty reasonable rate, the track is a little wider than typical back country singletrack since its so close to town and very well used. It actually joins up with the Colorado Trail for a little bit.

Up at about 10,000 feet it levels off and its up and down for about 4 miles till you pop out at the trailhead above Breck. We rode down through Cucumber Gultch into town, a short ride to find the brew pub Griz had in mind, then a nice leisurely lunch trying to keep the climb back up to the Peaks trail out of our mind. We did pass one guy on the way back down that looked to be a lot more spent than howie or myself, I hate to find pleasure in others misery, but it did help myself image a little bit.


There were actually a fair number of small rock gardens and rooty sections that reminded us of the fun we left back in PA.


The weather was really excellent again, mid 70's and no humidity. Back in Frisco, 27 miles later, we said our good byes and thanks again to Griz and stopped at a nice big grocery store so howie could finally get his minced garlic. On the way back we just happened to hit a really nice view point for the Collegiate mountain range just as the sun was starting to set so we stopped so howie could take pictures. We still hadn't eaten any dinner so we dropped into Buena Vista to grab some pizza before heading back to the trailer.