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If one trip is good, five must be better.

So, in 2026, I’m hitting the road five times. Not long trips. Most are four days. One is five. The shortest is three. 

We’ll be seeing a lot of Colorado, because it has the best riding on earth. One trip takes us to Utah, to explore the Number 3 ride on my Top Ten list. Along the way, I’ll cruise to the top of two Fourteeners, completing the Colorado Pass-a-Palooza™ that I began in 2025.

In all, 4,200 miles over 21 days on the road. Twenty-nine passes above 10,000 feet.

Trip #1

• June 8: Carbondale > Hotchkiss > Grand Mesa > Debeque > Palisade
• June 9: Palisade > Gateway > Naturita > Moab > Green River UT
• June 10: Green River > Torrey UT > Escalante UT > Torrey UT
• June 11: Torrey > Green River > Moab > Naturita > Norwood
• June 12: Norwood > Ridgway > Montrose > Blue Mesa Dam > Hotchkiss > Carbondale

Trip #2

• June 23: Carbondale > Hotchkiss > Blue Mesa Dam > Ridgway
• June 24: Ridgway > Durango > Ridgway
• June 25: Ridgway > Rico > Dolores > Naturita > Gateway > Palisade
• June 26: Palisade > Grand Mesa > Hotchkiss > Carbondale

Trip #3

• July 6: Carbondale > Hotchkiss > Grand Mesa > DeBeque > Meeker
• July 7: Meeker > Craig > Steamboat Springs > Walden
• July 8: Walden > Stove Prairie Landing > Estes Park > Winter Park
• July 9: Winter Park > Georgetown > Fairplay > Aspen > Carbondale

Trip #4

• July 27: Carbondale > Aspen > Twin Lakes > Leadville > Frisco > Kremmling > Winter Park
• July 28: Winter Park > Grand Lake > Estes Park > Lyons > Nederland > Boulder
• July 29: Boulder > Nederland > Idaho Springs > Mount Blue Sky > Georgetown > Fairplay > Buena Vista
• July 30: Buena Vista > Gunnison > Hotchkiss > Carbondale

Trip #5

• August 10: Carbondale > Hotchkiss > Gunnison > Buena Vista
• August 11: Buena Vista > Hartsell > Woodland Park > Pikes Peak > Divide > Victor > Cripple Creek > Buena Vista
• August 12: Buena Vista > Fairplay > Frisco > Minturn > Leadville > Aspen > Carbondale