3 posts tagged “fortcollins”

I decided to walk to work a couple weeks ago. I thought it would be interesting to see a familiar place at a different pace. Despite living in Fort Collins for almost 20 years and driving the same route to work for about 14 of those, I'd never walked along most of the route. I live in southwest Fort Collins and work in southeast Fort Collins, so the walk was about 7 1/2 miles and 2 1/2 hours. Click the photo below to see the whole album. Enjoy.

Walk to Work December 2007

My buddy Terry sent email yesterday morning inviting a few of us to "play hookey" for the afternoon and go for a mountain bike ride. I took a look at the 10-day forecast and saw 70-45-32-27-30-30-30-30-30..., you get the idea. Not a hard call, let's ride!

Terry, Steve, Hal and I went to Bobcat Ridge, a terrific new riding / hiking area just southwest of Masonville. The Bobcat Gulch fire burned through this area in 2000, laying bare the landscape and leaving behind striking 360 degree views. The trail is roughly 10 miles, the first mile rolling along the valley floor, the next few climbing the stout Power Line road, another couple on single track to finish the climb and traverse the west side of the ridge, and finally a 4+ mile descent with perhaps 40 switchbacks and a full menu of rocky obstacles. The trail is well-designed and tremendously fun to ride.

It was hard to believe we were in shorts and jerseys at 5pm on a November 19th evening in Colorado. The wind was pretty brisk at the top, but almost completely absent mid-way down the descent. Very still and beautiful. We even heard coyotes howling as we finished and headed for the parking lot. Sensing an easy meal, perhaps? Maybe they confused Bobcat Ridge with another ridge we like to ride nearby?  :-)