That's what the road up Mt Blanca looks like. Covered with 4 inch diameter rocks.

Nice to see women hitting the trails hard. BABs Outside is a great group of women. Excellent video production!

maybe learn how to skate BEFORE making videos about it

Me and a friend just did WRIAD CCW (Schafer climb last). Personally I found the road section from Schafer back to the lot one of the hardest sections. This time around I brought 4.5L of water with me, 3 on back, 1.5 in bottle cages, 7 Carbs gels (roughly 1per hour) and a handful of gummybears. We wrapped up the ride just under 8 hours and had about .5L left in one bottle. I think we lucked out with weather in low 60's and while climbing Schafer a cloud rolled in and sprinkled on us the whole way up. Was honestly quite nice. Anyways, we watched this video for beta before hand and wanted to say thanks!

How long did the experience take? You mentioned others, what was your favorite (and came with a guide...lol)

Wow this ride looks awesome! I am planning to do a loop like this soon! Did you bike up Chalk Creek Drive - FS277 - Upper Brown's Creek?

Dang! That's a big ride. I've ridden up to do Jones and Lake Moraine trails, sometimes we go back down through Jack's and back to town, or Barr Trail to Inteman and back home. My biggest day on the peak was close to 50 miles and over 7000' of climbing. Neve done Almagre or Smokey City. The biting flies to get bad up there.

Great beta on this route. Thanks!

Did that over twenty five years ago, but ending in camp hale for a climb back into Leadville, brutal!

Awesome! What did you end up using to film the climb?Thanks for sharing!

Great 4 part series of Kokopelli’s! Camaraderie among you all inspiring. You all will be forever bonded. Did the ride many rears ago. Brought back many memories.

Was the "DED" (dead) a reference from Spawn the movie? Because i say that all the time. Lol

Is this a movie quote or something?

Fantastic video! I travel alone too and I agree that not having someone to share in the wonder is probably the main downside . Looking forward to being on this Trail soon! Thanks so much

I’ve been hiking in North Cheyenne Canyon since 1976 quite a few years ago I determined based upon the maps where smoky city mine Trail should be. When you go up pipeline, which is 668 you run into 701 which isForester’s Trail. If you then go north on Forsters the third stream that you come to is the stream where smoky city mine Trail hits 701. in the alternative you can go up 668 which is pipeline Trail and follow North Cheyenne Canyon Creek which means you get off the main trail and you follow the creek along the trail that will take you to 701. You will then be at the junction of 701 and Smoky city mine Trail. I’ve probably been to that spot seven or eight times in my life having hiked from the Powell parking lot above Helen Hunt Falls. I looked up the creek and for the life of me could not see a trail that I would construe to be a hiking trail. No one who I’ve spoken to among people who I’ve hiked with or people who I have seen on the trails has ever been on Smokey city mine Trail . My question to you young ladies is there a smoky city mine up there? Is there a mine at all that’s been closed is there a hole in the ground that was a mine? Why do they call it smoky city mine Trail? Do you have any idea as to What did they mine up there? Was it smoky quartz I wish you had stopped and videoed the mine. I assume there is a mind or what’s left of a mind. I have an arthritic knee for the last two years and to hike from Powell parking lot to the intersection of Smoky city mine Trail, and 701 and then return Will take all the energy out of me, especially since I would have to return I am sure going up that trail that you young ladies came down would be impossible for me to make the round-trip. I wish you had taken some photos with your GoPro or videos. If I were 10 years younger, I would try to do it, but I would have to get up awfully early in the morning. Being 78 1/2 years old that’s just not going to happen for me. If you find any other reference or know of any information about Smoky city mine please let me know because I’ve been searching for years, yours is the second video I’ve seen of people going down that trail. You’ve got some legs and some set of lungs. Keep it up.

Another great video from the BABs! Beautiful scenery! I did cliff jumping (and diving) in limestone quarries in Florida.

I need to comment. I really like these videos and so many things about them, the scenery, the adventure, the diversity of locales and activities, and the informative nature (e.g., maps, graphics, comment bubbles, etc). I'm a man, but it's great to see women do so much. In fact, I'm sharing them with my daughters to get them inspired.

So how was it? How long did it take you and how did you do with the water?

The best way I’ve done it that gave me the fastest time was to start just north of the park entrance on the green River side and ride clockwise. I stashed my Camelback and extra water at the top of the Schaeffer Trail switchbacks so that I wouldn’t have to carry it up from mineral bottom. Just a thought!

Hey thanks for posting! We are doing this trip in October! Looks so fun!

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Some scraggly rooock’cs ehh ? adventures are so fun and you clearly know how to adventure alright

One is true a person can not ever have enough bikes to drive and ride…..You literally passed the vehicle I was in at the beginning of the video right off of 24…… then rolling shanannaghans on Ol gold camp and thru the through the sister tunnels. Never seen that last trail until you met back up to the trail that goes down to the parking lot and you can smell sweat sweat BBQ

Can you do this on a gravel bike? I have both and I am moving to Pueblo at the end of the month. So I am really looking forward to the biking in a new location. Plus riding more in the winter months.

Nice video. Thanks for keeping the ambient audio so we can hear the trail noise.

Did you guys let your garmin/wahoos run the whole time? Or did you record each lap as it own activity?

What kind of Bike Computer did you use to count your mileage?

Cool video! this was a stroll down memory lane for me. The first year that they were planning on doing the Rampart Ranger bike race I signed up but unfortunately I got canceled. I did ride this course a few times on my old surly cross check and it was a beating! I definitely wish I had a mountain bike for all that washboard.

Got my permit for tomorrow!

Great video ladies and nice job out there! See you at the 24 Hours of Old Pueblo 2024!

Is there any camping nearby?

Thanks so much for doing a nice film about us. Your friends at Mount Massive Ski and Snowshoe Trails!

Love the 'realism' of this video!!! Have done it three times with vehicles/motorcycle....hope to do it on a bicycle in the next couple years. There is no place like Moab!!!!

Excellent information!

Nice video but this music sounds like some drunk chick vomiting used condoms and tampons out of her mouth into an outhouse at a Burning Man or Electric Daisy festival...

Thanks for keeping the music to a minimum. I really like hearing you guys and the ambient sounds.

Just did this over the weekend and the washboards beat me up! I was on a hardtail with suspension while my friend was on a gravel bike, felt bad for him. You mentioned that Spring might be a good time to avoid the washboards, do they usually maintain the road in Spring?

hahahha "child" 😂 I'm the child, thanks for the shoutout

Wow, earned that one!

Awesome! Thanks for posting!!! BTW, I have to check your channel for updates...😞, don't seem to be getting notifications even though they're turned on. Anyways...I'll keep checking. LOVE the camping/supported rides y'all do!!!!

Very helpful video, I soooo hope to climb these 14ers someday!

Here I was thinking Lead King Basin might be a good alternative to the long approach on the standard route. Not so sure after watching that. Looks loose and exposed.

You mentioned a lot of issues with using your Go Pro, take a look at the Insta 360 One X2. This is what I will be using as it has voice commands for filming as well as 360 views, it's like having 10 cameras with you as you can choose in the easy editing software what angle to look at. Happy Trails!

G'day from Australia, thanks for the video, I'll be there this year in 2022 and attempting WRT in one day on October the 5th and am a below-knee amputee. Good to see what I am in for and the tips with water and food, still not sure which way round yet. How's the weather at the start of October? Also, how was your bike comfort on the bike seat, did you wear a bib and brace with chamois and use any particular chafing creams? Thanks again for making this video.

Finally a great video on the parts that matter. Been on Challenger last two years but had no Go Pro. Didn't camp at Willow but, as you know, that Alpine lake was amazing and was a much needed resting area after the hike to get there. Thank you for this Video. Much appreciated!

New subscriber here. This is one of my "BUCKET LIST" rides. Thank you for sharing your epic ride.

Did you all happen to route this on Strava?

It may be that you edited out every time I screwed up.. but watching this I don't look nearly as uncoordinated as I felt!

Yeesh, that looks like some rough terrain. Nice work.

You all are hilarious 😂 fun to see what's going on between times that I see you 😁