{"id":10544,"date":"2014-10-01T21:27:47","date_gmt":"2014-10-02T03:27:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=10544"},"modified":"2017-08-15T23:02:23","modified_gmt":"2017-08-16T05:02:23","slug":"fall-ride-point-lookout-26-sept-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2014\/10\/fall-ride-point-lookout-26-sept-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Fall Ride on Point Lookout & 409.5 (26 Sept 2014)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As I write this, falling snowflakes sparkle by the streetlight out my window. The ground has gone from fiery red to white. In the matter of a day, in just one storm, we were transported from September-summer to winter. It’s hard to believe that this fall ride happened only 5 days ago and that I was steamy in a t-shirt. Now, I’m bundled in a sweater and a hat – indoors. Oh, now nature likes to keep us in check \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n

Anyway, I wanted to go for a nice fall ride in search of fabulous leaves. 409.5 is a favorite fall ride of mine, and the new Point Lookout ascent to it makes for a dramatically scenic ride. Throw in a bit of Strand action, and it’s hard to think of a fall ride that’s much better than that. I was joined by our friend Adam.
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It turns out, we were in the prime of the leaves on 409.
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The occasional meadows allowed for beautiful backdrops.
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Point Lookout is definitely among the most scenic of trails in Crested Butte.
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Mount Crested Butte towering over a rainbow wave of trees.
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Glowing golden aspens were everywhere.
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I never ever tire of this valley view.
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The descent down 409.5 is one of the best in the valley, and has been a top 5 favorite of mine for years.
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My kind of yellow brick road.
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Even the cows seemed happy.
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At the end of the trail, the fall scenery was accentuated by the building thunderstorm in the distance.
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But, we still had more to ride. On to Strand Bonus.
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Mountains radiated the colors of autumn.
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I often overlook Strand Bonus to ride Strand proper instead. But, I was reminded of how fun and scenic this ride is too.
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I paused to enjoy the moment.
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September-summer is a-okay with me \ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Fall riding in Crested Butte is when mountain biking is at its best. And 409 to Point Lookout to 409.5 to Strand is one of the most colorful fall rides!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":10551,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[4,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10544","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-biking","category-crested-butte"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10544","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10544"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10544\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":429088,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10544\/revisions\/429088"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10551"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10544"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10544"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10544"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}