{"id":637,"date":"2009-09-01T20:18:35","date_gmt":"2009-09-02T02:18:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.14erskiers.com\/blog\/?p=637"},"modified":"2009-09-01T20:18:35","modified_gmt":"2009-09-02T02:18:35","slug":"409-and-a-half-to-402-83009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/14erskiers.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/409-and-a-half-to-402-83009\/","title":{"rendered":"409 and a Half to 402 8.30.09"},"content":{"rendered":"

I just finished a crazy few days of riding with some out of town friends. Starting Thursday afternoon, I ended up riding Green lake, then Bear to Doctor’s on Friday, 401 on Saturday, and 409.5\/402\/Tony’s on Sunday. All told, that’s about 110 miles of bike riding, on some of the very best Crested Butte has to offer. I have photos from some of the other rides, but I’ll start with what may have been the best of the bunch, 409.5\/402.<\/p>\n

Joining me that day were usual suspects Zach and Tom, plus Javier from Guadalajara, Mexico, and Adam, a recent arrival to the area now in his first year at Western State College. It’s always fun to ride with new people- Adam did a whole lot better than I would have at his age on a 40ish mile ride, while Javier was a great rider whose father started the first bike shop in Guadalajara, Mexico’s second largest city. 18 years of riding and Javier declared Sunday’s ride “best all-time!”. Glad I could do my part to show the goods of CB. Anyway, on to the pics…<\/p>\n

We started down highway 135 and saw a rare sight in these parts- a moose, about halfway in between Crested Butte and CB South.
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Then we started down 409.5. Definite top-5 trail in the Crested Butte area, Zach in the upper meadows here:
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Tom, in a dark photo that screams out “fall is on the way”
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409.5 has a bunch of perfect drainage bars that are taylor-made for a little airtime. Zach took this shot of me:
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From there we made our way up to 402, one of the area’s most technically challenging trails. Zach, getting delerious:
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We didn’t shoot too many photos on 402 with an approaching thunderstorm on the way, but I did take a quick shot of Adam on his way through the bottom of the trail.
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After that, the skies eventually cleared and we made out way up to Tony’s to finish off the ride in style. I ate a quick burrito at Teocalli Tamale, and then had to ride the 3 or 4 miles back up the hill to my condo in Mount Crested Butte. A bit of a crusher, but a near perfect day nonetheless. More on those other rides later….<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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