Snowy Range Wyoming

Ktapply · 07-08-2010, 10:01 PM

Check out pics from our weekend at the Snowy Range near Centennial Wyoming....

K_N_Fodder · 07-08-2010, 10:21 PM

Nice! My wife and I were in Laramie and the surrounding area for the last two days... never made it to the Snowy's but we did get out on our mountainbikes to the Curt Gowdy State Park area towards Cheyenne. I saw a handful of ADV looking riders in Laramie :)

Ktapply · 07-09-2010, 09:32 AM

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Originally Posted by K_N_Fodder

Nice! My wife and I were in Laramie and the surrounding area for the last two days... never made it to the Snowy's but we did get out on our mountainbikes to the Curt Gowdy State Park area towards Cheyenne. I saw a handful of ADV looking riders in Laramie :)

Most people aren't even aware that this exists so close. Even when it's "busy" in the middle of summer, it's never crowded. They got so much snow this winter the pathways have not been cleared so it will be a very short use season this summer.

We enjoy this ride a lot. There are several routes to take; from Ft Colllins take Hwy 14 over Cameron Pass to Walden, North to Riverside/Saratoga to Wyoming 130 over Snowy Range to Laramie, back to FTC via Highway 287 is a good one. If you have more time 287 to Laramie to WY130 over Snowy Range to Riverside to Baggs via hwy 70 South via hwy 13 to Craig Colorado then to Steamboat, rabbit ears pass to Kremmling into Rocky Mountain National Park to Estes Park etc.....

Just depends in the time you have.......

K_N_Fodder · 07-09-2010, 02:16 PM

Nice! I talked to a gentleman at the local Yamaha/KTM/? dealer in Laramie and he pointed out all of the DS roads and trails in the Snowy's. I was dyin without having my bike up there...

Man Windsor has gone nuts over the years.

mtncrawler · 07-09-2010, 02:20 PM

Sweet pics and ride!

Was just up there myself a couple weeks ago. I was able to connect Hahns Peak, CO up to WY70 (just west of Encampment) via FR550, and then looped back over the Snowies.

Like you said, some great riding up there that few seem to go explore!

byways · 07-09-2010, 06:05 PM

Wow! I've been hoping to get there for many months now. Any good dirt ADV routes (once the snow's clear)?

DockingPilot · 07-09-2010, 06:52 PM

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Originally Posted by byways

Wow! I've been hoping to get there for many months now. Any good dirt ADV routes (once the snow's clear)?

The teacher asking the class ?

byways · 07-09-2010, 07:38 PM

Darn you DP, you're everywhere!

Seriously, I suspect the Snowies are one of the West's last undiscovered gems.

Blakebird · 07-09-2010, 07:44 PM

The Snowy Range is a great ride, we do it a couple times a year. It's aptly named too, it stays cold and refreshing up there

Up the Cache la Poudre to Walden, lunch in Saratoga, and over the Snowies to Laramie and 287 back - makes for a nice 500 mile day from our place.
You're right about being non-crowded, Kevin, you rarely see more than a few cars.

Looks brisk up there now!

RobertInColorado · 07-09-2010, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by byways

Wow! I've been hoping to get there for many months now. Any good dirt ADV routes (once the snow's clear)?

I was up there over 4th of July weekend in my Jeep, pulling dirt bikes... we took those up rather than the big bike, so my son could ride. We camped in the National Forest off Ehlin Road/FS338 just west of Centennial, off 130. There were quite a few trails back in there. I picked up a free map at that little shop/diner in Centennial and it looks like some good routes I'd like to go back and check out.
Wasn't very crowded at all for the 4th and there were some old cabin ruins, mines, lakes, etc for scenery.... and one run in with an angry grouse that rushed out at the bikes from the woods and started nipping at our boots.

GB · 07-09-2010, 08:06 PM

Great ride and pics!

Moved to Day Trippin'

prometheus rising · 07-10-2010, 06:22 AM

Sweet ride and gorgeous pics of a magnificent area

, How cold was it there?

jbcaddy · 07-10-2010, 09:34 AM

WOW, thanks for the memories. I worked at a sawmill in Centennial years ago. My grandfather was born in a log cabin over near Saratoga in 1890.
cold dark winter is what I remember the most. JB

LewisNClark · 07-10-2010, 10:30 AM

Centennial, WY:

75 F high for the day, 46 F tonight, Rain for next several days...
(Atlanta 96 F degrees of misery!)

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Originally Posted by prometheus rising

Sweet ride and gorgeous pics of a magnificent area

, How cold was it there?

Spat · 07-17-2010, 08:21 PM

Looks like a better place to be than this heat of Denver.

Hope the RT is treating you right

07-08-2010, 10:01 PM	#1
Ktapply ^OP Dogmatic Joined: Mar 2004 Location: Windsor, Colorado USA Oddometer: 825	Snowy Range Wyoming Check out pics from our weekend at the Snowy Range near Centennial Wyoming.... __________________ Kevin Tapply Windsor, Colorado We all have big changes in our lives that are more or less a second chance. ~Harrison Ford Ktapply screwed with this post 07-08-2010 at 10:09 PM

07-09-2010, 02:20 PM	#5
mtncrawler Studly Adventurer Joined: May 2003 Location: Fort Collins, CO Oddometer: 750	Sweet pics and ride! Was just up there myself a couple weeks ago. I was able to connect Hahns Peak, CO up to WY70 (just west of Encampment) via FR550, and then looped back over the Snowies. Like you said, some great riding up there that few seem to go explore! __________________ 2009 BMW R1200 GSA.. 2007 BMW 650 XChallenge.. 2004 BMW R1150 GSA (Gone.. ) "You think dogs will not be in heaven? I tell you, they will be there long before any of us." Robert Louis Stevenson

07-09-2010, 06:05 PM	#6
byways byways Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Idaho Oddometer: 1,488	Wow! I've been hoping to get there for many months now. Any good dirt ADV routes (once the snow's clear)? __________________ Tony Huegel Backcountry Byways Journal Leave No Trace Heart of the West Adventure Route (a.k.a. Forever West)

07-09-2010, 07:38 PM	#8
byways byways Joined: Dec 2006 Location: Idaho Oddometer: 1,488	Darn you DP, you're everywhere! Seriously, I suspect the Snowies are one of the West's last undiscovered gems. __________________ Tony Huegel Backcountry Byways Journal Leave No Trace Heart of the West Adventure Route (a.k.a. Forever West)

07-09-2010, 07:44 PM	#9
Blakebird r-u-n-n-o-f-t Joined: Feb 2004 Location: Parker, CO Oddometer: 12,186	The Snowy Range is a great ride, we do it a couple times a year. It's aptly named too, it stays cold and refreshing up there Up the Cache la Poudre to Walden, lunch in Saratoga, and over the Snowies to Laramie and 287 back - makes for a nice 500 mile day from our place. You're right about being non-crowded, Kevin, you rarely see more than a few cars. Looks brisk up there now! __________________ '12 VFR 1200 . '13 TR650 Terra . IBA #11735 . 1968-present

07-08-2010, 10:21 PM	#2
K_N_Fodder Weekend Warrior Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Back in Bend! Oddometer: 812	Nice! My wife and I were in Laramie and the surrounding area for the last two days... never made it to the Snowy's but we did get out on our mountainbikes to the Curt Gowdy State Park area towards Cheyenne. I saw a handful of ADV looking riders in Laramie :)

07-09-2010, 02:16 PM	#4
K_N_Fodder Weekend Warrior Joined: Nov 2006 Location: Back in Bend! Oddometer: 812	Nice! I talked to a gentleman at the local Yamaha/KTM/? dealer in Laramie and he pointed out all of the DS roads and trails in the Snowy's. I was dyin without having my bike up there... Man Windsor has gone nuts over the years.

07-09-2010, 08:06 PM	#11
GB Mod Squad Joined: Aug 2002 Location: Toronto, ON Oddometer: 53,454	Great ride and pics! Moved to Day Trippin' __________________ ADV decals, patches & flag? Here

07-10-2010, 06:22 AM	#12
prometheus rising Ghost In The Machine Joined: Jul 2008 Oddometer: 597	Sweet ride and gorgeous pics of a magnificent area , How cold was it there? __________________ Joe And now here is my secret, a very simple secret; it is only with the heart that one can see rightly, what is essential is invisible to the eye. - Antoine De Saint-Exupery The Adirondacks and Beyond

07-10-2010, 09:34 AM	#13
jbcaddy Studly Adventurer Joined: Jan 2010 Location: Oroville & Placerville, California U.S.ofA. Oddometer: 939	WOW, thanks for the memories. I worked at a sawmill in Centennial years ago. My grandfather was born in a log cabin over near Saratoga in 1890. cold dark winter is what I remember the most. JB

07-17-2010, 08:21 PM	#15
Spat Studly Adventurer Joined: Jul 2003 Location: Lakewood, Co Oddometer: 814	Looks like a better place to be than this heat of Denver. Hope the RT is treating you right __________________ Spat FLHGSSXDR.Patrol Red Green: You ever see one of these? It's called a GPS, this thing uses satellites to tell you where you are, which means that every man can have a five-hundred-dollar reason not to ask for directions.

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