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Alternate pages

/Old: Mika's original alternate plan
/Packing list

Planning page for our hot summer bike tour in Utah and Colorado!

Someone's Salt Lake to Denver trip
direct Google routing from SLC to Breckenridge.

Day -1 ✈️: Seattle → Salt Lake City

Thursday July 28, 2022

Time: SEA; SLC
Stay: Reservation
Mileage: N/A
Highest altitude: ~4200ft

Resources:

Salt Lake City WikiVoyage

Day 0: Seattle → Salt Lake City

Friday July 29, 2022

Time: SEA; SLC
Stay: Reservation
Mileage: N/A
Highest altitude: ~4200ft
Plan: Build bikes and get ready to go

Resources:

Salt Lake City WikiVoyage

Day 1: 🚲 Salt Lake City → Yellow Pine Campground

Saturday July 30, 2022

Stay: Yellow Pine Campground
Mileage: ~65mi 6200ft or ~60mi and 7100ft
Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
Weather: Hot (>30C).

Resources:

[TODO] [reserve on recreation.gov] https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10048898 [lots of availability]

Alternatives:

(b) knotty pine resort or (c) shingle creek atv campground

Day 2: 🚲 Yellow Pine Camground → Starvation State Park

Sunday July 31, 2022

Stay: Starvation State Park
Mileage: ~44mi (4800 ft)
Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
Weather: Hot (>30C).

Resources:

https://utahstateparks.reserveamerica.com/camping/fred-hayes-state-park-at-starvation/r/campgroundDetails.do?contractCode=UT&parkId=342801#sr_a [lots of availability]
Alternative: Strawberry River Bed and Breakfast in Duchesne (or a best western)

Day 3: 🚲 Starvation → Vernal

Monday August 1, 2022

Stay: [TODO]
Mileage
Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
Weather: Hot (>30C).

Resources:

dinosaurland koa maybe? seems kinda expensive so mayb ejust get a hotel?

Day 4: 🚲 Vernal → Kenney Resevoir

Tuesday August 2, 2022

Stay: [TODO]
Mileage: 63mi 1500ft (pretty flat)
Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
Weather: [TODO]

Notes:

the more attractive route goes south along 45, changes to old bonanza hwy and crosses along a little unpaved road.
Alternative route going into Bonanza and then Stanton seems doable. It's only 6-7mi more.

Resources:

Day 5: 🚲 Kenney Resevoir → Rifle State Park

Wednesday August 3, 2022

Stay: Rifle State Park [TODO]
Mileage: ~87mi but only 3k feet
Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
Weather: Hot (>30C).

Resources:

kenney resenvoir to rifle gap state park (87 miles (quite long) but only 3k ft

Alternatives:

Elkhaven Lodge is in a better place but it's $300 and minimum 2nights. We could call?
Trail and Hitch RVpark and Tiny Home Hotel has a sauna and wifi and $15 tent spots (Available); sadly, tinyhomes are only available for a 2-night stay. It's only (54mi from kenney) but it sets up a killer 100mi day for the last day assuming we stay in Glenwood Springs.

Day 6: 🚲 Rifle State Park → Wolcott BLM Campground

Thursday August 4, 2022

Stay: Wolcott BLM Campground
Mileage: [To Be Decided]
Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
Weather: Hot (>30C).

Resources:

Itinerary:

Leg 1: 15mi from campground to New Castle
Bus: from New Castle to Glenwood
Pool in Glenwood Springs hot springs
Leg 2: 40 mi to Wolcott BLM campground

Alternative would be to stay in a Best Western (or similar) in Eagle. Kinda expensive for what it is, honestly!

Resources:

Bus from New Castle to to glenwood springs: https://www.rfta.com/routes/hogback-rifle/
Not all spots take bikes so I think we need to go from the stop on 6th in new castle to the Park & Ride in Glenwood springs. we should save the full text

It's hard to do given the 100 mi to Breckenridge but It would be nice to stay in Glenwood Springs for the night since there's a hot spring there but it sets up a pretty rough day.

Glenwood resources:

If we stay in glenwood, there is a "resort" with camping sites although they are quite expensive ($67) so a hotel might be easier.
Hotels in Glenwood Springs are werdly expensive. the "best" hotel is a 3-star Hotel Denver is that is like $250 for the night.

Day 7: 🚲 Wolcott BLM Campground → Breckenridge

Friday August 5, 2022

Stay
Mileage
Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
Weather: Hot (>30C).

The first thing with emma is 5-9pm so it would be good to arrive as close to 5pm as possible. if we do 100 we'll want to be rolling by like 6am.

Option a: if we stay in glenwood, it's a little under 100 mi into breckenridge (and 5.6k feet of climbing. Basically the first 80 seems like a gradual river valley climb).. it's possible and it's the last day so might be OK?
If we stay in Eagle or Wolcott it would be just 70 or 60 mi into breckenridge the next day.

Resources:

Day 8: Wedding!

Stay
Mileage
Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
Weather: Hot (>30C).

Day 9: 🚌 Breckenridge → Denver

Stay: [TODO]
Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
Weather: Hot (>30C).

Itinerary:

[TODO] bus ticket (buy tickets)
[TODO] Meow Wolf (buy tickets)

Day 9: ✈️ Denver → Seattle

Stay: [To Be Decided]
Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
Weather: Hot (>30C).

Places to visit

Arches National Park
Dark Sky Parks - parks where you can see lots of stars
Canyonlands National Park
The Narrows in Zion National Park

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+== Alternate pages ==
 * [[/Old]]: Mika's original alternate plan
+* [[/Packing list]]
 Planning page for our hot summer bike tour in Utah and Colorado!
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 * [https://ridewithgps.com/routes/4204340 Someone's Salt Lake to Denver trip]
 * [https://ridewithgps.com/routes/39348063 direct Google routing] from SLC to Breckenridge.
-* [[Bike tour/July 2022/Packing list]]
-* Note that the minimum altitude will be around 4000ft and we'll go up to 12000ft.
+== Day -1 ✈️: Seattle → Salt Lake City ==
+'''Thursday July 28, 2022'''
+;Time: SEA; SLC
+;Stay: Reservation
+;Mileage: N/A
+;Highest altitude: ~4200ft
-== Places to visit ==
+Resources:
-* [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Arches_National_Park Arches National Park]
+* [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City Salt Lake City WikiVoyage]
-* [https://www.visitutah.com/places-to-go/dark-sky-parks Dark Sky Parks] - parks where you can see lots of stars
-* [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Canyonlands_National_Park Canyonlands National Park]
-* [https://www.nps.gov/zion/planyourvisit/thenarrows.htm The Narrows] in Zion National Park
 == Day 0: Seattle → Salt Lake City ==
-'''July 25, 2022'''
+'''Friday July 29, 2022'''
 ;Time: SEA; SLC
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 ;Mileage: N/A
 ;Highest altitude: ~4200ft
+;Plan: Build bikes and get ready to go
 Resources:
@@ Line 29: / Line 36: @@
 * [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Salt_Lake_City Salt Lake City WikiVoyage]
-== Day 1: 🚲 Salt Lake City → Park City ==
+== Day 1: 🚲 Salt Lake City → Yellow Pine Campground ==
+'''Saturday July 30, 2022'''
+;Stay: Yellow Pine Campground
+;Mileage: ~65mi 6200ft or ~60mi and 7100ft
+;Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
+;Weather: Hot (>30C).
+Resources:
+* {{todo}} [reserve on recreation.gov] https://www.recreation.gov/camping/campgrounds/10048898 [lots of availability]
+Alternatives:
+(b) knotty pine resort or (c) shingle creek atv campground
+== Day 2: 🚲 Yellow Pine Camground → Starvation State Park ==
-'''July 26, 2022'''
+'''Sunday July 31, 2022'''
-;Stay:
+;Stay: Starvation State Park
 ;Mileage: ~44mi (4800 ft)
-;Food: breakfast in town - pickup; lunch pickup in; dinner
+;Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
 ;Weather: Hot (>30C).
+Resources:
+* https://utahstateparks.reserveamerica.com/camping/fred-hayes-state-park-at-starvation/r/campgroundDetails.do?contractCode=UT&parkId=342801#sr_a [lots of availability]
+* Alternative: Strawberry River Bed and Breakfast in Duchesne (or a best western)
+== Day 3: 🚲 Starvation → Vernal  ==
+'''Monday August 1, 2022'''
+;Stay:  {{todo}}
+;Mileage:
+;Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
+;Weather: Hot (>30C).
 Resources:
-* Breakfast
+dinosaurland koa maybe? seems kinda expensive so mayb ejust get a hotel?
-* [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Park_City Park City WikiVoyage]
-== Day 2: 🚲 Park City → Warm Spring Retreat ==
+== Day 4: 🚲 Vernal → Kenney Resevoir  ==
-'''July 26, 2022'''
+'''Tuesday August 2, 2022'''
-;Stay: Warm Springs Retreat?
+;Stay: {{todo}}
-;Mileage: 51 mi (3800 ft) to campground
+;Mileage: 63mi 1500ft (pretty flat)
-;Food: breakfast;lunch ;dinner
+;Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
+;Weather: {{todo}}
 Notes:
+* the more attractive route goes south along 45, changes to old bonanza hwy and crosses along a little unpaved road.
+* Alternative route going into Bonanza and then Stanton seems doable. It's only 6-7mi more.
-*
+Resources:
-== Day 3: 🚲 Warm Spring Retreat? → Bottle Hollow Campground? ==
+== Day 5: 🚲 Kenney Resevoir →  Rifle State Park ==
-'''July 27, 2022'''
+'''Wednesday August 3, 2022'''
-;Stay: Bottle Hollow Campground
+;Stay: Rifle State Park {{todo}}
-;Mileage: 60 mi (ft)
+;Mileage: ~87mi but only 3k feet
-;Food: ; lunch ; dinner
+;Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
+;Weather: Hot (>30C).
-Notes:
+Resources:
+* kenney resenvoir to rifle gap state park (87 miles (quite long) but only 3k ft
+Alternatives:
-*
+* Elkhaven Lodge is in a better place but it's $300 and minimum 2nights. We could call?
+* Trail and Hitch RVpark and Tiny Home Hotel has a sauna and wifi and $15 tent spots (Available); sadly, tinyhomes are only available for a 2-night stay. It's only (54mi from kenney) but it sets up a killer 100mi day for the last day assuming we stay in Glenwood Springs.
-== Day 4: 🚲 Bottle Hollow Campground?→ Split Mountain Campground? ==
+== Day 6: 🚲 Rifle State Park → Wolcott BLM Campground ==
-'''July 28, 2022'''
+'''Thursday August 4, 2022'''
-;Stay:
+;Stay: Wolcott BLM Campground
-;Mileage: 40mi? (ft)
+;Mileage: {{tbd}}
-;Food: breakfast; lunch; dinner
+;Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
+;Weather: Hot (>30C).
-Notes:
+Resources:
-== Day 5: 🚲 Split Mountain Campground → Echo Park Campground ==
+Itinerary:
-'''July 29, 2022'''
+* Leg 1: 15mi from campground to New Castle
+* Bus: from New Castle to Glenwood
+* Pool in Glenwood Springs hot springs
+* Leg 2: 40 mi to Wolcott BLM campground
-;Stay:
+Alternative would be to stay in a Best Western (or similar) in Eagle. Kinda expensive for what it is, honestly!
-;Mileage: mi (ft)
-;Food: breakfast; lunch; dinner
-Resources and links:
+Resources:
-== Day 6: Hiking Day? ==
+* Bus from New Castle to to glenwood springs: https://www.rfta.com/routes/hogback-rifle/
+* Not all spots take bikes so I think we need to go from the stop on 6th in new castle to the Park & Ride in Glenwood springs. we should save the full text
-'''July 30, 2022'''
+It's hard to do given the 100 mi to Breckenridge but It would be nice to stay in Glenwood Springs for the night since there's a hot spring there but it sets up a pretty rough day.
-;Stay:
+Glenwood resources:
-;Mileage: mi (ft)
-;Food: breakfast; lunch; dinner
-Resources and links:
+* If we stay in glenwood, there is [https://resnexus.com/resnexus/reservations/book/70145D2B-FB4C-4B12-A817-98D68A7480EF a "resort" with camping sites] although they are quite expensive ($67) so a hotel might be easier.
+* Hotels in Glenwood Springs are werdly expensive. the "best" hotel is a 3-star Hotel Denver is that is like $250 for the night.
-== Day 7: 🚲 Echo Park Campground → somewhere near Hayden? ==
+== Day 7: 🚲 Wolcott BLM Campground → Breckenridge ==
-'''July 31, 2022'''
+'''Friday August 5, 2022'''
 ;Stay:
-;Mileage: mi (ft)
+;Mileage:
-;Food: breakfast; lunch; dinner
+;Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
+;Weather: Hot (>30C).
+* The first thing with emma is 5-9pm so it would be good to arrive as close to 5pm as possible. if we do 100 we'll want to be rolling by like 6am.
-Resources and links:
+* Option a: if we stay in glenwood, it's a little under 100 mi into breckenridge (and 5.6k feet of climbing. Basically the first 80 seems like a gradual river valley climb).. it's possible and it's the last day so might be OK?
+* If we stay in Eagle or Wolcott it would be just 70 or 60 mi into breckenridge the next day.
-== Day 8: 🚲 Echo Park Campground → somewhere near Hayden? ==
+Resources:
-'''Aug 1, 2022'''
+== Day 8: Wedding! ==
 ;Stay:
-;Mileage: mi (ft)
+;Mileage:
-;Food: breakfast; lunch; dinner
+;Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
+;Weather: Hot (>30C).
-Resources and links:
+== Day 9: 🚌 Breckenridge → Denver ==
+;Stay: {{todo}}
+;Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
+;Weather: Hot (>30C).
+Itinerary:
+* {{todo}} bus ticket (buy tickets)
+* {{todo}} Meow Wolf (buy tickets)
-== Day 9: 🚲 Hayden? → somewhere near Toponas? ==
+== Day 9: ✈️ Denver → Seattle ==
-'''Aug 2, 2022'''
+;Stay: {{tbd}}
+;Food: breakfast?; lunch ?; dinner ?
-;Stay:
+;Weather: Hot (>30C).
-;Mileage: mi (ft)
-;Food: breakfast; lunch; dinner
-Resources and links:
-== Day 10: 🚲 Toponas? → Breckenridge! ==
-'''Aug 2, 2022'''
-;Stay:
+== Places to visit ==
-;Mileage: mi (ft)
-;Food: breakfast; lunch; dinner
-Resources and links:
+* [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Arches_National_Park Arches National Park]
+* [https://www.visitutah.com/places-to-go/dark-sky-parks Dark Sky Parks] - parks where you can see lots of stars
+* [https://en.wikivoyage.org/wiki/Canyonlands_National_Park Canyonlands National Park]
+* [https://www.nps.gov/zion/planyourvisit/thenarrows.htm The Narrows] in Zion National Park