Leadville: Ride 8 - Silver Rush 50 Scouting Route
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Take a grueling tour of Leadville’s historic mining district as you scout the Silver Rush 50-mile race course. Don’t get frustrated while riding if you begin to feel like a rat trapped in a maze. Without the benefit of course marshals and flagging, you will probably have a very tough time following this route. Though the Google Earth route line depicted here wanders a bit from the actual roads, you can get a very accurate sense of the route by reading the book while zooming in on critical turns and landmarks.
Because the course tends to weave through a web of rugged, unmarked, and unmapped roads, your best bet for scouting is to load the .gpx file into a GPS and refer to the guidebook when in doubt (expect variances between your GPS mileage readings and the elevation-corrected values presented in the book). No GPS? Visit the official race web site and download the course map; be prepared to calibrate the mileage difference between your cycling computer and the values presented in the book.
Because the course tends to weave through a web of rugged, unmarked, and unmapped roads, your best bet for scouting is to load the .gpx file into a GPS and refer to the guidebook when in doubt (expect variances between your GPS mileage readings and the elevation-corrected values presented in the book). No GPS? Visit the official race web site and download the course map; be prepared to calibrate the mileage difference between your cycling computer and the values presented in the book.
Ride length: 46.2 miles
Ride type: out-and-back
Riding time: 5-10 hours
Surface: paved road (0.8 miles); dirt road (45.4 miles)
Elevations: start/end 9,950’; max 12,020’; min 9,950’
Total climbing: gain/loss 7,715’
Aerobic level: strenuous
Technical level: 3+ (some descents are more difficult)
Season: June through October
USGS Quadrangles: Leadville South, Climax, Mount Sherman
Ride type: out-and-back
Riding time: 5-10 hours
Surface: paved road (0.8 miles); dirt road (45.4 miles)
Elevations: start/end 9,950’; max 12,020’; min 9,950’
Total climbing: gain/loss 7,715’
Aerobic level: strenuous
Technical level: 3+ (some descents are more difficult)
Season: June through October
USGS Quadrangles: Leadville South, Climax, Mount Sherman