Welcome to the 2013 Edition!
(2010, 2011, 2012 Results below in comments)
Ride Sponsors: Matt Turgeon, Danny Powers, Joey Ernst
Photos and Blog Reports from 2011 & 2012:
Aaron Kimble (2011) Jill Heuckman (2011) Jeff Kerkove in 2011 2012 Video &Report Chad Cheeney (2011) Sonya Looney (2011) Matt Turgeon (2011) Tom Purvis 2012 2012 Mountain Flyer Article Crested Butte News
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No more than 74 people allowed for this event!
This is intended to be NON-COMMERCIAL, Recreational-Use Activities that are held on parts of USFS lands in compliance with USFS Special Use Rules and Regulations.
Please make sure to read all rules for this. This is fully unsupported and you will need to be self-sufficient in order to complete this. The rules are located HERE.
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When: Saturday, June 29, 2013 – 6AM
What: Singletrack, high elevation, back country self supported endurance epic.
Maps Needed: Latitude 40 Maps
“Durango Colorado Trails”, 3rd Edition
GPS Route: None developed. If you wish to develop one, please share it with the others.
Start: 6:00 AM, Velorution Cycles: 1077 Main Ave, Durango, CO 81301
Do NOT park at the start location. Please ride over to the Start.
Finish: Whenever you make it back in town. Velorution Cycles: 1077 Main Ave, Durango, CO 81301. A clipboard will be at Velorution for you to sign out.
Post-Ride Party: Carver Brewing located across the street from Velorution. Carver will donate a free beer to all finishers and is holding space for us on their patio!
Pot-Luck Style Support: The DDC in 2012 will have very basic support at the top of Hermosa Creek, Hotel Draw and top of Kennebec Pass. These will be very basic in the sense that what you donate, we will find a way for it to make it aid stations. Please drop off all food & drink donations at start location the morning of the DDC.
We also need people to volunteer to work the aid stations. If your spouse, family members, or friends wish to help out, please let us know. At each aid station they can go for a hike, bike ride or just hang out while the DDC riders roll through.
So if you like potato chips, cookies, soda pop, or even your grandma’s home cooked lasagna – please donate! Also the aid station workers like to drink beer, and sometimes lots of it, so ANY donation will be appreciated. This keeps them very interested in supporting you.
In addition, in 2011 and 2012 Ska Brewing Company kindly DONATED beer which we gave to the aid station volunteers, and we hope to gain their support again in 2013! But this is not guaranteed, so please donate beer in addition to the food and drink if you can.
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Description of Route: This route will start in Durango, CO and follow paved roads out to the Hermosa Creek Trail Head. Hermosa Creek Trail will be climbed to Bolam Pass Road and connect on the Colorado Trail at Celebration Lake. Follow the Colorado Trail all the way back into Durango.
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Detailed Directions:
1. From the start location, we will ride through town * as a neutral roll out group * up to CR 203. Once on CR 203 there is no longer a neutral roll out. Follow CR 203 all the way to CR 201. From there follow signs to Hermosa Creek Trailhead.
2. At the Hermosa Creek Campground, follow the Hermosa Creek (lower) Trailhead to the Hermosa Creek (Upper) Trailhead at the intersection with Hermosa Park Road/Bolam Pass Road, turning left. Follow Bolam Pass Road up to Celebration Lake.
3. At Celebration Lake turn onto the Colorado Trail. Follow this trail down to the Junction Creek Trailhead. At Junction Creek, follow the paved road back into Durango via Junction Street/W. 25th. Turn right at W. 2nd and follow this to W. Park/Roosa. From here back to Velorution with post ride party announcement to be made later.
If you made it this far, you have just finished the Durango Dirty Century!
Note: This one should be impossible to get lost on…although that means, of course, someone inevitably will. ;-) This will be an epic ride on the CT through Black Hawk and Indian Peaks. Expect ~97-miles and over 13.5 of climbing, with 12 of those miles paved road, 4 dirt road, and the remaining singletrack trail! Don’t miss the opportunity!
“B” Ride option: For those wanting a lesser route, after climbing Hermosa Trail, follow Bolam Pass Road to the left hand turn at Hotel Draw – climb here to the Colorado Trail. This will cut out ~3000-ft of climbing and ~15-miles of the Black Hawk loop. Estimate here should be around 82-miles total. Please note your intent to do “B” ride in the registration section.
PLEASE USE THE REGISTRATION PAGE IF YOU WISH TO ENTER.
This page has the following sub pages.
2010 Results
Congrats to everyone who made it out. Awesome time and one heck of an adventure. Amazing food and beer afterward at Durango Brewing Company, and Kip got the honors of free beer and a growler to go!
Timers started at Bread and ended at Durango Brewing Company. Final miles were 97 for the Full DDC with 13,700-ft of climbing. Some mud, some rain, some snow, a few fallen trees did slow things down a bit, but it did not stop these folks from giving it a try!
Full DDC
Place Name Total Time Notes
Kip Biese 11:34
Ryan Douglas 12:24 (SS)
Steve Reiter 12:53
Matt Turgeon 12:53 (SS)
Doug Byerly 14:11
Jeff Hemperley 14:19 (SS)
Scott Broome 14:19
Scott Deming DNF
Brad Hunt DNF
Billy Schaaphok DNF
Mike Carpenter DNF
Aaron Countryman DNF
Jeff Vierling DNF
Jay Lewindowski DNF
Anthony Maguire DNS
Brian Blair DNS
Stephanie Grant DNS
Adam Fleener DNS
Greg Backman DNS
Thomas Ray DNS
Jordan Carr DNS
Irfan Khan DNS
Paul Adams DNS
Scott DeMers DNS
Casey Roberts DNS
DDC – Plan B
Place Name Total Time
Andrew Black 11:50
Danny Powers 12:49
DNS
2011 Results:
Congrats to everyone who showed up this year and attempted this monster! It was a bluebird sky day, with awesome temperatures and clear visibility, even with the fires down in New Mexico. We started from San Juan Cycles and rolled out to Hermosa Park and once the climb started people got down to business. Some went for a time trial, others went for a ride, and still others just tried to survive! We had excellent support at our three aid stations, and thanks to everyone who brought food and beverages to support the riders! We also received product from Hammer Nutrition, and at the last minute we got a wonderful care package from Nate Bird of Honey Stinger. Ska Beer kept the aid stations well lubricated, and it was surely enjoyed by more than a few riders at the top of Kennebec Pass!
There will be lots of stories to share, and I know a lot of you took pictures, so please share if you will by posting links here!
Here are the preliminary results, so please post here if corrections are needed.
The Big ‘A’ Ride:
Joey Ernst – 12 hours, 22 mins
Doug Johnson – 12:22
Ken Boyer – 13:05
Jeff Kerkove – 13:05
Danny Powers – 13:19
Matt Turgeon (SS) – 13:35
Ryan Douglas (SS) – 14:06
Sonya Looney (W) – 14:32
Andrew Carney (SS) – 14:32
Jordan Carr – 14:32
Pete Basinger – 14:53
Rebecca Barfoot (W) – 18:05
Jill Hueckman (W) – 18:05
Aaron Kimble – 23:05
Chris McGovern (SS) – DNF
Kirby Bryant (SS) – DNF
Tom Ober – DNF
Rick Callies – DNF (broken derailleur)
Phil Patrick – DNF
Jon Csansky – DNF
The Bad ‘B’ Ride:
Nick Gould – 9:52
Brendan Schafer – 10:44
Robin Guillame (SS) – 10:49
Bret Bernard – 11:28
Blake Ward – 12:06
Walker Lowe – 12:12
Lyra Parker (W) (SS) – 12:25
Ivan Unkovskoy (SS) – 12:25
Lenny Goodell (SS) – 12:53
Billy Schaaphok – 12:53
Mike Mangan – 13:04
Scott Cary – 13:04
Ashley Oelschlaeger – 13:04
Kelly Klett (SS) – 13:24
Sarah Uhl (W) – 14:26
Chad Cheeney – DNF (broken frame)
The ‘C’ Challenge:
Troy Hachmann – 9:45
Andrew Ferguson – unk
Vic Rudolf – DNF
Did Not Start:
Aaron Sublett
Sara Delano
Dax Massey
Scott McCalmon
Tyler Holland
Jeffery Hemperley
Joey Parent
Doug Byerly
TR Larsen
Maxfield LaFortune
Trent Cooper
Eric Herchmer
(W) denotes Woman rider, (SS) is for single speeder
See you all next year!
2012 Preliminary Results:
Congrats to all of the people who came out to race the DDC in 2012! With all of June being dry as a bone, the monsoon rains decided to come on all at once and drench the La Platas. The DDC took mercy on the fast riders and the guys up front mostly escaped the rain, while the rest of the field got hammered and the big gap in the finish reflects this. Torrential rain up on Blackhawk for some, and later on for others an even harder rain up near Kennebec.
The aid stations manned by Walker, Amanda, Sherry, Carson, Brian and a few others were awesome, and we all owe them a huge THANK YOU for braving the elements to support us.
Here are the Preliminary Results. Please post here if there is incorrect information.
The Big ‘A” Ride – 100-miles
Zach Guy 10:35 (new course record)
Matt Schiff 10:57
Kip Biese 10:58
Jesse Jakomait 11:05
Dave Farmer 11:19
Fred Hankinson 11:35
Jeff Kerkove 11:53
Jason Michalak 12:45
Cat Morrison (W) 13:40
Matt Turgeon (SS) 14:15
Todd Kennedy 14:35
Dwayne Otto 14:40
Dan Holmes 14:40
Ian Altman 14:41
Joeseph Shults 15:22
Chris Parks 15:37
Becky Sears (W) 16:03
Danny Powers DNF
Michael Scott DNS
Mike Robinson DNF
Joey Ernst DNF
Dave Timmons DNF
Tony Wilhelms DNF
Brian Sullivan DNF
Charlie Domas DNS
Jill Heuckman DNS
Greg Lewis DNF
Robbin Guillaume (SS) DNF
Kevin Lutgen DNF
Jeff Hemperley DNS
Tim Wilcox DNF
Alex Howard DNF
Tom Purvis DNF
Jens Nielsen DNF
Aaron Kimble DNF
Doug Byerly DNS
Eric Schweikardt DNF
Steve Chambers DNF
Miles Venzara DNF
Travis Brown DNS
Steve Reiter (SS) DNF
The B Ride – 80 miles
Kirby Bryant (SS) 10:35
Billy Schaaphok (SS) 12:16
Walt Brown 14:10
Brad Mattingly 14:45
Brandy Peterson DNF
Carly Watson DNS
Steve Koller DNS
James Simmons (SS) DNF
Erik Herchmer DNF
William Hobag DNF
Delwyn Werito DNF
C ride is no longer a category due to popularity of a A and B (sorry). B ride will eventually disappear once the A category reaches the full 74 signup. It’s a shame to show DNF by so many names here because there were some who went over 100 miles or came close to it. But it is motivation to come back next year and start anew.
See you in 2013!