Hosted by Chuck Ray!
When: 6:30AM – Saturday, August 17, 2013
Where: Happy Trails – 101 Hwy 119 South, Nederland, CO
Google Map: here! || GPX here || Nav printable here
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Its time for another big ride in the saga of big Ned rides!
HalfAss maintains its theme of a new route each year, with 2013 being the classic big ride in the area -from Nederland up and over the divide to Winter Park and back… just no sleeping over in this case. Beautiful big views, rippin single track, and a lap over the ski area along with some of the WP/Fraser single track! This one might feel more like a huge shop ride because the route is not GPX’d and will require a bit of map reading, but plenty of facilities to lean on in WP. Plan on finishing back in Ned by dark for an amazing brew at Wild Mt!
BTW – we previously stated a lift ride with PBR for company, but at $20 a head for only a berm’d up jumped up air’d up run we’ll just ride up and get more vert down the back side.
Route: Ned to the Divide via El Dora / Jenny Creek; using the old trestles to Corona Pass aka Rollins Pass on top drops you down Broken Thumb / Twisted Ankle and Idlewylde Trails into Winter Park; head to WP Ski and for a loop over and down the back side then over to Zoom and D4 back; a short cut back up to Corona Pass Rd takes one back to the top leaving nothing but single track left from Guinn Mt to El Dora (via Jenny Creek); with a final no name challenging single track straight down to the road for a little spin back to town for beer and grub! Google map, kml and gpx are posted, it looks like approximately 77mi x 12k’.
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Write up on 2010 event at Mountain Flyer Magazine here:
http://www.mountainflyermagazine.com/view.php/the-nederland-halfass-100.html?mode=post&f=2&sid=904b170abeac88b15a97c3f837e2be38
map now posted! https://maps.google.com/maps/ms?msid=205564298432909544092.0004c4f6e23e620e8381b&msa=0&ll=39.9179,-105.68161&spn=0.172209,0.357056
pins and gpx will posted here soon
..pls use the forum for a comments string
and we’ll be rolling won’t we
Chuck,
You are going to post GPX coordinates now as it says above? I would love that so I don’t get lost like last year! See you soon.
Chad
All maps, routes, and downloadable files are posted! (See links above.)
See you next Saturday.
Hey Chuck, gonna TRY to ride the course and get more info before i fully commit, females tell me i have commitment issues? anyone interested in scoping it out this week sometime? maybe there’s some minor trail maint. to be done too? thanks.
Hey Ken I have ridden everything but the piece at WP. its pretty clear except around the jenny creek crossing. tons o rocks on the snowshoe trail.
hi tim, thanks for the reply. Might do some homework tomorrow, any chance i could email u with Q’s if need be? thanks. ps any of it paved? much of it NFS type roads? I’m at eatbikenap@hotmail.com
yep no problem timothy.g.jones@gmail.com. paved roads at the beginning up to eldora and some at winter park bike path. I would say a decent amount of the climb on both sides of the pass are NFS type roads with the rollins pass and corona pass being railroad grade for the most part like 4-6% maybe but the start of the climbs both ways are steeper.
A bit nippy out this morning. NOAA calling for 47/71 w 20% chance rain; Weather Channel saying 40/69 w no chance. At least we won’t get heat stroke!
Happy Trails will open at 6:00 for us with a complimentary pot of coffee, also pastries and premade burritos can be had, and any last minute supplies or fuels. Getting up that early is a big deal for them so please spend a little something even if only in the tip jar.
Manana!
HA12 Bragging rights posted!
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B-9mEeCU4NwvYXNJcTJ1RlJ2Q1E
Thanks to everyone for coming out; that ol migrating route year over year for the HalfAss definitely presents challenges… but it’s said that it’s all in the journey, even if one is looking for the ‘end’ all day!
Confirmation GPS – https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B4ZJFsm3u3HEVVUxMlc1TXFCdzQ
Bummed I barely rode with anyone on this route. The start was nervous energy, XC style when we hit the rocky Eldora section with people running around others off their bike. Chad must have gotten a big lead. Another guy just 1 min ahead of me on the descent. On the descent I spot a car full of people, they said the other two went right. I look at the GPS and go left, no way right is correct. Don’t know if they retraced their steps or what. I don’t stop in Winter Park, in fact, subtracting the waiting time before the ride and trying to figure out where to sign in at the end, stopped for about 9.5 mins total. I ride the winterpark loop but found the GPS track to be loose. What looks like Chads tire track doesn’t goes straight when the track says hike up the side of the bank and onto that overpass going to the left. Ride up the steep road, hike, follow the GPS track as it takes me up the side of the hill. Looks like I’m going the wrong way down mountain goat but then suddenly I’m on the track again with no intersecting trails. Never had that problem with my GPS. It’s never more than 20 feet off. Was the whole track ridden and GPS’d? After that decided if I’m less than 300 feet away it’s good enough because the discrepancies continue. Almost finish the WP loop and I bump into a guy hiking up to me, says I’m going the wrong way, but he missed a turn. I try to convince him I’m going the right way but he’s doubtful. (If you’re lost, don’t drag others down with you) Start the third section, thought that was where the WP refuel was but do the math and I’ve got the calories. 250 calories per hour each and every time I punish myself for an all dayer. Climb, wish it wasn’t so steep. Tip toe across the broken bridge. Meet up with some riders that skipped section 2. Ride down through all the rocky crap. Think how this really isn’t ideal for the less than expert riders. Finish and search for the sign in at the end of the GPS track (check the bar, then back to the coffee shop). Slept through 50 mins of continuous alarm in the morning, got ready while the morning talk took place, didn’t listen to anything, forgot my cue sheet, relied on GPS alone. Not my cup of tea, but I’ve got wrist problems and was hoping the dually would be smooth. It wasn’t.