Salida Big Friggin Loop (SBFL)

Hosted by Tom Purvis!

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.

When: Saturday, June 9, 2012 – 6:30AM.

What: Singletrack, high elevation, back country self supported endurance epic. Ride the base loop or a (new) long loop. The long loop passes through the ghost town of Futurity (with brief hike-a-bike). There will be a time deduction for the first 15 long loop riders to pass through Futurity who are able to find a special Futurity Chip. Instructions about where to look for the chips when in Futurity will be given during the rider’s meeting.

GPS Route:  The long loop is 106 miles with 13,250 ft of climbing. LONG LOOP GPX HERE. The base route is 88 miles with 11,250 feet of climbing. BASE ROUTE GPX HERE. For Garmin Edge users, BASE ROUTE CRS FILE and LONG ROUTE CRS FILE.

Start:  Riders meeting at 6:00 AM on G Street just south of 1st (in front of Cafe Dawn), rolling at 6:30 AM sharp!

Finish:   Whenever you arrive back in town you will sign in at Cafe Dawn.

Course Description: Meet up at Cafe Dawn.  We will follow the route the Vapor Trail 125 uses up to Blanks Cabin and then ride the Colorado Trail all the way to Cottonwood Creek, then down into Buena Vista at the half-way point where you can restock with food and water. Then we head into the Arkansas Hills via the Midland Trail. At the end of the Midland, climb Shields Gulch to the Lenhardy Cutoff.

The Base Loop will go up Lenhardy to the intersection with McGee Gulch, down to Hwy 24 to a straight crossing and up the Mushroom Gulch Road, up the Castle Rock Gulch Road, crossing Bassam Park to Aspen Ridge.

The Long Loop will continue up Lenhardy Cutoff to Chubb Park and then Trout Creek Pass. Then it will follow a route through the edge of South Park and back up into the Arkansas Hills to Black Dumps where it joins the Base Loop route.

From that point both routes head over Aspen Ridge, and down Ute Trail into Salida. If you like looking at topo maps, check out some here.

PLEASE USE THE REGISTRATION PAGE IF YOU WISH TO ENTER.

A little extra information (e.g. Where to Park, Fast Chow in Buena Vista, etc.) can be found here.

This page has the following sub pages.

• SBFL Registration
• SBFL Forum