Avon to Glenwood Springs and Back

When we drove to Avon after I had gotten caught in the snow Friday morning, we were in and out of snowstorms and at times it was snowing hard. In Avon it was cool but partly cloudy. Saturday morning was cold but sunny. Late morning I headed off to Glenwood Springs. The first 30 some miles were on back roads following the Eagle River down river until it joins the Colorado River just before Glenwood Canyon.

Once I got to Glenwood Canyon I took the bike path. I think the trail gets pretty crowded in the summer but when I’ve ridden it in May it hasn’t been bad except around the trailhead to Hanging Lake. The ride though the canyon is very scenic and worth doing sometime if you’re in the area. Even though you are right below and sometimes under I-70, you don’t really hear much traffic noise. Since it follows the Colorado River, it was all down hill to Glenwood Springs.

I met Julie, the kids, and my aunt and uncle in Glenwood Springs for a late lunch. I rode a little around town and then headed back uphill to Avon. I ended up with 118 miles with only 3146 feet of climbing and an average speed of 16.3 mph. My bike computer wasn’t working for the first part of the ride. It seems all the ice build up from Friday’s ride allowed a little water to get into the wireless transmitter. I had to take the battery out and ride with battery compartment open for a little over 7 miles and then it worked when I put it back together. On the elevation profile there’s a red flag near the end of the ride marking where it started working.

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