Make your plans to participate in the MINIs in the Mountains (Aug 10-13, '06) because there are LOTS of mountain rides to do, including just getting to/from Copper Mtn, Colo. from anywhere. There will be 10 scenic, twisty rides -- you choose. For example, from Copper Mtn, heading south and climbing toward Leadville (elev. 10,152) with views of Mt Elbert (elev. 14,443). Then west over Independence Pass (elev. 12,095) and into Aspen. Turning north, how about a summer night dip in the huge hot springs pool in Glenwood Springs, along the Colo. River? Heading back you'll bag Vail Pass (16,666) before arriving in Copper Mtn. Or, come back a different way. Use Google Earth (earth.google.com) to view satellite terrain images with overlayed highways and map data of Colorado. Watch NAM for updates and information.

 

1. The Leadville Loop – Copper Mountain to Leadville to Minturn to Vail to Copper Mountain. www.leadvilleusa.com

2. The Valley Loop – Copper Mountain to Breckenridge to Fairplay to Buena Vista to Leadville to Copper Mountain. www.centralcolorado.com

3. Steamboat Loop – Copper Mountain to Silverthorne to Kremmling to Steamboat Springs to Yampa to Vail to Copper Mountain. www.steamboat-chamber.com

4. The Winter Park and Berthoud Pass Loop – Copper Mountain to Kremmling to Granby to Winter Park over Berthoud Pass and back to Copper Mountain. Drive to almost 11,314 ft at Colorado’s 1st Ski Resort, opened in1937 www.winterpark-info.com

5. The Independence Pass Run – Copper Mountain to Leadville to Independence Pass, and back. www.pinecam.com

6. The Aspen Loop – Copper Mountain to Leadville over Independence Pass, to Aspen to Glenwood Springs to Copper Mountain. 12,095 ft high, this pass is gentle in it’s climb and descent. Leadville on the east, Aspen on the west. www.pinecam.com

7. The Continental Divide Ride – Copper Mountain to Keystone over Loveland Pass to Copper Mountain. 11,990 ft high at the top of Loveland Pass. www.rockymountainscenery.com

8. The Mount Evans Scenic Byway - Mount Evans, the highest paved road in North America. 14,130 ft and 14 miles of paved road all the way to the top, then hike 130 ft to 14,264 ft at the summit. – Copper Mountain to Idaho Springs, to Mt Evans Rd and back. www.mountevans.com

9. Glenwood Canyon and the Glenwood Hot Springs - Take the most scenic canyon drive in the state all the way to the largest and most popular natural Hot Springs in the state. Lounge in the hot mineral baths and soothe your tired toes..then turn around and MOTOR some more!

10. Rocky Mountain National Park – Copper Mountain to Granby to Grand Lake Town and up into the park. www.nps.gov/romo/

 

These are some of my favorite roads from my youth and I can remember back that far. Sure hope we can make it.

 

I'm with you Doug. Am working on Becky to check here school schedule and get something worked out.

 

Colorado is even further away than the Dragon...but there are no 14'ers down there....no highest paved road...no bighorn sheep...no mountain goats...no...Boulder.

JPS

 

I plan to be there. I can't wait!

 

You must be from here or know it well. Glad to see your post.

Feel free to Frappr yourself..in the next day or sign Registration will begin.

Thanks,

Jonathan

 

Jonathan, a small group from Saint Louis took a spring tune up ride to Effingham Illinois yesterday to get use to elevation changes. We experienced a 3.25 foot elevation change, Illinois is so scenic!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Motoring down life's ever changing road, looking for snow caps,

 

When you come to Colorado, we will take you places where, when you park, the front of your car is 3 1/2 ft higher than the back of your car. Many of us carry rocks to block the wheels in such circumstances, and we make sure your clutch is well adjusted.

BTW, don't forget the sunscreen:

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JPS

 

Where is this Frappr link? I went to the site and could only find it for the Dragon.
Thanks
EDIT:
nevermind
http://www.frappr.com/mitm2006

 

Click on Do you Frappr?

Go to the first post, click the link there.

Frappr map comes up...

JPS

 

It's a ways off but will be here in no time. The wife and I are planning on coming. FUN FUN FUN......

 

Please go ahead and FRAPPR yourself on our map, and then sign up when we open it next week.

Glad to have you, sorry I missed you at R4tC.

JPS

 

Hoping to get to come. Driving in mountains will definitely be different than the gulf coast! Nothing is as flat as the gulf coastal plain in Texas! Barring hurricanes, we will try to be there!

 

I don't know where on the Gulf Coast you are coming from, but you may want to be in touch with the New Mexico MINI folks, also coming up from the south. They will be coming from various locales in NM and since they know....they can also turn you on to the scenic, non-Interstate routes thru Colorado to Copper Mountain. See www.nmmini.org

On the other hand, depending on the time you have, some of our best scenery is on the Front Range (Pueblo to Colorado Springs to Denver to Ft Collins to Greeley) and among other things you may want to consider are the Royal Gorge, Garden of the Gods, and the Western Dragon which starts in Evergreen, just west of Denver up I-25.

Feel free to RSVP this week and schedule your lodging, and also use our FRAPPR map. Our rides will take you places like Mt. Evans (www.mountevans.com) which is the highest paved road in North America. We are going up it, for pictures

We hope to meet you here, at AMVIV, at the Dragon, or wherever.

Motoring Forever,

Jonathan Souza

info@MINI5280.org

MINI5280.org

 

Just added husband and self to FRAPPR. We'll be driving through Amarillo to visit family on the way up, but thanks for the info anyway.

 

HI 5280!

We're building our group here in NM for the event and looking forward to supporting your first big affair.

I wonder how many people are interested in a LARGE group photo session and willing to pay for big prints?

Any ideas where this could happen - some semi-aerial location to look down on 100-200 cars?

Cheers,
Steve
yelrsub
Albuquerque

 

See the discussion thread in MitM on "The WESTERN Dragon"

JPS

 

Looking forward to the FUN sign us up for trip #8 & #9 for sure the HotSprings the mineral bath sounds great!!

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jsouz,
We registered today for the MTM but need some information on nearby campgrounds to accomodate our motorhome. We are towing one MINI and son Jon is driving his. We have tried Frisco but did not find anything. You had mentioned something about a State Campground at nearby Lake but that link didn't work. Need some suggestions.

Gene

 

Tiger Run RV Park
0085 Revett Drive
Breckenridge, CO 80424
(970)453-9690

It is located on the north end of Breckenridge and is about 15 minutes from Copper Mountain.

 

Try this:

www.TownOfFrisco.com for information on the immediate area.

www.dillonrangerdistrict.com for information about the lake

www.summitcolorado.com/frisco/camping-on-lake-dillon.php

for starters. Frisco is the nearest town to Copper Mountain where we will be. It is just 9 miles down the highway. The lake (Dillon, in Summit County) borders the town, and the towns of Dillon and Silverthorne.

Please let us know if this does not work. You should be able to make Lake Dillon camping reservations easily.

Thanks,

Jonathan

 

Gene,
Thanks for registering. There is no camping at Cooper Mountain itself, but a few miles along I-70 eastbound are the towns of Frisco, Dillon (and the Reservoir) and Silverthorne in the White River Nat'l Forest. Here are some leads from the Colorado Guide (2005). Please contact www.reserveusa.com or 1-877-444-6777 and search for these specific Colorado campground names: Silverthorne (all along I-70): Heaton Bay, Peak One, Pine Cove, Prospector, Lowry and Blue River. You can make reservations on www.reserveusa.com. There are also smaller, primitive campgrounds along Hwy 91 heading toward Leadville from Copper Mountain and even a few along I-70 heading toward Vale (westbound), but they may be harder to reserve at this point. Please post your findings.
Rick (PauHana), MINI5280 President

 

Do we need to sign up for the rides we want to go on prior to arriving? I know for MOTD I had to sign up for the ones I did.

 

Each MITM participant will receive from us, at registration, a WELCOME Guide. Among other information (schedule of events, rides, logistics, etc) will be details about our "Group and Go" information for rides. Here is a short summary of how our rides will work:

• We did not SCHEDULE the rides. We employ the Group-and-Go concept due to the number of and variety of rides.
• We ask that you come to the parking structure, to find or create a group of pp who want to do a particular ride at a particular time
• Your group, large or small, takes off when it is ready. Consensus rules.
• The point is to motor to and with whom you want, not necessarily the whole group.
• The other dynamics will influence this. For example, we don't want to send 100 cars up Mt. Evans at once...with 2 mins per car at the gate to register, that is 200 mins in line. It is easier in small groups.
• We highly recommend RMNP Rocky Mtn National Park on FRIDAY. Saturdays are the busiest days, and this is the biggest tourist attraction in the State.
• and so on.

You will find that group and go really works. We will have a message board for you, too.

Thanks,

Jonathan