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Category Archives: Montrose County
Lower Powerline Road in 5 Minutes
I took this video last Saturday, and, yes, I know I crashed later on that day. But still, this road goes through an area that I really like. So I speeded things up a little bit, and here you are!
Posted in Montrose County, Motorcycling, Video
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Crashed motorcycle and broke my arm!
On Saturday afternoon I crashed my Yamaha dirt bike and broke my arm! Just to show you how tough the motorcycle is, the only damage to it was a broken bracket that holds the clutch lever in place. I did … Continue reading
Lower Powerline Road in Five Minutes!
Steve White now owns Gary’s Honda 90. We went for a ride yesterday over Lower Powerline Road from the north end to the south end. Enjoy our 20 minute ride in less than five minutes!
Posted in Montrose County, Motorcycling, Video
Tagged Honda 90, Lower Powerline Road
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Roads around here are opening early! Buckhorn: Open. CR 5, 7, 9: Open
Spring is here early just as it is everywhere in the country. Gary Garren and I went up to Buckhorn Lakes today on our motorcycles. The road is open all the way to the lakes. Last week I checked out … Continue reading
Posted in Montrose County, Motorcycling, Ouray County
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Elephant Ridge Trail – Montrose Adobes
If your Internet connection supports it, I really suggest watching this at 720p. Part of Elephant Ridge Trail, from the north heading south. I used my GoPro HD Hero2 to capture the footage and CyberLink PowerDirector to assemble the video. … Continue reading
Posted in Montrose County, Motorcycling, Video
Tagged adobes, dirtbike riding, Elephant Ridge Trail, montrose colorado
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GoPro HD Hero2 First Video: Diversions along Lower Powerline Road
Woohoo! My birthday present is a GoPro HD Hero2 helmet-mounted camera. Needless to say, it was mounted on my helmet even before I left Highland Cycles of Montrose, CO. What you see here is the first (successful) video, taken last … Continue reading
Posted in Montrose County, Motorcycling, Video
Tagged GoPro HD Hero2, Lower Powerline Road
2 Comments
Peach Valley Open and Offers Great Riding
Just a quick note that Peach Valley, outside Olathe, CO, is very much open for business. I was up there Saturday and had a blast! And…I have a new GoPro Hero2 camera, so look for videos to come!
Posted in Montrose County, Motorcycling
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Powerline Roads, Glenn’s Road are mostly open
Over the past couple days, I checked out some of my favorite roads, very near to where I live. Glenn’s Road is open to the point where you can see a great view of Montrose to the north. Upper Powerline … Continue reading
Posted in GPS Tracks, Montrose County, Motorcycling
Tagged buckhorn road, glenn's road, Lower Powerline Road, upper powerline road
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Montrose Adobes to Peach Valley: Road Now Open
Below is a rather big GPS map showing that the road from the Montrose Adobes to the Peach Valley area is open. There used to be a rather large “in-holding,” meaning private land surrounded by BLM. The main road travels … Continue reading
Posted in Montrose County, Motorcycling
Tagged Elephant Ridge Trail, Elephant Skin Road, Gunnison Gorge National Conservation Area, montrose adobes, Peach Valley
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Montrose, Colorado, Free Riding Area
It’s snowing today. Too bad. Yesterday it sure wasn’t. In fact, Montrose (Colorado) sported temps of 70 degrees! And the adobe formations north of Montrose were dry! What’s that mean? Go riding! So I trailered my Yamaha XT-250 up to … Continue reading
Posted in Montrose County, Motorcycling
Tagged Flattop free riding area
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