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Colorado Springs, CO: Cooldown

This hilly tour of Colorado Springs features some great cooldown spots along the way.

Author: fixedhalo
Date: 13 Jul 2007 8:49:16 AM
Activity: Bicycling
State: Colorado (CO)
Distance: 34.72 mi  (Change units)
Calories: 1753
Average Speed: 16.1 mph
0:03:43/mi
Duration: Total: 2:12:50
Active: 2:09:21
Resting: 0:03:27
Unaccounted: 0:00:02
Elevation: Total Gain: 6089 ft
Total Loss: 6102 ft
Net Change: -13 ft
Difficulty: 6 / 10
Tags: Colorado Springs, Colorado
Rating: Unrated   Rate it

Ride along the west side of the city with some 'steepish' climbs and fast downhills. Stop along the way for some amazing scenery of the city and Garden of the Gods/Pikes Peak. At Old Colorado City stop for some ice cream at the Colorado Creamery. End the ride at one of the only "beaches" that I know of in the Colorado Springs area at Prospect Lake in Memorial Park.

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The Colorado Springs Cooldown

Dist: 34.72 mi Points: 548 Calories: 1753
Time: 2:12:50 Speed: 16.1 mph Pace: 3:43 / mi
Distance Instruction   Distance to next
0.16 mi Turn Right E. Las Animas St. Then go 0.46 mi
0.61 mi Turn Left S. Institute St. Then go 0.09 mi
0.70 mi Turn Right E. Fountain Blvd. Then go 0.55 mi
1.25 mi Turn Right N. Wahsatch Ave. Then go 0.19 mi
1.45 mi Turn Left E. Rio Grande St. Then go 0.18 mi
1.63 mi Turn Right S. Nevada Ave. Then go 0.55 mi
2.18 mi Turn Left Colorado Ave. Then go 0.21 mi
2.39 mi Turn Right N. Cascada Ave. Then go 1.39 mi
3.78 mi Turn Left W. San Miguel St. Then go 0.87 mi
4.65 mi Turn Right Mesa Rd. Then go 3.43 mi
8.08 mi Straight N. 30th St. Then go 0.96 mi
9.04 mi Turn Left Flying W Ranch Rd. Then go 2.33 mi
11.37 mi Turn Left Centennial Blvd Then go 1.51 mi
12.87 mi Straight Centennial becomes Woodmen Then go 5.65 mi
18.52 mi Turn Right W. Rockrimmon Blvd. Then go 0.90 mi
19.42 mi Turn Right Allegheny Dr. Then go 1.77 mi
21.19 mi Turn Left Centennial Blvd. Then go 1.86 mi
23.05 mi Turn Right N. 30th St. Then go 2.18 mi
25.23 mi Turn Right Gateway Rd. Then go 0.39 mi
25.62 mi Turn Right Juniper Way Then go 0.99 mi
26.61 mi Bear Right Garden Dr. Then go 0.71 mi
27.32 mi Bear Right Garden Dr. Then go 0.98 mi
28.31 mi Turn Left El Paso Blvd Then go 0.69 mi
28.99 mi Turn Right Columbia Rd. Then go 0.07 mi
29.06 mi Turn Left W. Pike's Peak Ave. Then go 0.84 mi
29.90 mi Turn Right 31st St. Then go 0.05 mi
29.96 mi Turn Left W. Colorado Ave. Then go 3.11 mi
33.07 mi Turn Right S. Tejon St. Then go 0.26 mi
33.33 mi Turn Left Costilla St. Then go 1.14 mi
34.47 mi Turn Right Prospect Lake Dr.

Points of Interest

Beach House

Location: 38.825801°, -104.802361°
Ride starts and ends here at the beach house at Prospect Lake. Rest on one of the only "beaches" in the Springs. A good after ride cool down.

Garden of the Gods Overlook

Location: 38.883283°, -104.869652°
It's a bit of a climb to get here but the scenery is well worth it: a Garden of the Gods overlook with Pikes Peak in the background.

Tough climb

Location: 38.931906°, -104.864502°
It gets steep here and not much for beating the heat while ascending with no shade. Descending is fast and rather long so you get to cool off for about 15 minutes.

Colorado Creamery

Location: 38.848799°, -104.864159°
The Colorado Creamery offers a nice treat after all the climbing. Shade, benches and ice cream.

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