This ride has been cancelled due to weather and the resulting lack of interest.
Skill Level: Intermediate / Advanced.
Ride Description: Two days of riding (come for one or both days). A little trail riding, but only as necessary to go to meadows and hills with trees. I’ve been there in the summer, and generally know the area, but haven’t sledded there, so please plan to explore; other people sled there, and I know where to go from them, and it looked great for nearly infinite sledding in the summer! Recommend downloading the free COTREX app if you don’t have another winter trails app that shows the Flat Tops trails N of New Castle.
Location: Flat Tops – Bufford Newcastle Winter Parking Lot. See View Venue Website link below for map/directions.
- Parking lot may or may not be plowed, but it usually is or is well packed down.
Lodging/Food/Gas: The closest town is New Castle, CO, 16 miles (about 30-35 minutes) from the parking lot. The Ore House Inn and Wingate by Wyndham are both in New Castle, as are some restaurants and gas stations. There are other places in Rifle (25 miles from parking lot), as well as Glenwood Springs (30 miles from parking lot).
Pre-Ride Gear Check & Meeting: 10:00a (due to distance and to let crust thaw), near signs in the parking lot.
Ride Start Time: 10:15a.
Ride End Time: 4:00p, or earlier if group wants.
Must Haves: Mntn sled, Beacon w/good batts, Probe, Shovel, Mntn sled, Beacon w/good batts, Probe, Shovel, FRS or GMRS radio set to channel 18, privacy code 21.
Lunch Plan: Carry whatever you need to stay fueled and hydrated for the day; we won’t be returning to the parking lot until the end of our ride.