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About this trip
SEPTEMBER 5-8 ’24 – Continental Divide Adventure from the COS Airport
Four Day 750+ mile Adventure Motorcycle ride on the Continental Divide
- Start at the Colorado Springs Airport.
- Gear Portage and camping included.
- 65% Off-Road.
- 4 Days over 11 + Mountain Pass’s in the Heart of the Rockies from Colorado Springs.
- Camping & Lodging Options.
- Ride with GPS Phone compatible GPS tracks.
- Gear Portage.
- Steak Dinner Friday Night.
- Breakfasts Fri & Sunday.
- T-Shirt & Pin.
- Ride is Thursday to Sunday.
Where are we going ?
Colorado Springs Airport to the Continental Divide. And Back.
- 11+ Mountain Passes
- 4 Days, 750+ miles
- Challenging options.
- Ride up Pikes Peak on Day 4 if you wish
LINK ITINERARY : https://exittoursmc.wetravel.com/trips/itinerary
Roosevlet said about the route...
President Theodore Roosevelt rode the Train in 1900 to Cripple Creek and said that the beauty of the route from Colorado Springs…
“This is the ride that bankrupts the English language.”
What's Includesd ?
Club Membership for the Divide Ride includes:
- Phone compatible Ride with GPS Tracks
- Gear Portage
- T-Shirt
- Route Maps
- Chase Truck
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Support trailer
- 65% Off-Road
- Campsites on the Arkansas River are included for Day 1 & 3
- Lodging is Not Included
- Club has held discounted lodging in Leadville and Poncha Springs
- Club will supply or purchase 3 meals.
- Steak Dinner Friday Night
- Breakfast Friday and Sunday
- Trail snacks & bottled water
- 2 Breakfasts & 1 Dinner
- There is a Bar & Grill at the Drift-In Campsite on the Arkansas River
LODGING INFORMATION LINK
LINK to Lodging INFO: https://advtours.com/divide-ride-lodging-link/
Ride Webpages:
Ride Homepage: advtours.com/continental-divide-adv-ride/
Read more: advtours.com/read-more-divide-rides/
Ride description: advtours.com/divide-ride-description/
Colorado Mountain Passes in the Heart of the Rockies:
https://advtours.com/colorado-mountain-passes/
Colorado Railroad History:
https://advtours.com/rail-history-links/
Railroad History you can ride around Pikes Peak:
https://advtours.com/railroad-history-you-can-ride-around-pikes-peak/
Chaffee County Rail History:
https://advtours.com/rail-history-chaffee-county/
Rent A Ride:
ADV Ride on the Divide Facebook LINK
ADV Ride on the Divide Facebook LINK
Divide Ride Photo Share Links
Divide Ride Sept '23
https://photos.app.goo.gl/keQv1CrnUDrL3UBd8
Divide Ride July' 23
https://photos.app.goo.gl/dBUHicpy6FAJ8ds77
Divide Ride July '22
https://photos.app.goo.gl/Rf49T33DxEAapQJM7
Divide Ride June '21
How do we Naivigate ?
GPS NAVIGATION & SAFETY
LINK: https://advtours.com/navigation-safety/
Exit Tours MC uses Ride with GPS for mapping and tracks.
Ride with GPS Club Membership is Included with Exit Tours Club Membership.
- Ride with GPS works with iPhone and Andriod phones, even off-line.
- Ride with GPS will work with your old Phone, without a contract.
- Just use WiFi to download with an email account.
- Ride with GPS is compatible with most GPS units.
- There is a GPX file with each Track,
- You do not need a Garmin to Navigate our Routes and Tracks with RWGPS.
- Ride with GPS has offline maps for your Android or iPhone
- Voice navigation works with a bluetooth earplug
- You can download all Loops with one click.
- GPS Tracks, maps and cue sheet links are emailed to all participants before a ride.
What’s not included
- LodgingLodging is Not Included
- LunchLunch is not included
- Adult BeveragesAdult beverages are not included
- FuelFuel is not included
Available Packages
4 Days of Adventure loops over 11+ spectacular mountain passes and old railroad right-of-ways.
- Ride up Pikes Peak on Day 4 if you wish.
These are Adventure Bike suitable routes. We are not out to torture anyone.
These are un-guided rides with cell phone compatible GPS tracks, even without a cell signal.
Ride over Mountain Passes you've only heard about:
- Victor Pass*
- Trout Creek Pass
- Weston Pass
- Independence Pass*
- Hagerman Pass
- Mosquito Pass**
- Cottonwood Pass*
- Cumberland Pass
- Waunita Pass
- Blacksage Pass
- Old Monarch Pass
- Monarch Pass*
- Marshall Pass
- Pikes Peak (Not a Pass)*
- Over 70,000 feet in elevation gain in 4 days
- * = Paved
- **=Alternate Tough loop on Day 3
Join the club in and this ride is part of your Club membership: $450.
- Your Dad, adult children, Wife or anyone you share a last name with may ride with a Club Member for $325.
- Your 2nd or subsequent rides are only $375.
You will receive:
- Phone Compatible GPS tracks, with maps of the routes, electronic roll-charts and voice navigation if you wish.
- T-shirt
- Participant pin.
- Ride with GPS Club Membership and the camaraderie of like-minded enthusiasts.
- The club will Portage your gear.
- Chase truck and trailer so you may ride unencumbered.
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- Camping is Included Friday & Sunday at a Campsite on the Arkansas River.
- If you do not wish to camp we have asked that rooms be held at the Poncha Lodge, 3 miles from the campsite in Poncha Springs.
- Lodging is not included.
- Discounted Lodging is available at the COS Airport Radisson Hotel on Thursday and Monday
- Camping spots are included at the Drift-in near Salida on the Arkansas River on Days 1 & 3.
- You may also choose to stay in a Hotel in Poncha Springs or Salida on Days 1 & 3.
- On Day 2, rooms are held at the Silverkings Inn & Suites in Leadville.
Secure Truck parking is available in the COS Airport long term parking area for $8 a day.
We will stage and leave from the Airport. Riders Meeting at 8 AM.
- With all the widespread OHV closures, knowing where to go and how to get the best out of your riding day is now more valuable than ever before.
- We have scouted out the best routes and eliminated the dead ends and U-Turns at closed routes.
Since you will be self-navigating the route with GPS Tracks, there is no official start time.
You may start any time you wish, though typically we like to see everyone on the road before 9 am. The Club insists everyone use the Buddy System and look out for each other throughout the day.
- Check-out each morning and check-in each night.
- We do not ride in large groups.
- There are no guides.
Fill out this form and use discount code 2NDRIDE if this is your 2nd or subsequent ride:
2NDRIDE $75 OFF
Fill out another form for a relative and use discount code RELATIVE for your son,brother, Dad, uncle, wife, daughter.
RELATIVE $125 OFF
Itinerary
Show up on Wednesday Ride for on the Ride on the Continental Divide in September. Ride Thursday to Sunday
- Day 1 Ride around the east and south side of Pikes Peak on spectacular old Railroad right-of-ways.
- Ride to the Heart of the Rocky Mountains on Day 1.
- Spend the first night camping on the Arkansas River.
- When the trees are changing colors.
- Or stay in a hotel in Poncha Springs or Salida.
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- Day 2 ride over the 3rd highest paved Pass in the country.
- Have lunch in Aspen.
- Ride the last 2 high passes from the south of the COBDR on Day 2.
- Day 2 ride over 3 or 4 high mountain Passes.
- Spend the 2nd night in Leadville in a Hotel.
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Club will purchase a steak dinners on Day 2.
- Day 3 ride 7 or 9 high mountain passes
- Option to ride over the highest unpaved off-road pass in the Country.
- Ride over the 2nd highest paved pass in the country.
- Spend the 3rd night camping on the Arkansas River.
- Or stay in a hotel in Poncha Springs or Salida.
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- Day 4 ride a 65 % off-road loop back to Colorado Springs, where your truck has been securely parked at the Airport.
- Ride up Pikes Peak if you wish.
- Or ride thru Garden of the Gods.
- There are options for challenging or longer loops on Days 2 & 3