Colorado Brevet Series 2004 - Brevet Schedule

200km
May 2
Sun.
Sign-in: 7:00 am
Depart: 8:00 am
I-25 Exit 243 (Co. Hwy. 66)
Horsetooth and Beyond - Horsetooth - Poudre Canyon - then the 9% to 15% grades up to scenic, backcountry Stove Prairie. Wintry weather alternate: Horsetooth - Rawhide course, climbs plus antelope.
Flèche
May 8
Sat.
Departure time and place set by team. Front Range Fleche - Applicants form teams and design routes of at least 360km, finishing 24 hours after they start. Très français!  Lights required. Team registration required by April 15.  Flèche Info and Application
300km
May 15
Sat.
Sign-in: 3:00 am
Depart: 4:00 am Mineral & Santa Fe P+R
Littleton - Black Forest - Elbert and back - A roller-fest, straddling the spine of the Palmer Divide! Lights required.  
400km
June 12
Sat.
Sign-in: 3:00 am
Depart: 4:00 am
US-36 Superior Exit P+R
Superior - Platteville - Lefthand Canyon - St. Vrain Canyon - Horsetooth - Wellington - Climbs Lefthand Canyon (4500 ft. of climbing to 9250 ft.), descends St. Vrain Canyon, then climbs Carter Lake and south Horsetooth Reservoir. 14,000 ft. climbing.  Lights required.  Registration by May 15.
1000km
June 12
Sat.
Sign-in: 3:30 am
Depart: 4:00 am
US-36 Superior Exit P+R
Superior - Platteville - Lefthand Canyon - St. Vrain Canyon - Horsetooth - Wellington - Fort Morgan - Big Thompson Canyon - The first 400km follow the route of the 400km Brevet, followed by an excursion down the South Platte to Ft. Morgan, then a climb up Big Thompson Canyon. Lights required. Subject to cancellation. Registration by June 1.
600km
June 26
Sat.
Sign-in: 3:00 am
Depart: 4:00 am
US-36 Superior Exit P+R

Superior - Brighton - St. Vrain Canyon - Estes Park - Big Thompson Canyon - Horsetooth - Wellington - Kersey - Climbs St. Vrain Canyon (4300 ft. of climbing to 9200 ft.), descending past Estes Park through Big Thompson Canyon, over south Horsetooth Reservoir and out onto the Plains through Wellington and Windsor. 18,000 ft. of climbing. Lights required. Registration required by June 1.

310km
Jul 10
Sat.
Sign-in: 3:00 am
Depart: 4:00 am
Golden - 10th & Washington
"The Grand Loop" - Boulder - Estes Park - Trail Ridge Road - Berthoud Pass - Idaho Springs - "Mile for mile, the toughest ride in the RMCC schedule." RUSA (not ACP) brevet. Lights required. Registration by June 15. Cost-recovery fee and qualifiers required: contact Charlie Henderson at 303-972-8733
200km
July 31
Sat.
Sign-in: 7:00 am
Depart: 8:00 am
Castle Rock

Castle Rock - Black Forest - Larkspur - New route! - The heart of the spring 300km route, lots of rollers. 

300km
Aug 7
Sat.
Sign-in: 3:30 am
Depart: 4:00 am
Mineral & Santa Fe P+R
"Denver-Aspen" - Fairplay - Buena Vista - Independence Pass - The Joe Lookingbill Memorial 300km Brevet with 13,000 ft. of climbing over Kenosha, Red Hill, Trout Creek, and Independence Passes, and finishing in Woody Creek.  Lights required. Registration by June 15.
300km
Aug 21
Sat.
Sign-in: 4:00 am
Depart: 5:00 am
US-36 Superior Exit P+R
Coal Creek Canyon - Estes Park - Big Thompson Canyon - New Route! Climbs Coal Creek Canyon for an extended jaunt on the Peak-to-Peak Highway, descending from Estes Park through Devil's Gulch.  Lights required. Subject to cancellation.  Registration by August 13.
1200km
Sept 13
Mon.
Sign-in: 3:00 am
Depart: 4:00 am
US-36 Superior Exit P+R
Colorado Last Chance 1200km Randonnée - "Venture to Kansas" - Boulder to Kansas and return, mainly on US-36. Rolling to flat terrain, featuring expansive views. Audax-style format an option. Bag drops provided. "Our third year!" Lights required.  Registration required by August 13. Cost-recovery fee and qualifiers required: contact Charlie Henderson at 303-972-8733  More info 
200km
Sept 19
Sun.
Sign-in: 7:00 am
Depart: 8:00 am
I-25 Exit 243 (Co. Hwy. 66)
Horsetooth and Beyond - Horsetooth plus Stove Prairie or Rawhide loop - see spring 200km.