VFR Discussion Group -> Coal Creek Canyon - Wondervu

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Here is a clip from a ride I did with the Denver Sport-Touring.net bunch, there were 7 of us riding that day, a couple of guys I have ridden with before but for most of them - this was the only time I have ever rode with them.

CHorning was there on his kawi - he has appeared in more than one of my videos, and Louis who was behind me in this one riding his Triumph, and a few other guys one of who told me he was a member of vfrd and after watching some of my videos he and his wife decided to come out here and live for a year. He said his wife was missing home so they were moving back to Florida shortly after the ride. Filmed Early May of 2005 so there was lots of gravel on the mountains, this ride drops about 3 thousand feet in elevation and then heads back up again a thousand feet or so topping off in Wondervu around 9k.

It was early in the season last year so we were riding a bit gaurded with all that gravel still on the roads.


THE VIDEO
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Coal Creek Canyon to Wondervu

8 min runtime, wmv format widescreen, 768kb/s Music by the Smashing Pumpkins "Porcelina of the Vast Oceans" Enjoy



THE MAP

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THE TERRAIN
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Attached are the Mapsource waypoints, and Streets and Trips files


 wondervu.gdb ( 5.16k ) Number of downloads: 12
 Wondervu.est ( 5k ) Number of downloads: 11

Oh Yea I had some photos of this ride too!


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Wondervu Diner L - R, Louis, Chris, My Bike, Lomax, Sean, Paris, and Robert

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Hwy 71

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The Wondervu Why It is Called that

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Near Pinecliffe

Slammer, you come up with some really cool videos.makes me wish i would have taken that job in denver back in 83.
BTW what are you using for a camera mount?

best to you! :thumbsup:

Ram Mounts, best place to get ram mounts is www.gpscity.com they have just about any kind of oddball set up you can think of.

:thumbsup: Slammer, have to also say I truly enjoy the videos. It is wonderful to see riding at this time of year. My baby is tucked away for the winter so it really helps. Thanks!
Dave.

nice. one day i will make it out to ride in that part of the country. as for now i live through your camera

Grrrr, for some reason I can't download this one. :pissed: I'm at work at the moment, I'll see how it does at home tonight.

Nice vid. A good way to spend 10 minutes at work on a Sat. :pissed: