Guidespud recovers from the Triple Bypass

Not to be confused with heart surgery, I set out on one of Colorado’s more challenging bike rides. The Triple Bypass involve riding 120 miles over three “passes” in Colorado with 10,310 ft of climbing. On a bike. In one day. 

Sponsored by Team Evergreen, 3,500 participants muster up the strength to conquer all three passes. The Triple Bypass starts in Evergreen and ascends over Juniper Pass (11,140 feet), Loveland Pass (11,990), and Vail Pass (10,500) before descending to the finish in Avon.

Squaw Pass is the first climb on the ride, which begins in the morning in Bergen Park in Evergreen at about 8,000 feet. Cyclists climb to the summit of Squaw at 11,140 feet, then descend almost 4,000 feet to Idaho Springs before starting the next climb to the summit of Loveland Pass at almost 12,000 feet. Cyclists then drop into Keystone before climbing Swan Mountain Road (the unofficial quadruple pass in the ride) and drop into Frisco before climbing through Copper Mountain and up Vail Pass. The ride finishes with the descent into Vail and the flat stretch to Avon.

The Triple Bypass is a monumental accomplishment by nearly any one’s standards.

Huh…and Juno, the Alaskan Malamute, thought????

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