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\n Stunner Pass<\/div>\n
The next morning I rode past the camp grounds that you mentioned and they looked very nice. My goal was to ride to the pass and find a sign and get a picture, so my first pass that morning was La Manga<\/a>. It was a nice ride over to Cumbres<\/a> for my second pass in just 30 minutes or so. I retraced my tracks back across La Manga to the forest road 250 and up to Stunner Pass. This road was very navigable but not recommended for a shiny Harley or Goldwing, due to the rocks and potholes. I was riding a loaded 1150 GS and it was slow going in a few places. As with all the roads in Colorado, they are all very scenic with great vistas. I kept going north up to the highway and made a left turn to Wolf Creek Pass<\/a> for my 4th pass that day.<\/p>\n The next two passes were easy to achieve on a great road up thru Creede and on to Spring Creek Pass and then Slumgullion Pass<\/a> for the 5th and 6th passes. Just past Slumgullion towards Lake City I made a right turn towards Los Pinos Pass. This road was even rougher than the road to Stunner but still was very scenic. At this pass the sign had disappeared so I have no picture of that one. <\/p>\n Once thru the pass it was about 29 miles out to Hwy 114 and to North Pass for my 8th pass. A u-turn took me back to Gunnison where I went up thru Crested Butte and on towards Kebler Pass<\/a>. Before I got to that one there was a road off to the left to Ohio Pass. I found no sign but a nice rocky, pot-holed road for a couple of miles. Kebler was my 10th pass that day and the road on out to Paonia was a very nice gravel road. The aspen surrounding the Lupines and was a sight to behold. That evening I camped at the Redstone campground for $32. Yes I went over McClure Pass<\/a> but since it was under 10,000 ft, I didn’t count it for that day.<\/p>\n By the end of the day I had ridden over 10 passes above 10,000 feet and was done with the pass counting in 10 hours.<\/p>\n The next morning, I left Redstone and ventured up thru the slow traffic at Aspen to Independence Pass<\/a>. Wow, the views were great. My next pass was Tennessee Pass<\/a> north of Leadville. I retraced my track back to Leadville for lunch and then up to Fremont Pass<\/a>. I continued north to I-70 over Vail Pass and then on to Shrine Pass, just a short 3 miles from the rest area on a good hard packed road that any bike could handle. <\/p>\n Next in my sights was Loveland Pass<\/a> and then to Guanella Pass south of Georgetown, but the road was closed for construction so I went to Berthoud Pass<\/a> instead. That was my last pass, as I told my sister I would be at her house north of Woodland Park at 4 PM. The road down thru Deckers<\/a> was very nice and I was able to beat or avoid some rain and hail.<\/p>\n My total account was 17 passes over 10,000 ft. I started around 8 AM on July 5th and was drinking a cool one by 4 PM the next afternoon or 32 hours total. In hindsight I could have done more if I wasn’t so packed down and left my dog at home, but we had an excellent ride thru some very beautiful country. <\/p>\n I would not recommend Stunner and Los Pinos Passes for an inexperienced rider. That may be done better in a car or truck. On the other hand, any bike could make it, but it may be missing some parts that get rattled off during the ride.<\/p>\n ***************************************************<\/p>\n OK, so thank you Steve for that ride description. Now I’m going to have to find out where Stunner and Los Pinos Passes are.<\/p>\n![\"sport](\"http:\/\/www.motorcyclecolorado.com\/images2\/LosPinosRd.jpg\")
\n Los Pinos Road<\/div>\n