The last ride on our trip was Thursday which was a out and back ride that was on gravel and forest roads in Grand county Colorado. The ride takes you to the top of Dice Hill which seemed more like a mountain than a hill. It was a pretty challenging climb for us. It was a 12 mile ride total with a climb of 1768 ft.
GPS track here.

Video from our ride up Vail Pass and back.

Video from our ride on the Medicine Bow Trail in Wyoming.

The next stop on our trip is Frisco Colorado. Today we rode from Frisco, through Copper Mountain (10 Mile Canyon Trail) and to the top of Vail pass and back. I think the elevation gain is 1500 feet with the elevation at the top of Vail Pass being 10554 feet. Once back to Frisco we ate lunch at the Moose Jaw. After lunch we took a stroll through Frisco then got back on the bikes and rode to Breckenridge (Blue River Bikeway) and back. Total we rode 44 miles. It was 20 years ago that we first rode these same trails.

Today while driving from Laramie, WY to Frisco, CO we decided to take a detour into Steamboat Springs for lunch. While driving through town we spotted a bike path so after lunch we did an impromptu ride along the entire Yampa Core Trail which follows the Yampa river. This was a 13 mile ride. After the ride we were back on the road to Frisco stopping at Murphy's for dinner in Silverthorne.

We're off on a trip in search of cooler places (than the 100+ degrees at home) to ride. Today we checked another state off the map.
The Medicine Bow Trail is a 23 mile long rail-to-trail 30-some miles outside of Laramie, Wyoming. We rode the trail today, staying in Laramie and driving to the Northern most trail head Dry Park. From there we rode to the trail's end the Pelton Creek trail head near the Colorado border and back for a total of 46 miles. The trail has a variety of gravel type surfaces. I rode it on my hybrid which was difficult in a few spots due to soft gravel. The trail has one short detour at the community of Fox Park where the route takes a road to bypass a segment of the former railroad that's still under litigation. This was a nice trail with a lot of beautiful scenery and wildlife. Much better than we were expecting. We spotted deer, a moose and a fox. The only other riders we seen on the trail the entire day were a group of 3 near the lake.
The only downside to this ride was that the mosquitoes were terrible and we forgot repellent. We couldn't linger long anywhere or we would be eaten up. GPS track (one way) here. After the ride we ate a very good dinner at Corona Village