My friends Todd and Tony were spending a weekend exploring some forest service roads in western Colorado. I took off after work on Friday and met up with them in Steamboat Springs. On Saturday, we did about 200 miles of riding, with about 90% of that being graded dirt roads. The route took us along the north side of the Flat Tops Wilderness Area, through the Routt and White River National Forests. The the leaves were changing and fresh snow covered the high country. A beautiful ride!

Thanks to Todd and Tony for inviting me along!

1) The Beemer parked along side Forest Road 16 looking north at Dunckley Pass:

2) Me with the Beemer:

3) Looking south into the Flat Tops Wildnerness Area just west of Dunckley Pass:

4) Looking south into the Flat Tops Wildnerness Area just west of Dunckley Pass:

5) Vaughn Lake at Ripple Creek Pass:

6) Trappers Lake Road, as seen from Forest Road 16, just west of Buford, CO:

7) Forest Road 16, near the Trappers Lake Road turnoff, just west of Buford, CO:

8) Todd motoring past cows on Trappers Lake Road:

9) Tony, post crash, trying to extract himself from the mud:

10) Some of the remains of a 35,000 acre forest fire in 2002 at Trappers Lake:

11) The Flat Tops as seen from Trappers Lake:

12) Tony and Todd horsing around at Trappers Lake:

13) The creek flowing alongside Trappers Lake Road:

14) The Buford Store in Buford, CO. The store is half of the buildings in the town:

15) Tony staring down some cows on County Road 17 near the South Fork Campground, just south of Buford, CO:

16) The view north near the top of the pass on the Buford-New Castle Road:

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