06-18-2018, 02:33 PM
Enjoy the Silver Thread Scenic Byway to Lake City! If you can ride it all the way to South Fork (assuming you're starting from Gunnison), all the better! Fun road!
Also, if it fits your schedule, consider taking McClure Pass from Carbondale to Paonia / Hotchkiss. Really nice scenery and great sweepers. Then, from Hotchkiss, bear south through Crawford, past the eastern escarpment of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, and onto US 50 where you'll catch the Silver Thread. You'll grind some foot pegs (floorboards?) on that stretch!
Also, if it fits your schedule, consider taking McClure Pass from Carbondale to Paonia / Hotchkiss. Really nice scenery and great sweepers. Then, from Hotchkiss, bear south through Crawford, past the eastern escarpment of the Black Canyon of the Gunnison, and onto US 50 where you'll catch the Silver Thread. You'll grind some foot pegs (floorboards?) on that stretch!