Colorado Skating Adventure
July 12-16, 2009
July 19-23, 2009 - For Zephyr Alumni Only

Price	$1,650
Single Supplement	$500 (always optional)
Length	Five Days & Four Nights
Activities	Skating (Bike Rental $25/Day)
Guides (Tentative)	Allan, Kris, and Terry
Difficulty Level	Intermediates and Better
Navigation Required	Basic Map Reading

Colorado is one of America's most scenic states and our Skating Adventure there is one of our favorite skate tours. The area boasts excellent skating, fun mountain towns, good weather, and spectacular views.

Plus, in 2009 we have several special new twists that make our Colorado tour better than ever, including a special Alumni Reunion tour including two of our recently-retired guides, Andrea and Mike.

The skating is outstanding, taking place entirely on paved trails, most of which are old railroad grades and thus limited to a 3% grade or less.  We will skate on the trails of Summit County (Frisco, Breckenridge, Copper Mountain, and Keystone), on the Mineral Belt Trail that loops Leadville, and on the Glenwood Canyon Trail. New in 2009, we are using the brand-new expansion of the Rio Grande Trail running between Aspen and Glenwood Springs - 20 miles of pristine new pavement - plus the 13 mile loop trail in Boulder, the home town skating path of Zephyr owner Allan Wright.

The towns we visit are fantastic. We spend two nights in Frisco, the nicest town in ski-crazy Summit County with a quaint small-town main street. We then spend one night in Glenwood Springs and our final night in Boulder, a university town and one of the nicest small cities in the country. We also visit Breckenridge, Leadville, and Aspen en route.

We have two Colorado dates on our 2009 schedule. The first is open to everyone, while the second is organized as a reunion tour for all Zephyr Alumni.  As a present for our 10-year veteran guides Andrea Franklin and Mike Merriman, who both recently retired, we have given them a free spot on this tour and they will be joining us as a participant.

If you are looking for adventure, dazzling scenery, smooth trails, alumni comraderie, and a taste of the Wild West, Colorado beckons.

Accommodations
We stay two nights at the excellent Galena Street Mountain Inn, one block off Main Street in Frisco. We book the entire B&B and thus have the game room, hot tub, and veranda to ourselves. We then shuttle to Glenwood Springs, where we stay in the historic Hotel Colorado for one night.  Our final night we spend at the Millenium Hotel in Boulder, right on the trail a few skating strokes from the downtown Pearl Street Mall walking area.

For More Information
See our Colorado Frequently Asked Questions pages or request a detailed Trip Description by email.