Sunday, 7:30 AM, Loveland Kmart, to arrange carpooling.
Briefing at 8:45 AM, at the Fall River Visitor Center, upper parking area, just before the Rocky Mountain National Park entrance on U.S.34.
A/♦/Advanced pace and B/■/Moderated pace 35-miler with 4550-vertical-feet. https://ridewithgps.com/routes/7651106.
Note: "Old Fall River Road" is not usually open to cars until early-July; so, it has two-way bicycle traffic! "Trail Ridge Road" is then next leg; after stopping at the Café at Trail Ridge, assuming it is 'open'.
Alternate routes: "Trail Ridge Road" [U.S.34] is usually open by late-May; so, we may choose to ride up to the "Rock Cut" area; then, back to "Fall River Road"/ 35-miler with 4260-vertical-feet [https://ridewithgps.com/routes/21062788].
Or, ; or, to Alpine Visitor Center / 43-miler with 5360-vertical-feet [https://ridewithgps.com/routes/27636685].
RMNP road conditions report... 970-586-1222. https://www.nps.gov/romo/planyourvisit/road_status.htm
Article on cycling Trail Ridge Road.
Photos: "Trail Ridge Road," near "Rock Cut," mid-Spring;
and, (below) "Old Fall River Road" switchback.